Player Interviews Episodes

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 5 time ISC World Champion, 10 time ISC All World selection and ISC Hall of Famer, Shawn Rychcik.

Shawn had an amazing 23 year playing career in the game which included an eight year stint on the USA Men’s National Team, producing a gold medal, 2 silver medals, and a bronze medal. He was twice named United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year in Men’s Softball. He was able to walk away with 2 ASA National Championships, an MVP and 8 All-America...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with University of Michigan alum, and current Japan Pro league Toda Medics member, Jordan Taylor.

Jordan has had a stellar career to date as she was named the 2008 Big Ten Freshman Player of the Year, 2010 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, is a three time All-Big Ten Conference First Team winner, while also being the All time career strikeout leader in the Big Ten.

We’re gonna talk to Jordan about getting her start in the game down in California, her amazing h...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Oakland University Alum, Olympic Bronze Medalist and Brantford's own, Erika Polidori.

Erika had a standout 4 years at Oakland University in Michigan where she would go on to finish fourth or better in 10 career offensive catagories and be named to the All-Horizon First Team in her Senior season in 2014. She would then go on to win a 2015 Pan Am Gold Medal on home soil in Toronto while leading her team in average and then just a few week’s ago help lea...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Canadian Men’s National Team member and Gould’s, Newfoundland native, Shane Boland.

Shane has had an incredible career to date and he’s still adding to that impressive resume. He has won 3 ISC World Titles, 7 Canadian Senior Men’s Championships, 2 Canadian Junior Men’s Championships, a bronze at the 2017 WBSC World’s, as well as, many individual awards, including being the only Canadian player to ever win the ISC’s, Senior Men’s and Junior Men’s title...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Co-Editor at D1Softball.com and UCLA Golden Bears alum, Tara Henry.

Tara had a fantastic college career with UCLA as she would compete at three Women’s College World Series, between 2004-2006, winning the prestigious championship in her freshman season. Since then she has co-founded an organization called Run The Bases where they focus on inclusion and gender equality through softball, as well as, she is a co-editor for D1Softball.com.

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Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former USA Softball Junior National Team member and current Assistant Coach with the Ole Miss Rebels, Ryker Chason.

Ryker got his start in the game in an unusual way, as he went online, filled out a form and tried out for the US Men’s National Junior Team. He would go on to compete at the 2014 and 2016 WBSC Championships, before finding his calling and turn his attention to coaching. He would get his start with South Georgia State before enrolling at ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with California Golden Bears alum, Athlete’s Unlimited athlete and Hawaiian native, Kamalani Dung.

Kama has had a fantastic career to date as she won 2017 All Mountain West first team honors, to go along with Mountain West Pitcher of the Year that same season while attending Fresno State and then going on to be named to the All-Pac-12 second team and NFCA All-Region third team while playing with the California Golden Bears in 2019. She also played in the i...

Outside The Chute sat down with Arizona Sun Devils Alum and Athlete’s Unlimited member, San Diego’s own, Morgan Howe.

Morgan has had a remarkable career to date, as she would be named to the 2017 NFCA All-Pacific Region 2nd Team and All-Mountain Team at Fresno State before transferring to Arizona State, where she go on to be named a, Pac-12 and NFCA All-Region First Team, a First Team All-American, while also making a trip to the 2018 Women’s College World Series. Last season Morgan participate...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 4 time ISC All World selection and 3 time ISC World Champion, Rob Schweyer.

Rob has had an amazing career to date spanning all the way back to the early 90’s, and he’s still going strong today, most recently winning an ASA Championship last year in OKC.

We’re going to talk to Rob about getting his start in the game in Ontario, what it was like juggling ball and professional hockey, his tremendous success on the ISC circuit, as well as, his RS Sports ...

Outside The Chute sat down with Washington Huskies Alum and co-founder of The Packaged Deal, Morgan Stuart.

Morgan had a fantastic 4 years at the University of Washington, where she would have three, honorable mention All-Pac 10 honors, a first team All Academic Pac-10 and be named to the Women’s College World Series All Tournament Team after her and the Huskies captured the National title in 2009. For all she accomplished with the Huskies, she would be inducted into the University of Washingto...

Outside The Chute sat down with a legend from our parts. He’s a 4 time All-Canadian, 10 time Mainland Fastball Batting Champion, former goaltender with the California Golden Seals in the NHL and Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Famer, Lyle Carter.

We’re gonna talk to Lyle about getting his start in the game back in the day in the village of Brookfield, competing at the 1969 Canada Games in Halifax, what it was like to play a National on home soil in Brookfield back in 1971, his experience of playing i...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Washington Huskies Alum and Canadian National Team member, Jenn Salling.

Jenn has had an amazing career to date as she was the 2007 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, won a NCAA National Championship in 2009 with the Washington Huskies, as well as, a 2015 Pan Am Games gold on home soil with Team Canada just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Jenn about getting her start in the game in Port Coquitlam, BC at a you...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Purdue University alum, former Dallas Charge pro and host of “When The Cleats Come Off”, Ashley Burkhardt.

Ash had a stellar four years at Purdue, where she earned three straight All-Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA). She was also a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and garnered first-team All-Big Ten accolades in 2014. She was drafted in the National Pro Fastpitch League by the Dallas Charge where she would s...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Team Canada National Team member and St John’s, NL native, Rob O’Brien.

OB had a fantastic career that spanned almost 20 years. He’s a 4 time ISC All World selection, 3 time, Canadian Nationals MVP, 6 time ASA Champion, 8 time Canadian National Champ, as well as, an ISC World Title in 2010.

We’re gonna talk to Rob about getting his start growing up in Newfoundland, representing Canada at the 1993 ISF World Junior Championships in New Zealand a...

Outside The Chute sat down we Alabama Crimson Tide Alum and Marketing and Promotions Manager for Mizuno Fastpitch USA, Leah Majeski.

Leah had a great four years with Alabama where she would be a four time Academic All-SEC and make two trips to the Women’s College World Series in 2003 and 2005. From there she would spend a few years with the Softball Factory before moving into her current roll with Mizuno Fastpitch USA as the head of Marketing and Promotions.

We’re gonna talk to Leah about gett...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with US Men’s National Team member and Las Vegas, Nevada native, Yusef Davis Jr.

Yuse is another one of those Baseball players that has made the transition to Fastpitch and has had tremendous success so far in doing so. He’s already made his way onto the US Men’s National team, captured a silver medal at the 2019 Pan Am Games and been named to an ISC All World Team in just 7 years of playing the game.

We’re gonna talk to Yuse about getting his start in th...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Williams College Ephs alum and current Canadian National Team member, Joey Lye.

Joey had an amazing 4 year run at Williams College where she would set five all-time school records during her four seasons; batting average (.457), runs scored (150), hits (211), total bases (267) and stolen bases (62). She would also play varsity hockey as well, patrolling the blueline as part of the Ephs defence, where she tallied 41 points (18G, 23A) in 100 games. Joey...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Softball Canada Hall of Famer and Newport, Nova Scotia native, Tim Macumber.

Tim had an illustrious career as he has won an ISC World title, a Canadian Senior Men’s Championship, a gold medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games, been named All Canadian four times and to 3 ISC All World Teams, just to name a few.

We talked to T Mac about getting his start in the game down in Newport and the role his dad played in it, winning a Canadian Junior title with Lloydmin...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with New Zealand Black Sox captain, and 2017 World Champion, Cole Evans.

Being 22 years of age you would figure that there wouldn’t be much to cover with Cole but he has already had as much international experience as most players have had in their lifetime. Cole got his first taste of the Men’s game on a global scale at the 2015 ISF World Championships in Saskatoon at the ripe age of 17 and hasn’t looked back, recently being named team captain of the New ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Aussie Spirit Captain, and soon to be, 3 time Olympian, Stacey Porter.

Stacey has had an amazing career to date as she has won 2 Olympic medals, silver in 2004 in Athens, and a bronze in 2008 in Beijing. She was a 1st team All American in 2003 while playing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and has also been named Softball Australia’s Indigenous Athlete of the Year on 3 occasions. Stacey has gone on to become one of the most feared hitters in the w...

Outside The Chute we sat down and chatted with Oklahoma State alum, Athlete’s Unlimited star and the Bat Flip Queen herself, Samantha Show.

Sam has had a fantastic career to date, starting her college career with Texas A&M for three years before transferring to Oklahoma State for her Senior season, where she would lead them to a spot in the Women’s College World Series and have a memorable showing. Sam would then move onto play professionally with the Scrapyard Dawgs of the National Pro Fastpit...

Outside The Chute we sat down and chatted with former King and his Court member and current manager of national teams and Canadian championships for Softball Canada, Mike Branchaud.

Mike had quite a career in the game as he was able to travel all over North America with the late, great, Eddie Feigner and the King and his Court and play in front of thousands of fans on a nightly basis. Mike would also be named to the ISC All World Team in 1999 while playing with the Amsterdam Spirt from New York...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with LMU Alum, former US National Team member and Athletes Unlimited star, Sam Fischer.

Sam has had a fantastic career to date. She had an amazing 4 year career at LMU, which led to having her number retired and inducted into their sports hall of fame. From there she would spend a few years with the US National Team, winning two World Cup gold medals and two ISF Silver’s. Sam most recently played in the awesome new Athlete’s Unlimited League and has her ey...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Cal U of Pennsylvania alum and current Canadian National Team member, Natalie Wideman.

Nat had a stand out career at Cal U where she was a 3 time All-PSAC first team all-star, 2014 PSAC Athlete of the Year as well as the 2014 NCAA Division II Catcher of the Year. She would go on to play for the Canadian National Team where she has won 2 bronze medals at the 2016 and 2018 WBSC World Championships and the well known Pan Am Games Gold on home soil in Tor...