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North park Softball
media guide
2021
Table of Contents
4 ROSTER
5 COACHING STAFF
6-10 RETURNERS
11-12 NEWCOMERS
13 2021 SCHEDULE & 2020 RESULTS
14-15 ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION
KUDOS
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NORTH PARK WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MEDIA GUIDE NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
3225 W. Foster Avenue
2021 Chicago, IL 60625
2021 Roster Coaching Staff
# Name Pos. Ht Yr. Hometown/HS Katie
Head Coach
59-108-2 OVERALL RECORD 7th Season as Head Coach
00 Eliza Rex C 5-5 Fr. Homewood, Ill. / Homewood Flossmoor ANDERSON 10-50-2 CCIW RECORD 2013 Cciw staff of the year member
2 Ellie Manderfeld OF 5-4 Sr. Sauk Rapids, Minn. / Foley
4 Olivia Davis 2B 5-2 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. / Whitefish Bay
The 2021 season with be the seventh at the helm of the North Park University softball team for
5 Alyssa Aragon UTL 5-5 So. Niles, Ill. / Niles North head coach Katie Anderson.
6 Nicole Donnawell OF 5-6 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Taft Regarded as one of the most decorated student-athletes ever to wear the Viking uniform,
Anderson was named the new head coach of the NPU program for the 2015 season,
12 Brigid Early OF 5-2 Fr. Niles, Ill. / Resurrection College Prep succeeding 18-year veteran Dan Gooris, who now serves as an assistant coach.
Anderson completed a successful playing career for the Vikings. A four-year letter winner and
14 Rachael Feazelle P/3B 5-7 So. Chicago, Ill. / Steinmetz starter at the shortstop position, Anderson carries numerous North Park softball records,
including the most hits in a career (169) career RBI (111) and most home runs (12). She also ranks
15 Isa Santos UTL 5-2 Fr. Chicago, Ill. / Walther Christian Academy top-three in most home runs in a single season as well as triples in a career (12).
17 Sydney DePauw OF 5-6 So. Indian River, Mich. / Inland Lakes In addition to being the NP career-leader in hits, RBI and home runs, Anderson has the most
doubles in a single season (14) as well as most doubles in a career with 40. She earned her
20 Erin Penn C 5-4 Jr. Lakewood, Colo. / Lakewood undergraduate degree in Physical Education in the Spring of 2012 and pursued her studies as
the team’s graduate assistant shortly after.
22 Emily Reczek C 5-6 Fr. Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South
In 2013, Anderson was the graduate assistant coach on a staff that garnered recognition as
23 Alyssa Malicki P/1B 5-10 Jr. Norridge, Ill. / Ridgewood the CCIW’s coaching staff of the year.
25 Katie Creager P 5-6 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. / Perry Meridian That season, the Vikings finished with one of their best records in history, posting an overall
record of 24-12 while marking a 6-12 slate in the CCIW.
26 Caitlyn Webb UTL 5-6 Jr. Aurora, Ill. / Oswego East
North Park finished the 2013 season on a hot streak, winning five of their last six games of the
28 Brooke Belork P/OF 5-3 Fr. Knox, Ind. / Knox season, including a doubleheader sweep of North Central College in Naperville.
44 Jessie Fix 1B 5-7 Jr. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield Central During the 2018 season, Anderson coached her first NFCA All-Region selection in sophomore
shortstop Hayley Jackson. Jackson posted a slash line of .424/.489/.678 while slugging 11
doubles, 5 triple, 3 homers, and 35 runs batted in. She also added 87 defensive assists, scored
24 runs, and struck out just 9 times in 118 at-bats.
Head Coach: Katie Anderson (7th season)
Assistant Coach: Rachel Eberling
Rachel The 2021 season will be the second with the
GRADUATE ASST. COACH
EBERLING North Park softball team for Coach Eberling.
PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS
Prior to North Park, Eberling was a four-year letterwinner at Muskingum University. As a
0. Eliza / ee-LIE-zuh pitcher, Eberling recorded a career record of 36-26 with a 2.93 ERA. Additionally, Eberling
5. Aragon / AIR-uh-gahn fanned 201 batters against only 108 walks in 425.1 innings of work. In 72 starts, she went the
14. Feazell / FUH-zell distance in 39 games in the circle for the Fighting Muskies. At the plate, Eberling was a career
15. Isa / EE-suh .311 hitter with 26 home runs and 88 RBIs. Additionally, Eberling hit 28 doubles and swiped 14
22. Reczek / reh-check bags.
23. Malicki / mal-ick-ee
Eberling was selected to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) First Team as a senior, the
All-OAC Second Team as a junior, and named an All-OAC Honorable Mention as a sophomore.
Eberling graduated in 2019 with a degree in Child and Families Studies.
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Returners
5 4
Alyssa Olivia
ARAGON DAVIS
UTIL 5-5 Junior 2B 5-2 Sophomore
Niles, Illinois Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Niles North High School Whitefish Bay High School
*2020: Played and started in all 10 games for the Vikings ... Led *2020: Appeared in three games for the Vikings, going a
the Vikings with 13 runs scored, two stolen bases, and five perfect 1-for-1 at the plate.
doubles ... Carried a strong slash line at .371/.436/514 ... Totaled
13 hits, seven RBIs, and 18 total bases ... Assisted on five plays on *season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
defense, holding a fielding percentage of .941 ... Had a pair of
doubles against Penn State Hazleton (3/9) ... Drove in a season-
high three runners against SUNY Potsdam (3/11) ... Marked a
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team-leading five multi-hit games. Sydney
2019: Played and started in 36 games for the Vikings … Drove
in a team second-best 24 runs including six games with two DEPAUW
THE
or more RBIs … Gathered 32 hits with a .320 batting average,
which was good for a team fourth-best … Hit first career home
run in the spring break trip against Franklin & Marshall (3/12) …
Scored 23 runs … Walked a team-second best 12 times and drew
10 hit-by-pitches … Carried a .429 on-base percentage, good OF 5-6 Junior
RETURNERS
for second-best on the team ... Marked a team second-best 71
assists on defense.
Indian River, Michigan
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic Inland Lakes High School
CREAGER 25
Katie
*2020: Appeared in a pair of games: Penn State Hazleton
(3/9) and Ohio Wesleyan (3/13).
2019: Played in 15 games making four starts … Marked a .304
batting average in 23 at-bats … Tallied two hits and four
RBIs against Mount Union (3/15).
Pitcher 5-6 Sophomore
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Indianapolis, Indiana
Perry Meridian High School
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Brigid
*2020: Appeared in two games: one as a relief pitcher against
Suffolk University (3/11) and another against Emmanuel College EARLY
(3/13) ... Threw 0.2 innings.
THE *season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
OF 5-2 Sophomore
RETURNERS
Niles, Illinois
Resurrection College Prep
*2020: Appeared in all 10 games, making nine starts for the
Vikings ... Scored a pair of runs ... Marked three assists and
11 putouts on defense with a .933 fielding percentage.
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Alyssa Aragon
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Returners
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Jessie
14
Rachael
FEAZELLE FIX
P/3B 5-7 Junior 1B 5-7 Senior
Chicago, Illinois Plainfield, Illinois
Steinmetz High School Plainfield Central High School
*2020: Played and started in all 10 games for the Vikings *2020: Appeared in three games for the Vikings with a pair
as a pitcher and infielder ... Led the Vikings with 11 RBIs, a of at-bats ... Drew a walk against Emmanuel College (3/13).
1.24 ERA, and .258 opposing batting average ... Carried a
.361/.410/.472 slash line with four doubles ... Ripped 13 hits in 2019: Appeared in one game against Mount Union (3/15).
36 at-bats while scoring five runs ... Had five games of two 2018: Did not see action due to injury.
or more hits and a pair of games with three hits ... Drove a
pair of doubles against Penn State Hazleton (3/9) ... Drove *season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
in four runners against Penn State Hazleton ... Totaled 17
innings in the pitcher’s circle ... Fanned four batters while
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allowing just three earned runs ... Allowed just one hit in Ellie
three innings of work against SUNY Potsdam (3/11) ... Marked
a team-leading 20 assists with 11 putouts ... Finished the MANDERFELD
curtailed season with a solid .969 fielding percentage.
2019: Named a Second Team All-CCIW selection as a Rachael
Feazelle
freshman … Played in 34 games making 32 starts … Marked OF 5-4 Grad. Student
34 hits in 103 at-bats, including six multi-hit games …
Recorded a team third-best .330 batting average … Drove
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
in 16 runs … Tallied four doubles … Appeared in 13 games
Foley High School
in the pitcher’s circle, making seven starts … Recorded a
3-4 record with a 5.45 ERA … Completed three games and
picked up a shutout at Albion (4/7) … Tallied 22 strikeouts
including fanning a season-high five batters at Albion …
*2020: NCAA Woman of the Year nominee ... Totaled a team
second-best 14 hits while carrying a team fourth-best .359
2019 All-CCIW Pick
Earned a save against Lawrence (3/15). batting average ... Slugged a team fourth-best .436 ... Drove a
double, triple, and crossed the plate eight times ... Stole a pair 1.24 ERA in 2020
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic of bases ... Had four multi-hit performances, three of which were
three-hit games ... Went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI against
Ohio Wesleyan (3/13) ... Struck out just one time ... Maintained a
2020 Slash line: .361/.410/.472
.952 fielding percentage with 18 putouts and two assists as the
Vikings’ every day center fielder.
2019: Started 36 games as NPU’s center fielder … Carried a
team second-best .353 batting average … Led the CCIW with 40
runs scored … Totaled a team second-best 37 hits including 14
games of two or more hits … Stole a CCIW third-best 16 bases
in 18 attempts … Totaled 84 putouts and three assists while
registering a fielding percentage of .946.
2018: Named a Second Team All-CCIW selection ... Started in
all 38 games for the Vikings as the every day center fielder ...
Carried a .310/.346/.372 slash line while slugging two doubles,
three triples, and drove in nine runners ... Scored a team-
leading 30 runs ... Struck out just seven times in 129 at-bats
while marking 40 hits ... Had the most assists as an outfielder,
tallying seven on the season.
2017: Played in all 40 games, starting in 39 ... Carried a slash line
of .319/.397/.353 while adding 22 runs scored and 11 runs batted
in ... Slugged four doubles and stole six bases ... Fielded at a
.958 clip while marking two assists from the outfield.
Ellie Manderfeld *season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Returners
26
Caitlyn
20
Erin
WEBB
PENN
C/OF 5-4 Senior UTIL 5-6 Senior
Lakewood, Colorado Aurora, Illinois
Lakewood High School Oswego East High School
*2020: Played and started in all 10 games for the Vikings *2020: Played and started in all 10 games for the Vikings
behind the plate ... Tallied seven hits in 30 at-bats ... Scored ... Posted a solid .308/.419/.346 slash line with a double ...
three runs and drove in three runners ... Drew a pair of Marked eight hits in 26 at-bats ... Drove in five runners and
walks ... Had two multi-hit games: D’Youville (3/9) and Penn scored four runs ... Drew a team second-best five walks ...
State Hazleton (3/9) ... Caught three would-be base stealers Saw a multi-hit performance and drove in a pair of runners
... Assisted on six plays in the field with 29 putouts ... Marked against Skidmore (3/12) ... Finished the curtailed season
a .946 fielding percentage. on a six-game hitting streak and nine-game reached base
streak ... Posted a perfect. 1.000 fielding percentage with 60
2019: Appeared in 35 games; all but one as a starter … putouts and three assists at first base.
Carried a .286/.336/.324 slash line with 30 hits and 13 RBIs …
Marked five multi-hit games … Recorded three RBIs against 2019: Sat out due to injury.
Newbury (3/10) … Posted a team fourth-best 105 at-bats …
Gathered 49 putouts and five assists on defense. 2018: Played in 21 games and made 11 starts ... Posted a
slash line of .172/.250/.276 in 29 at-bats ... Scored three runs
2018: Appeared in 23 games, making 11 starts ... Totaled six and drove in three runners ... Homered at the University of
hits in 45 at-bats, seven RBIs, three runs scored, and stole Chicago (4/2) and had a two-hit game against Elmhurst
five bases ... Fielded at a .941 clip (15 putouts), adding an (4/20).
assist.
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Emily
RECZEK
THE
NEWCOMERS
THE
Catcher 5-6 Sophomore
Park Ridge, Illinois
Maine South High School
*2020: Appeared in four games ... Scored one run and drew
a walk.
*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Caitlyn Webb
NEWCOMERS
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Newcomers
2021 Season Schedule
28
Brooke
MARCH 8 CONCORDIA-CHICAGO (DH) Chicago, IL 2:30 / 4:30 PM
BELORK 13 @ Millikin* (DH) Decatur, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
14 LORAS (DH) Chicago, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
P/OF 5-3 Freshman 21 AUGUSTANA * (DH) Rock Island, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
25 @ Elmhurst * (DH) Elmhurst, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
Knox, Indiana
Knox High School
28 @ Benedictine (DH) Lisle, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
APRIL 1 WHEATON * (DH) Chicago, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
DONNAWELL 6
Nicole 3 @ Illinois Wesleyan * (DH) Bloomington, IL Noon / 2:00 PM
5 CARTHAGE * (DH) Chicago, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
8 @ Wheaton * Wheaton, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
10 @ Carroll * (DH) Waukesha, WI 1:00 / 3:00 PM
OF 5-6 Junior
13 CONCORDIA-MEQUON (DH) Chicago, IL 4:00 / 6:00 PM
Chicago, Illinois 15 @ North Central * (DH) Naperville, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
Taft High School / Triton CC 17 MILLIKIN * (DH) Chicago, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
18 @ Augustana * (DH) Rock Island, IL 1:00 / 3:00 PM
MALICKI 23
Alyssa 20 @ Carthage * (DH) Kenosha, WI 3:00 / 5:00 PM
22 NORTH CENTRAL * (DH) Chicago, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
25 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN * (DH) Chicago, IL Noon / 2:00 PM
27 ELMHURST * (DH) Chicago, IL 3:00 / 5:00 PM
P/1B 5-10 Junior
MAY 1 CARROLL * (DH) Chicago, IL 11:00 AM / 1:00 PM
Norridge, Illinois
Ridgewood High School / Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne
CAPS denotes home game
00
Eliza (*) indicates CCIW opponent
REX
Catcher 5-5 Freshman
2020 Season Schedule & Results (5-5)
Homewood, Illinois
Homewood Flossmoor High School
MARCH 8 Washington & Jefferson Leesburg, FL W, 5-1
8 Becker Leesburg, FL W, 6-1
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Isa 9 D’Youville Leesburg, FL L, 3-1
9 Penn State Hazleton Leesburg, FL W, 14-5
SANTOS 11 SUNY Potsdam Minneola, FL W, 9-4
11 Suffolk Leesburg, FL L, 9-6
12 Skidmore Leesburg, FL W, 8-3
UTIL 5-2 Freshman 12 Marian Leesburg, FL L, 10-2
13 Ohio Wesleyan Leesburg, FL L, 11-9
13 Emmanuel Leesburg, FL L, 2-0
Chicago, Illinois
Walther Christian Academy
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ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Assistant vp - four-time cciw coach of the year 2017 national coach of the year
Associate director of athletics Johnson has engineered a revitalization of the North
Park baseball program. The 16th-year head coach
athletics & Sport Management established sport management program
AT NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
BROUGHT 2017 TEAM TO
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH & head baseball coach has turned the 1-39 College Conference of Illinois &
Wisconsin (CCIW) basement-dwelling club of 2005 into
a program that has garnered attention on the conference and national level. On his
John Born transitioned from 20-year Head Men’s Soccer Coach to Assistant Vice watch, the Vikings have become a CCIW postseason tournament team, earned spots in
both the regional and national rankings, won CCIW titles, and competed in the NCAA
President for Athletics and Sport Management in the summer of 2019. Since then, Born tournament.
has had a direct impact on the Athletics branding and marketing upgrades made on the
campus of North Park University. Johnson’s players appear throughout the career and single season record books. They’ve
John Luke fared well on the CCIW level with 50 of his players being named to the All-CCIW
BORN As a coach, Born took over a North Park team that, before his arrival, had won only
one game in 1998. Under his direction, the program has had 18 consecutive winning
JOHNSON squad. Additionally, Johnson’s Vikings have earned two CCIW “Pitcher of the
Year” awards and one CCIW “Newcomer of the Year” nod.
seasons, captured five CCIW titles, achieved regional rankings from 2001-2014 and was
ranked nationally 2005-2012, and yet again in 2017 and 2018. He has coached 85 All-CCIW On the national level, 27 players have been selected to the Rawlings/ABCA All Central Region
players, 49 All-Region selections, 12 All-Americans and 4 CCIW Players of the Year. His players team, with two ABCA All-American award winners, four Rawlings National Gold Glove winners,
and one Central Region “Pitcher of the Year” winner. Johnson’s Vikings have included MLB
have also had the distinct honor of being selected “North Park Athlete of the Year” ten times draft picks and free-agent signees. For his efforts, Johnson has earned the CCIW “Coach
under his tenure. of the Year” award three times (2006, 2011, 2012). His 293 wins are good for second all-time at
NPU, and he is the fastest coach to reach 200 wins in the 100+ year history of the program.
Born concluded his impactful coaching career with a record of 234-104-37. He has been
named Coach of the Year in the CCIW (2004, 2005, 2010, and 2017) and the Lake Michigan The accolades for his teams are not strictly baseball related, however. The Vikings have also
Conference (1996). Born was also named the Central Region Coach of the Year and National seen an equally impressive elevation in their academic performance. Their team grade point
Coach of the Year by D3soccer.com in 2017 after leading his team to a national runner-up average has steadily risen to consistently over a 3.0. This hard work has culminated with
finish. The historic run ended with a season record of 20-2-2, including a CCIW title and CCIW a multitude of Academic All-CCIW team members, multiple prestigious CCIW Jack Swartz
tournament title. academic award winners, five Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District selections, and one
Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American award. For the last three years, the Vikings have
also earned the ABCA team academic award.
Born has also been instrumental in establishing a sport management concentration for
undergraduate students in the School of Business and Non-Profit Management. As a player at Elmhurst College, Johnson set an NCAA record for consecutive times
reaching base safely (all divisions), earned both All-CCIW First Team and Rawlings/ABCA
At Milwaukee School of Engineering, Born showed his ability to lift a program from the All-Central Region honors as an outfielder, as well as a two-time Verizon/CoSIDA Academic
depths. Born started at MSOE with a team that finished 1-12-1 in his first season, and steadily All-Region honors as a student. He still holds places in the career record book in a number
built the program. Displaying marked improvement over a four-year stretch, Born’s 1998 of Elmhurst career and single season offensive categories. He holds degrees from Elmhurst
team posted a 13-5-2 record in his final season at MSOE. (BA-Physical Education) and North Central (MLS-Leadership Studies).
Johnson and his wife, Kelli, are the parents of three children; Jacob, Brady, and Erin.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Born earned his bachelor’s degree from Concordia
University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science in Sport Management from the University
of Richmond. While playing on a nationally ranked NAIA team at Concordia, Born was
honored as a team captain, team MVP, All-Lake Michigan Conference, NSCAA All-Midwest
Region pick, and an NSCAA All-American Scholar Athlete.
Tyler Sports information director Tyler Woolbright enters his
third year as the Sports
He and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Golf, Ill.
WOOLBRIGHT & Gameday management administrator Information Director at
North Park University.
As the head of sports information and game day management, Woolbright oversees all intercollegiate
sports affiliated with North Park University. The sports information department oversees the production
and dissemination of statistics, game day programs, rosters, media guides, player/coach bios, website
Susan design, sports photography, live streaming, student workers, part-time workers, and pre/post-game
Associate Director of athletics - Susan Zimmer has served as the
associate athletic director and
stories. Additionally, Woolbright is in charge of all North Park University Athletics social media accounts.
ZIMMER compliance & rentals athletic facilities director at North Since stepping into the position, Woolbright has spearheaded the revitalization of NPU Athletics social
Park University since 2006. Her media accounts. The NPU Athletics Twitter account has grown from 112 to 1,397 followers, Instagram
responsibilities include compliance, facility rentals, and overseeing the general operations has grown from 79 to 1,234 followers, and Facebook has grown from ~200 to 1,541 “likes”. Additionally,
Woolbright has implemented the use of Facebook live streaming for all of North Park’s home athletics
of the 68,000-square-foot Helwig Recreation Center that opened in the fall of 2006. Zimmer events. These streaming improvements have increased the traffic of online viewership for NPU fans and
also served as the head volleyball coach at North Park from 1997–2005 and achieved a 129-203 beyond, as live streaming views have skyrocketed from, on average, 430 views per session to 1,040.
overall record during her tenure.
During the 2019-20 academic year, directed by a rebranding initiative from first-year Director of Athletics,
Zimmer earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she was a four- John Born, Woolbright was in charge of updating and redesigning Athletics branding throughout
campus. The project is currently ongoing, with the first installation of hallway wall graphics installed in
year letter winner in volleyball and softball. She was honored as a team captain, team MVP, Carlson Tower during the spring of 2020.
All-Conference selection in both sports, and selected into the Order of the Titans. Zimmer
received a master of arts in education from Saint Xavier University and a MBA from North Woolbright played baseball at North Park from 2013-2017 under current head baseball coach Luke
Park University. Johnson. A mainstay in the middle of the Vikings’ lineup for a majority of his career, Woolbright belted
nine home runs and 93 RBIs as a Viking. Woolbright’s fifth year was his most prolific, as he led the team
with seven home runs and 40 RBIs. His 40 RBIs placed him third overall in the CCIW for the 2017 season.
The Rockford native ranks 17th all-time in career doubles (28), 20th in RBI (93), 33rd in home runs (9) and
T-11th in sacrifice flies (9). He is also in the Vikings’ single-season record books: 40th in at-bats (155), 26th in
home runs (7), and 24th in RBI (40).
He currently resides in Kenosha, Wis. with his wife, Katelyn (C’ 15).
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