Jane Teixeira. Photo courtesy of PacWest Conference

 Photo courtesy of PacWest Conference

Former Santa Rita High softball standoutΒ Jane Teixeira, who later played for the Texas Longhorns, has been hired as senior associate commissioner of the PacWest Conference. That league β€” which includes schools such as Fresno-Pacific, BYU-Hawaii, Cal Baptist and Dixie State β€” hired Teixeira away from Conference USA where she was director of NCAA compliance, among other things.Β 

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