Texas head coach Mike White has kept the softball program in the top tier since his move from Oregon to the Forty Acres. Two years ago they made it to the championship series before losing to perennial top dog Oklahoma. And last year making it to the Super Regionals before losing to a stout Tennessee team.
Last season the team finished the year with a 45-1-1 record. They played good at home with a 30-5 record but on the road it wasn’t as positive ending with a 7-8 losing record.
The team did lose several players for this season including, Lou Gilbert who graduated and Mya Holmes who left the team. Also Alyssa Popelka, Camille Corona, Courtney Day and Maddie Pomykalski all left via the transfer portal.
Texas has a solid core of returning players including, Jordyn Whitaker, Bella Dayton, Mia Scott, Reese Atwood, Viviana Martinez, Baylea Brandon and Katie Cimusz to give the team a solid foundation for this season.
They also added six foot freshmen right handed Teagan Kavan who faced 29 batters in four fall games managing to strike out out 15 of them. She will be joining returners including left handed, Estelle Czech, and right handers, Mac Morgan, Citlaly Gutierrez and Sophia Simpson on the pitching staff.
Texas also picked up Joley Mitchell in the transfer portal from Notre Dame. Mitchell should provide some hitting power along with speed on the bases.
When all is said and done this year’s team in made up of a nice mix of, 6- Freshmen, 5- Sophomores, 6- Juniors and 5- Seniors.
It looks like Texas should be able to make another good run this season going deep into it come tournament time.
Big Yellow Balls 