FARGO — Growing up on the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, Amai Hanta never thought the game of softball would take her to middle America. "I honestly didn't know where North Dakota was. I didn't know it was a place," Hanta said jokingly. Her journey was not always as smooth as her swing at the plate. During her junior year of high school, she was sidelined with an injury that forced her to rethink her future. "A lot of the options that were there before were no more.