Player Interviews Episodes

Outside The Chute sat down with one of the rising stars of Canadian softball, 2024 WBSC World Cup Bronze Medalist, Stoney Brook University alum and current member of the Canadian Women’s National Team, the one and only—Dawn Bodrug.

Dawn grew up in Georgetown, Ontario, where her passion for the game was sparked at an early age. Her journey took her south of the border to Indian River State College, where she made an immediate impact, before transferring to Stony Brook University and becoming one...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2007 Canadian Senior Men's Nationals Champ and 2007 ISC World Champ. He is also a 2015 WBSC World Cup Champ and Pan Am Games Gold medalist and freshly named back onto the Canadian Men’s National Team, it’s the one and only, Kevin Schellenberg.

Man, obviously from what I rhymed off there, what a career Skates has had in this game and is still looking to add to that long list of accomplishments.

We talk to Kev about getting his start in the game back i...

What an episode we have for you this week. Not only is it the debut of our newest segment “Around the Horn” with Blair Setford and Kyle Smith, but Hopey and I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with 12 year NHL veteran, 2018 NHL Coach of the Year with the Vegas Golden Knights and a 13-year member of the Summerside Twins Senior Men’s Team, it’s the one and only, Gerard Gallant.

Man, to say this was a special episode would be an understatement. Those who know me, know I’m a massive hoc...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Texas Alum, current Italian National Team Member and current member of the AUSL Bandits, it’s the one and only, Bella Dayton.

Bella had a remarkable college career, which started at Arizona with the Wildcats, before finishing up with the Longhorns in Texas where she was a 2 time Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team recipient and also named to the 2022 Women’s College World Series All-Tournament team. She was also named to the All-Worl...

Outside The Chute sat down with one of our favorites ever. She was a 2019 First Team All-American with the Arizona State Sun Devils, the 2023 WPF Offensive Player of the Year, as well as a back to back WPF Champ with the Texas Smoke, it’s the one and only, Morgan Howe.

Last time we chatted with Mo, she had just finished up her first year at AU and a lot has gone down since that talk 4 years ago. After one more season of AU, she moved on to the Vipers for a year before finding a home with the Sm...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Washington alum and current member of the US Women’s National Team, the one and only, Sis Bates.

Sis has had an amazing career to date and it just continues to grow. She is a 3 time PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Year, 3 time NFCA All-American, the All Time leader in hits and triples for the Huskies, and was also named 2019 Seattle Female Sports Star of the Year. Not to mention, Sis is probably one of the best defensive players to ever p...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time ISC World Champion and former Canadian Men’s National Team member, Don Scott.

Donnie has had a fantastic career in the game. To go along with those 4 ISC World Title’s he has won 3 Canadian Senior Men’s Championships, named to the 2011 ISC All World Team and won the 2012 Pan American Championships where he would take home the top pitcher award.

We’re gonna talk to Donnie about getting his start in the game, attending the 1993 Canada Games with...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Canadian Men’s National Team member, Quebec native, Mathieu Roy.

Matty has had an amazing run in the game so far and he’s still going strong. He is a 2015 WBSC and Pan Am Games Champion, 2 time ISC World Champion, 5 time ISC All World selection, 3 time Canadian Senior Men’s Champion, numerous All Canadians, a few ASA titles…….let’s just say the guy has done it all.

We’re gonna talk to Matty about getting his start in the game in Quebec, attending the...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2019 NFCA All-American and Arizona State Sun Devils alum, Kindra Hackbarth.

Kindra had a stellar 4 years with the Sun Devils. She would be a 3 time All-Pac 12 selection, 2018 NFCA All-West First Team selection, as well as previously mentioned a 2019 All-American.

We take a deep dive into Kindra’s career talking about getting her start in the game, the recruiting process that started at a young age, leading to her and her twin sister Maddie originally...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Alabama alum, 2016 All-American and the owner of one of the best curveballs in the game, Sydney Littlejohn Watkins.

Syd had a stellar 4 years with the Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama. She was a 4 year letter winner, raking up 67 wins and a career 1.77 ERA which puts her ranked 6th of all time in program history for both those stats. Like I mentioned earlier, she was a 2016 NFCA All-American, as well as, a NFCA All-Region First ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Texas Longhorns Head Coach, the legendary, Mike White.

Mike’s list of accomplishments in the game are astounding. Here’s an example of some –

8 Hall of Fame Inductions

2 time WBSC World Champion

5 time ISC World Champion

5 time ASA Champion

10 time ISC All World Selection

3 time Pan Am Games Silver Medalist

ISC Career Win Leader with 70

6 Women College World Series appearances

3 time Pac-12 Coach of the Year

Now there are a lot...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time WBSC World Champion, WBSC Hall of Famer and ISC Hall of Famer, Thomas Makea

Thomas no doubt goes down as one of the best to ever play the game. Of course, as mentioned with the WBSC title’s and Hall of Fame induction, he is also a 5 time ISC Champion, 6 time ISC All World selection and the Most Valuable Player at the 2000 ISC’s.

We’re gonna talk to Thomas about getting his start in the game down in New Zealand, where the nickname Larry came fr...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Texas A&M alum, Athletes Unlimited star and 2020 Olympian, Tori Vidales.

Tori has had a fantastic career to date.
She had a stellar 4 years with the Aggies where she would start in all 240 games, win 2 NFCA All American awards, be named to the 2015 SEC All Freshman Team, while going on to be the career leader in runs scored, total bases and RBI’s.
Tori would also represent Mexico at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and played a pivotal role for them in thei...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Millsaps College alum and current lead photographer with Athletes Unlimited, Jade Hewitt.

Jade has been someone I’ve wanted to chat with for a while now and I’m so happy she found time out of her busy schedule, especially in the middle of the AU season, to come on and chat with us. This was such a great interview.

We talk to Jade about her 4 years playing at Millsaps College, her start in photography in the NPF with the Dallas Charge, her time with U...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Arizona State Sun Devils alum and current Head Coach at Central Arizona College, Maddi Hackbarth.

Maddi had a stellar NCAA career, getting her start at Fresno State before transferring to Arizona State where she would go on to become an All American. She most recently competed in Athlete’s Unlimited AUX in San Diego where she finished an impressive 21st in the point standings.

We’re gonna talk to Maddi about getting her start in the game, her recruit...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with ISC and Softball New Zealand Hall of Famer, one of the greats in our game, Patrick Shannon.

Paddy has had a spectacular career to date as he has won 4 ISC World Titles, 2 WBSC Titles, been named to 10 ISC All World Teams, as well as previously mentioned, inducted into both the ISC and Softball New Zealand Hall of Fames.

We’re gonna talk to Paddy about getting his start in the game down in New Zealand, his very well known batting stance and how that a...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Georgia and University of Louisiana Alum, and current member of the Smash It Sports Vipers of the WPF, Ciara Bryan.

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Arizona State University alum and current Head Coach at Vanguard University, Amber Freeman.

Amber had an absolute excellent career with the Sun Devils. Her skills as a catcher made her a steady force behind the Sun Devils' plate from 2012-2015. She was a three-time All-American and 2013 PAC-12 Player of the Year. Amber ranks fourth in ASU career history with 56 home runs and fifth all-time in career RBI with 197 as well as fifth in ASU history with 46...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Northwestern University alum and current Female Athlete Mental Mentor, Paige Tonz.

Paige’s story is pretty awesome and goes to show you how big the mental side of the game plays in sport. Paige had a, what we can say “mediocre” first three years in college and she is the first to admit that, but that all changed her Senior season as she decided to focus on giving it her all, having fun and whatever happens….happens and it paid dividends as she hit a f...

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 Chicago Bandits of the NPF in 2018. Court would play with the US National Team as well in 2018 where s...

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 to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Horny about getting his start in the game at a young age in Water...

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’re gonna talk to Randi about getting her start in the game in her home state of Texas, the amazing bo...

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 in 18 ISC World Tournaments, where he would go on to win 4 World titles and be named to 12 All World...

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.

We’re gonna talk to Opie about getting his start in the game, the epic run at the ISC’s with Jarvis...