re: Softball gets transfer

I know this is random but it looks like Satchell is heading to Texas Tech officially.

Good for her, she'll do well there. Tech just added a few transfers, including one from the cajuns. Will probably be a much different team next year, makeup wise.

Sydney Smith is heading back home. She'll be dominant at Minnesota, they have a lot of talented players. She gets to pitch to Lindaman who is an incredible catcher. Look for Minnesota to do some serious damage again next year.

I am sure after this past NCAA selection everyone will look to play much better schedules. I am hearing we are looking to bring back Minnesota next year as well, and to have a 3 game series with Washington again.

Heaven Burton, she is an OF. She red shirted her freshman year. Pretty versatile player, was ranked in the top 100 prospects by FloSoftball.

I haven't seen her play before but I know she was recruited by Arizona State and Missouri as well.


Seems like a solid pickup for this tech program. They add 6 other signee's so it should be a very different team next year.

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Sydney Smith is heading back home. She'll be dominant at Minnesota

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Why is Smith transferring?

Probably because she's not going to pitch as much as she wants with Hoover and Walljasper here

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She was set to be our ace in 2019. Seems like it was homesickness since she's from Minnesota and transferring back there.

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I think she wanted to be a full time starter, well play a lot more, for the next two years instead of waiting for it her senior year. You can only play college softball once so I can understand why. This year would be extremely tricky if she stayed, while she would see a lot of time Beth will have no choice but to also try to work on the development of Sunseri and Gorsuch for the following year. 5 really good pitchers on staff could be extremely tight.

Its a shame to lose a talent like her, she will do very well though and she represented LSU extremely well. Looking forward to seeing her succeed next year though.




In another random softball update, I think Morgan Cummins plays for Georgia Impact Lewis? They got a really good travel team. If I am not mistaken, another one of our commits Savannah Stewart (2018) is on it as well as a starter. She has been impressive so far this summer. She batted a little over .400 in the So. Cal Invitational against elite talent, her and an Alabama commit looked like the better hitters on the team. She is already ranked at #43 in the country. If she continues looking good this summer I expect her to be ranked around 32-38 range. Really good looking prospect. She has a lot of offensive tools much like Sandra Simmons but much more fast. She is the definition of a versatile slapper, girl can drop a bunt easily and slap it over the wall.


Georgia produces a lot of talent, I am not sure how they always seem to escape Georgia, it makes no sense.

Big News on LSU recruiting Trail today!


LSU makes the final cut for 2021 Prospect McKenzie Redoutey who plays for Georgia Impact. She is the #8 player in the class of 2021, she batted over .520 her Freshman year while smashing 24 homeruns and 11 doubles.

She is expected to move into the top 5 in the next update, would be a major catch for this program if we can pick her up!

Also LSU is also a finalist for Sydney Osada, #34 recruit for 2021, Pitcher.

I feel like with women sports, athletes tend to be more straight forward. A lot commit then strictly focus on their development. Not so many headcases committing then decommiting for national attention. Now a days, specifically softball and gymnastics, if you don't jump on these players sometime their freshman year in HS it'll be extremely difficult to pick up. Recruiting starts really early now a days for a lot of sports.

But every so often players do have a change of heart and do flip, a lot can happen due to personal circumstances, coaching changes, etc...

Yup, everything is literally determined it seems by the end of your sophomore year. Most are committed that far in advanced. The late bloomers really do get the short end of it since everyone else is essentially filled up by then.

If I am not mistaken, the NCAA is trying to change recruiting rules for Softball and Gymnastics more so, these two sports recruit at much younger ages than anyone else.

To be fair with gymnastics, its a younger person sport. Athletes are really in their prime between 14-16 so you see much more activity on the recruiting end here.

So I was playing around on youtube and a friend texted me that someone "called Sunseri the next Barnhill"

Basically someone is calling her the next great college pitcher who "pitches illegally"


So I type in Sunseri on youtube, then this pops up


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"Shelbi Sunseri Next Barnhill. Illegal pitching"

Guess someone is bitter