Outside The Chute

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Washington alum, former US National Team member and current AU athlete, Courtney Gano. Court has had a fantastic career to date. She would have a stellar 4 years with the Washington Huskies where she would have a solid .306 career average with 23 homeruns and 91 RBI’s.  She then got her professional start over in Italy before joining the Ch...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time ISC World Champion and former member of the Men’s Canadian National Team, Waterloo native, Brandon Horn. Horny has had a remarkable career to date.  As just mentioned, he has won 4 ISC World Titles, been named to 3 ISC All World Teams, won the 2015 Pan Am Games and ISF World’s while representing Team Canada and a Canadian Senior Men’s title just t...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Texas State Bobcats alum, Texas native, Randi Hennigan. Randi had an amazing 4 years at Texas State.  She is the career leader in wins, strikeouts, appearance and innings pitched.  She is a two time All-American, two time Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year and a 4 time First Team All-Sun Belt Conference winner, and many other accolades as well. We’r...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with ISC and WBSC Hall of Famer and current head coach of the New Zealand Black Sox, one of the best to ever play the game, Mark Sorenson. I’m not even sure where to begin when talking about Mark’s accomplishments in the game.  He is a 4 time ISF World Champion with the Black Sox as a player, with the first coming at 16 years of age in 1984.  Mark would play...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time ISC World Champion and former Canadian Men’s National Team member, Ian Fehrman. Opie had an absolute excellent career in the game.  To go along with those 4 ISC rings, he has also won a ISF World Title and Pan Am gold in 2015, 2 Canadian Senior Men’s National Title’s, has been a 6 time ISC All World selection, as well as, a two time All Canadian....

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Michigan alum and 2005 WCWS Most Outstanding Player, Samantha Findlay. Sam had an amazing 4 years at University of Michigan.  As a Freshman in 2005, she would have a Cinderella season.  She was named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year to go along with Michigan’s first ever, National Title at the Women’s College World Series, as well as...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Arizona State Sun Devils alum and 2021 Olympian with the Mexican National Team, Sashel Palacios. Sash has had a stellar career to date.  She excelled in her 4 years at Arizona State, twice being named to the Pac-12 All Defensive Team, as well as, being named a 1st Team All-Pac 12 in 2017.  She helped lead Mexico to a birth in the Olympics in Tokyo this p...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former coach of the New Zealand Black Sox and current Director of Player Health and Performance for the San Diego Padres, Don Tricker. Don has had a big impact on the game of softball.  He would play for the Black Sox from 1986 to 1991 and would go on to be named the head coach in 1998.  Don was instrumental in changing the culture of the New Zealand pro...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2021 Olympian, 2 time National Champion and Oklahoma Sooners alum, Nicole Mendes. Nicole has had a spectacular career to date, as just mentioned she has won two Women’s College World Series, named to the 2017, 2019 and 2021 WCWS All Tournament Team, was the 2017 All-Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and most recently competed with Team Mexico at the 2021 Olym...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Softball Newfoundland Hall of Famer, Ward Gosse. Ward has had a spectacular career in the game which has spanned over 4 decades.  Wardo has been named an All Canadian 3 times, was a part of Newfoundland’s first Senior National Championship in 2012, named to the 2006 ISC All World Team and, of course, inducted into the Softball Newfoundland Hall of Fame b...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Virginia Unity and Pace High School star, as well as, the #1 overall ranked player for the class of 2024 by Extra Innings Softball, Florida native, Jayden Heavener.  Jayden has burst upon the scene in the last couple season’s and is now one of the most sought after recruits in the nation.  Last season as a Freshman at Pace High School, she went 11-3 with...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Oklahoma Sooners alum and the reigning WCWS Most Outstanding Player, Giselle "G" Juarez. G had a fantastic college career, getting her start with Arizona State where she would be named a first team NFCA All-American before transferring to Oklahoma.  With the Sooner’s G would go 53-6, with a 1.74 ERA and 437 strikeouts.  She would be named a NFCA First Te...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 3 time ISC Champion and ISC Hall of Famer, Sean O’Brien. OB had an absolute fantastic playing career, as he was a monster not only at the plate, but behind the dish as well.  As just mentioned he is a 3 time ISC Champion, 5 time Canadian Senior Men’s Champion, 5 Time ISC All World Selection and represented Canada internationally from 2000 to 2010. We’re...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Texas A&M Corpus Christi alum and the All Time Career Wins leader in National Pro Fastpitch League history, Sarah Pauly. Sarah has had an absolute amazing career.  She set every conceivable pitching record in Texas A&M Corpus Christi school history during her 4 years there, while also becoming an All-American.  From there she went on to an...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2 time ISC World Champ and US Men’s National Team member, Matt Palazzo. Matty has had a stellar career to date as he is a 2 time ISC All World selection, 9 time ASA All American, as mentioned earlier, a 2 time ISC World Champ with the New York Gremlins and a Pan Am Games Silver medalist in 2019 with the US Men’s National Team. We’re gonna talk to Matty a...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Arizona Alum, current Cal State Fullerton Pitching Coach and 2021 Olympian, Danielle O’Toole. Tooly has had a remarkable career to date.  She earned Mountain West Pitcher of the Year honors in 2014 and Mountain West Freshman of the Year recognition in 2013 while with San Diego State.  After transferring to Arizona, Tooly became one of the b...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 3 time ISF World Champion and Softball New Zealand Hall of Famer, Marty Grant Marty had an absolute amazing career.  As I just said, he won 3 ISF World Championships with the New Zealand Black Sox in 1996, 2000 and 2004, with the one in 2000 coming from a No-Hitter in the finals from Marty.  He is a 3 time ISC All World selection and also captured the 19...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Georgia Alum, and current Assistant Coach at Hofstra University, Kristyn Sandberg. Kristyn has had a fantastic career as she spent her undergraduate career at the University of Georgia and was named a second-team NFCA All-American after garnering first-team All-Region honors. She played a key role in leading the Bulldogs to the Women's Coll...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Wisconsin alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze Medalist, Kelsey Harshman. Kelsey has had a fantastic career to date. She played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, helping the Badgers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017 and 2018. She started in every single game throughout her four years, setting school records in all-t...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with the creator of Fastpitch the Movie himself, Jeremy Spear. Jeremy got into the game of Fastpitch after playing Baseball growing up, which included 4 years at Yale where he would play Division I with the Bulldogs. Later on down the road after spending time on the New York Art scene, the competitive juices for sport were missing and he jumped into the game...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Ashland Merchant and one of the star’s from Fastpitch The Movie, New Zealand native, Shane Hunuhunu. Shane was a force on the ISC circuit back in the 90’s while playing with Ashland, Ohio, terrorizing opposing pitchers with his heavy bat.  He was selected to the ISC All World Team back in 1992 in his very first ISC World Tournament.  Huny also cap...

Outside The Chute we sat down and chatted with former USA Men’s National Team member and recently inducted ASA/USA Softball of PA Hall of Famer, Bill Hillhouse. Billy has had a fantastic career, playing all over the world.  He spent 8 season playing down in New Zealand, one in Australia and numerous back home in the US.  In 1993 he became the youngest pitcher to play on the US Men’s National Team...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with San Jose State alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze medalist, Emma Entzminger. Emma has had a fantastic career to date.  She played four seasons (2014-18) with the Spartans while studying at San Jose State University, starting in 191 of her 207 games played over that span. Over her career with the Spartans she had a .287 batting average, .434 OBP, 17 doubles...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Assistant Coach of both the New York Gremlins and US Men’s National Team, the legendary, Nick McCurry. Nick has been known in this game for almost 50 years and brings a love and dedication to it that is unmatched.  He would start the Ashland Merchants E.S.S. team back in 1981 and became one of the best low budget teams in the US.  Nick had the daunting t...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Ball State University alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze Medalist, Jen Gilbert. Jen has had an amazing career as she has been with the Canadian National Team program dating back to the U16 National Team in 2009.  She has won a Pan Am Games silver in 2019 and, of course, an Olympic Bronze this past summer in Tokyo.  At Ball State, she helped guide the Cardi...