Credit: OU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball One Oklahoma softball player is taking her first-hand experience with mental health struggles and turning it into an opportunity to help other athletes. Right-handed pitcher Sophia Bordi announced on X on Monday that she is starting a podcast with two other collegiate athletes, Moo Galbus from Syracuse soccer and Sabrina McGroarty from Iowa field hockey. Titled Smogcast, the podcast aims to help athletes na

Credit: ESPN ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball More Sooners softball is on its way to Oklahoma City this summer. When Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby X makes its way to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in downtown OKC on August 23 , several former and current Oklahoma softball stars will highlight the roster that is set to make history.  The three-on-three derby, now in its fourth year, usually pairs former MLB legends with the best women’s softball and base

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball In Game One of the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) Championship Series, the bats of the Talons took down the Bandits 3-1.  With Georgina Corrick, Pitcher of the Year , going head-to-head with ace Lexi Kilfoyl of the Bandits in the circle, a pitcher’s duel was inevitable. Three scoreless innings passed until Bubba Nickles-Camerena took advantage of a no-out, two-on situation in the fourth. Her si

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Prior to Game One of the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) Championship, Bandits infielder Erin Coffel was named the 2025 Most Valuable Player.  MVP is decided by votes from the AUSL’s Player Executive Committee, advisors, general managers, head coaches, members of the AUSL broadcast team, beat writers, and select members of the press, as well as fan polling through AUSL’s social media accounts. 

Credit: Little League Softball ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The road to the Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina, continues on Friday, as regional finals take place across the nation.  Little League Softball currently operates five tournament divisions as part of the International Tournament, where teams must play to advance through District, Section, State, Region, and World Series tournaments. Three divisions culminate at a S

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball While the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) will conclude over July 26-28 with the Bandits and Talons in a race for the championship title, it won’t be the last of professional ball this summer.  60 elite players will continue playing and face off in the AUSL All-Star Cup August 2-31. This 21-game high-stakes showdown will create an individual champion instead of a team, embodying th

Credit: Texas Tech Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The Big 12 Conference announced its 2024-25 Male and Female Athletes of the Year in a press release on Thursday. Texas Tech’s Ni'Jaree Canady took the Female Athlete of the Year honors, while Colorado’s Travis Hunter snagged Male Athlete of the Year.  Canady is the eighth overall softball player and the first to win the Big 12 Athlete of the Year honor since 2022. This award may come as a shock to

Credit: SLU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Two former Southeastern Louisiana players are making their return to Hammond.  After spending two years with the Lions and then jumping to the Division II level with UT Tyler, the program announced in a press release that Cera Blanchard and Ka’Lyn Watson received extended eligibility by the NCAA for one final season. Blanchard, a pitcher, and Watson, an outfielder, were key members of SLU’s 2024 Southland

Credit: SFU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball A new era for Saint Francis University has begun. SFU athletics announced via press release on Monday that Bill Vasko has been hired as the head coach of the softball team. He becomes the 14th head coach in program history, taking over a program that is transitioning from NCAA Division I to Division III in the 2026 academic year.  Vasko joins the Red Flash with 31 years of coaching experience, including

Credit: Pitt State Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The Pittsburgh State athletic department is calling on the softball community for help. Utility player Kendall Forbes was in a horrific car accident over the weekend, and the Gorillas are raising money for her family to help with medical costs.  According to her mother, Stephanie Forbes ' Facebook page, she was hit on the driver’s side door by a vehicle traveling at an excessive speed and was ejecte

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Talons right-handed pitcher Georgina Corrick has taken the title of Pitcher of the Year in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), when awards were announced on Wednesday morning.  As one of the most dominant pitchers in the league, she has led the Talons to a first-place 19-5 record and a postseason spot ahead of the regular season finale. With a perfect 6-0 record, she leads the le

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball In the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), Ana Gold has been named Rookie of the Year.  The second Golden Ticket recipient and an AUSL College Draft selection by the Blaze, Gold didn’t skip a beat when transitioning from a college athlete to a professional. Although the season hasn’t been the greatest for the Blaze, she’s certainly been a bright light on the highlight reels during th

Credit: Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The University of Oregon announced in a press release on Tuesday that head softball coach Melyssa Lombardi has agreed to an extension through the 2030 season.  The 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year will enter her eighth season leading the Ducks in 2026. After a highly successful 21-year tenure with the Oklahoma Sooners under Patty Gasso, Lombardi was nam

Credit: UCLA Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball A former UCLA softball star and assistant coach is moving on from the Bruins. San Diego State head coach Stacey Nuveman Deniz announced on Monday via press release that Madilyn “Bubba” Nickels-Camarena is joining the Aztecs staff as an assistant coach.  Nickels-Camarena spent four years at UCLA, where she led the Bruins to the 2019 NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) Championship while pacing the te

Credit: Molloy Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Hofstra University announced Susan Cassidy-Lyke as the softball program’s new head coach in a press release on Friday. Cassidy-Lyke joins the Pride after an extraordinary 20-year tenure as head coach and director of athletics at Molloy University, where she won 25 Conference Championships, four NCAA Regional Championships, and collected 31 NCAA Tournament appearances.  The appointment of Cassidy-Lyke c

Credit: LMU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The softball community is banding together on social media to save a former college player’s life. Allisha Martinez, a 26-year-old infielder who played for Loyola Marymount University and Regis University, is urgently seeking a living kidney donor.  Martinez has been fighting immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, also known as Berger’s disease, an autoimmune disorder where the body’s immune system mistakenly

Credit: BYU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Libby Sugg cruised through BYU’s record books during her four-year career from 2016 to 2019.  The starting catcher all four years and a 2018 NFCA Third Team All-American finished her career at No.1 in program history with sacrifice flies (15), No. 2 in doubles (47) and RBIs (211), No.3 in slugging percentage (.666), chances (1206) and putouts (1119). She was No. 4 in homers (49), total bases (420), and wa

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball When former UCLA standout Maya Brady played her final collegiate game in 2024, the softball world begged her to play professionally.  One of 15 players selected in the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball College Draft, she chose to stick with playing internationally with Team USA at the 2024 WBSC World Cup and opted out of making her AU debut. When former UCLA standout Maya Brady played her final collegiate game i

Credit: Clemson Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The Clemson Tigers announced in a press release on Thursday that the university approved a contract extension for softball head coach John Rittman.  Ritmman, who just completed his sixth season with the Tigers, is now signed through the 2031 season.  According to Clemson's Board of Trustees compensation committee , Rittman will receive $2.01 million in salary. The new deal will pay him $315,000 in 202

Credit: SUU Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball After making a significant impact on Southern Utah University’s pitching staff, team culture, and recruiting efforts, the university announced in a press release on Thursday that assistant coach Taylor McQuillin is being promoted to associate head coach.  The All-American pitcher from the University of Arizona, who led the nation in shutouts with 15 in 2018, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, and now a highly-ranked