Player Interviews Episodes

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, being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. In that final game against UCLA, Sam would hi...

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 past summer, and is set to take part in her third season with Athlete’s Unlimited.

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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 Olympics.

We’re gonna talk to Nicole about getting her start in the game, the decision to attend Oklah...

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 back in 2014.

We’re gonna talk to Ward about getting his start in the game where he grew up in Bay R...

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 252 strikeouts in 105 innings pitched and a 1.42 ERA, good enough for her to be named the Florida 5A...

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 Team All-American in 2019, as well as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. Last season is where G definitely...

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 gonna talk to OB about getting his start in the game over in Newfoundland, his time on the ISC circ...

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 incredible pro career that saw her win two league championships, be named to 8 All-Pro NPF Teams, win...

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 about growing up watching his Dad play Fastpitch in Iowa, making that transition from Baseball to F...

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 best pitcher in the Wildcats rich tradition of great hurlers. In 2017, she would go on to be named a f...

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 1996 ISC World Title with the Tampa Bay Smokers. For all he accomplished in his career Marty was induct...

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 College World Series in 2009 and 2010 while earning SEC All-Freshmen Team honors in 2009 and First Team...

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-time runs (180), on base percentage (.527), and consecutive games on base (40). She was the first fr...

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 full force and decided to document that journey which resulted in the creation of what we all know ...

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 captured the 1989 ISF World Junior Title in Summerside, PEI while competing with New Zealand.

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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 and proceeded to win the Most Valuable Pitcher award at the Pan Am Tournament that same season. Durin...

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, three triples, four home runs and 70 RBIs. She finished at SJSU ranked third all-time in runs scor...

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 Cardinals to three Mid-American Conference regular season championships (2012-14). She holds nearly all of...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Halifax Jaguar and owner of Prodigy Sports, Sheet Harbour native, Jeff Cameron.

Jeff had an extensive playing career which spanned almost 20 years, seeing him get his start in his home town of Sheet Harbour, and then getting the chance to play in countries all over the world like New Zealand, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Jeff was also a key part of the 1998 Halifax Jaguars that would win the Canadian Men’s Senior National Championship ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Aussie Olympian and current University of Washington Husky pitcher, Gabbie Plain.

Gabbie is only 23 years old and has already had enough awards and accolades many would be proud of for an entire career. She is a 3 time All Pac-12 First Team winner, two time First Team All-American, the 2021 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Gabbie about getting her start i...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Brown University alum and Canadian Olympic Bronze medalist, Janet Leung.

Janet has had a fantastic career to date and is still going strong. She got her start with the Canadian Junior National Team before heading to Brown University for 4 years where she would start in all 151 career games. From there, Janet would join the Canadian Women’s National Team where she has captured a 2018 WBSC Bronze medal, a 2019 Pan Am Silver and most recently an Olympic ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with the host of the show, Randy Frame.

Hopey takes over hosting duties and we get to hear about Framer's time in the game, as well as, anything and everything in between. Lots of laughs were had on this episode. We hope you all enjoy!

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Aussie Steeler and current New York Gremlin, Australia native, Zenon Winters.

Zenon has had a decorated career to date as he has won 4 ISC World Titles, 6 Australian National Titles, been named to 4 ISC All World Teams, a 2 time ASA MVP and a 2009 ISF World Title with the Aussie Steelers, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Zenon about getting his start in the game down under, his time with the Australian Junior Team which resulted in a Wo...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Hawaii at Manoa alum and Australian Olympian, Kaia Parnaby.

Kaia has had a tremendous career to date as she was named an NFCA All American in 2013 while at the University of Hawaii, while also taking home Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year. She also, set school and Big West records for wins and strikeouts in a season that same year. Kaia has thrived in her time playing pro over in Japan with the SGH Galaxy Stars recording over 500 c...