After looking forward to this for several years, what was a few more months to Kaitlyn Finneran?

The standout shortstop for the Morrison Fillies knew from the time she was 8 years old she wanted to play Division I softball. She's known for nearly as long that Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, was a place that she'd love to attend college.

On Friday, Finneran put her two longtime wishes together. After making a verbal commitment to the Bulldogs last February, the Morrison senior officially signed her name on the dotted line of a National Letter of Intent in a ceremony in the school auditorium.