Complex sentence: Wright grew up in Warrensburg, Illinois and graduated from Warrensburg-Latham High School, and attended Illinois State University where she was a pitcher for the 1973 Illinois State softball team that was the national runner-up at the AIAW Women's College World Series.
Split into simpler sentences: Wright grew up in Warrensburg, Illinois and graduated from Warrensburg-Latham High School. She attended Illinois State University, where she was a pitcher for the 1973 Illinois State softball team that was the national runner-up at the AIAW Women's College World Series.