Player Interviews Episodes

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Kitchener Hallman Twins and USA Men’s National Team member, Cam Schiller.

Cam has taken a different path in the game then most as he’s played most of his career in the game of Baseball and was a 2012, 7th round MLB selection by the Texas Rangers. Since turning to Fastpitch in 2016, Cam has already been a 2 time All World selection at the ISC’s and named to the US National Team, which is absolutely incredible.

We’re gonna talk to Cam about those years...

Outside The Chute sat down and talked with former McNeese State University standout, Athletes Unlimited star and current Italian National Team member, Erika Piancastelli.

Erika had an amazing career at McNeese where she would combine for 19 school and conference records. She was a 2 time NFCA All American, 4 time SLC Player and Hitter of the year and 4 time McNeese Female Athlete of the Year. From there Erika has gone on to star for the Italian National Team as well as this past summer in the A...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with ISC Hall of Famer and Melfort, Saskatchewan native, Keith Mackintosh.

Tosh has had a fantastic career spanning over 25 years as a player and over 10 as a coach. He is a 5 time Canadian Senior Men’s National Champion, 2 time All Canadian, 5 time ISC All World Team selection and a 2003 Pan Am Games gold medalist, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Tosh about getting his start in the game in Saskatchewan, his midget and junior national titles with ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former Washington Huskie and current Team Canada National Team member, Danielle Lawrie.

Dan has had an amazing career to date, she is a two time USA Collegiate Player of the Year, 2009 National Champion, holds the University of Washington record in career wins, shutouts, strikeouts, strikeout ratio, starts, appearances, complete games and innings, she competed at the 2008 Olympics and will be looking to top it off with a gold medal in this years Olymp...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Men’s Canadian National Team member and North Vancouver native, Derek Mayson.

Mayse has had a storied career so far dating back to the Canada Games in 2001. He is a 5 time ISC All World selection, 2015 Pan Am Gold Medalist, 2015 ISF World Champion as well as a 2007 Canadian Senior Men's National Champion just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Mayse about getting his start in the game out in BC, his time with the Vancouver Grey Sox which led to a ...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Texas Longhorn Alum, current US National Team member, and one of the best pitchers to ever play the game, Cat Osterman.

Cat’s list of accomplishments are endless as she has the NCAA record for strikeouts per 7 innings over her career with 14.34, 2nd all-time in strikeouts with 2,265, four Big 12 Pitcher of the Year awards, Olympic Gold in 2004, as well as the first ever Athletes Unlimited Champion, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Cat about ge...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Woman’s Canadian National Team member and Maple Ridge, BC native, Larissa Franklin.

Larissa is a Two-time NFCA All-Region honoree…Three-time All-Conference selection…Finished collegiate career at IPFW and Western Kentucky University with a .398 average, 287 hits, 173 runs, 69 RBI, 91 stolen bases and 70 walks. She also tied WKU’s record for longest hit streak at 15 games.

She is also a 2 time Pan Am games medalist that included a gold medal in 2005 o...

Outside The Chute is heading over to Portugal’s Cove, Newfoundland as we sat down and chatted with Hall of Famer, Colin Abbott.

Abby was one of the most feared hitters to ever play the game. His list of accomplishments are numerous as he has been named to 10 ISC All World teams, 3 ISC Tournament MVP’s, 3 ISC World Titles, 4 Canadian Senior Men’s titles, as well as, 2 Pan Am Games Gold medals, just to name a few.

We talked to Colin about getting his start in the game over in Portugal’s Cove, hi...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Hall of Famer and Victoria, BC native, Mike Piechnik.

Peaches had an absolute amazing career spanning over 30 years. He’s a 9 time ISC All World selection, 2 time Pan Am Games gold medalist, has 4 Canadian Senior Men’s National Titles, a 1992 ISF Gold medal with Team Canada and has thrown a record 4 ISC perfect games just to name a few.

We talked to Mike about getting his start in the game after the tragic work place death of his father, how he becam...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with former University of Nebraska standout and current South Dakota State Assistant Coach, Kiki Stokes.

We’re gonna talk to Kiki about getting her start in the game, her decision to go to Nebraska to become a Cornhusker, the formation of This is Us softball club after a horrendous tweet from Scrapyard Dawgs GM, as well as, moving on to the coaching ranks, where she is currently a South Dakota Jack Rabbits, assistant coach.

Kiki was a pleasure to chat wit...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with an 11 year old girl you may not have heard about yet, but trust me, you soon will.

Abigail Tolton is from Ontario and pitches for the Waterloo Ghosts and the Central Florida Stars and is already being talked about by some of the biggest names in softball.

She threw 2 no hitters while winning the Ontario provincial championship and in her last season had 277 strikeouts in 100 innings and gave up just 5 runs total. She has won numerous tournament MVPs a...

Outside The Chute is heading all the way to New Zealand to chat with ISC and WBSC Hall of Famer, Jarrad Martin.

Jarrad has an impressive list of accomplishments to go along with those hall of fame inductions that include 4 ISF World Championships, 6 ISC World Titles, 7 ISC All World selections and 2 ISC World MVP awards, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Jarrad about getting his start in the game in New Zealand, his 1989 World Junior Title win, his 4 Men’s ISF World Championships, as wel...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Czech Republic National Team Assistant Manager and hitting coach, Jakub Kopriva.

Jakub has been with the National team since 2017, attending world’s in Whitehorse, as well as, hosting last years ones in the Czech Republic. He also has done play by play for Playo.TV in Europe covering such events as European Supercup, Intercontinental Cup, U19 Women’s EU Championships and the Women’s EU championships to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Jakub about the h...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Men’s National Team member and Harbour Main native, Bradley Ezekiel.

Brad has had a storied career so far with 5 ISC World titles, 7 Canadian Senior Men’s National titles, 6 ISC All World selection, 7 All Canadian honours and a 2015 Canadian Nationals MVP, just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Brad about getting his start in the game in Newfoundland, their bronze medal win at the 2005 Canada Games in Regina, his first ISC win with Kitchener...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Oklahoma State Cowgirls standout and current Woman’s Canadian National Team member, Lauren Regula.

Lauren would have an amazing 4 year career at Oklahoma State where she would be named to 3, All Big 12 First Team’s, was a 2003 1st Team All American and was also named 2003 Big 12 Player of the Year.

She would first see action with the Women’s National team in 2002 and would go on to play in the Olympic Games in 2004 IN Athens and 2008 in Beijing...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Australian native, Andrew Kirkpatrick.

Andrew is one of the best players to ever play the game as he has been named to 11 ISC All World Teams, named ISC Most Outstanding pitcher three times, has won 4 ISC World Titles and won an ISF World Championship in 2009 just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Andrew about getting his start in the game, winning the 2001 World Junior Gold for Australia, the epic gold medal for the country in 2009, his storied ISC...

Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with Brian Urquhart. Brian has played all over North and South America with stints in Massachusetts, Venezuela, Manitoba, Virginia, Ontario, Michigan and of course at home in Nova Scotia, with Halifax, Brookfield and his hometown East Hants Mastodons.

We’re gonna talk to Urqy about getting his start in the game in his hometown of Lantz, attending the 97 Canada Games in Brandon, Manitoba, his stories from ISC’s and Senior Nationals over the years, as well a...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with Canadian Women's National Team member and former University of Washington standout, Victoria Hayward.

Vic is a 4 time All-Pac-12 Conference winner, 2014 All American, Winner of the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch League, Jennie Finch Award and most recently finished 3rd overall in the points standings in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited League.

We’re going to talk to Vic about getting her start in the game, her illustrious high school career...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia native, now Grand Forks, North Dakota native and ISC Hall of Famer, Gerald Muizelaar.

Muizey is an 8 time ISC All World selection, 3 time ISC Most Outstanding Pitcher, has 3 ISC World Titles and a Canadian Senior Men’s National Title in 1998 just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Gerald about getting his start in Shubenacadie and guys he would have played with growing up along the way. The amazing run at the 1993 C...

Outside The Chute sits down and chats with former Arizona Wildcat pitching star, Espy Award winner and current Arizona Assistant Coach, Taryne Mowatt-McKinney.

Taryne’s list of accompishments at U of A are extensive as she holds or shares 8 school pitching records, including wins, innings pitched and strikeouts in a season. She helped the Wildcats to back to back National Championships in 2006 and 2007 and will forever be remembered for the amazing 2007 Women’s College World Series where she pi...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with Nanaimo, BC native and Team Canada Member, Blake Hunter.

Blake has emerged into one of the best hitter’s in the country. He is a 3 time All Canadian, was named to the 2017 All World Team at the ISC, won a silver medal at the 2005 Canada Games, and a 2 time silver medalist at the Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals.

We’re gonna talk to Blake about getting his start in the game in BC, playing at the 2005 Canada Games, moving to NS for a season and playing w...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with former Team Canada member and PEI Native, Jeff Ellsworth.

Ellsy has a long list of accomplishments in the game which include 5 ISC World Titles, 2 Canadian Senior Men’s Titles, 3 Time ASA Champion, an ISF Champion in 2015, 6 time All Canadian, 5 Time All World Team, and an ISC World Tournament MVP, just to name a few.

We’re going to talk to Ellsy about getting his start in the game on the Island, starting on the Senior circuit with the Summerside Twin...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with former Syracuse University star and Team Canada Member, Jenna Caira.

Jenna had a tremendous career at Syracuse University where she holds 11 pitching records, was the first to have over a 1000 strikeouts and was named Big East Pitcher of the Year in 2011. From there Jenna would go on and continue to have a fantastic career with the Canadian Women’s National Team as she was a key member of that PanAm Gold medal winning team that defeated the Americans i...

Outside The Chute sits down and talks with Bracebridge, Ontario native and ISC Hall of Famer, Todd Martin.

Marty’s list of accomplishments in the game are astounding as he has won 6 ISC World Titles, 5 Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals, he has been named to the ISC All World team nine times, and a three time outstanding pitcher at the ISC’s just to name a few.

We’re gonna talk to Marty on getting his start in his hometown of Bracebridge, moving on to play at the Senior level, his storied ISC car...