However, every team in the country is in the same position…we are all starting with a first game and a first pitch and a 0-0 record, so it will be up to us to respond.” TWO-TIME JUNIOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER “They understand we are going to get everyone’s best every time out. “We’ve talked to our team about it,” Coach Alameda continued. I look at this as a positive because not many teams get to experience being the reigning champions–only one team can be in this position every season, and I’m glad it is us.” “We know we are going into every game with a bullseye on our backs.
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A great mix of a loose demeanor, yet still able to focus and bear down when the game is on the line.”Ĭoach Alameda is not sure yet where Sandercock will fit in as a freshman for the reigning Women’s College World Series Champions, but she is glad to have her in a deep stable of pitchers this season. She’s a fun, goofy kid, and that fits in well to our culture. “Third, when I met Kathryn and her family, I could tell it would be a good ft. “Second, Kathryn has an incredible mixture of breaks, speeds and spins on her pitches… all helped by her physicality, stature and presence in the circle.” “First, she was already in the USA pool, so you knew she had a high level of ability and competitiveness.” Florida State Head Coach Lonni Alameda says Kathryn’s ability to be loose and yet focus when needed made her a good fitt for FSU. Last fall Sandercock joined her FSU teammates on campus as a freshman and her new head coach, Lonni Alameda, told Extra Inning Softball earlier today that when Sandercock first approached her about playing for FSU a few things caught her attention. She started in Little League and pitched in the Little League World Series (LLWS) Championship game became the Virginia High School Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior competed on one of the East Coast’s elite travel team, Virginia Glory – Mertz recently became a two-time Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) member and is now a freshman for coach Lonni Alameda’s reigning Women’s College World Series Champion Florida State Seminoles, who are about to begin their season this Friday in the Joanne Graf Classic at FSU. NATIONAL TEAM PITCHER KATHRYN SANDERCOCK: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE AT EVERY LEVEL (Kathryn Sandercock has taken pitching lessons with Rita Lynn Gilman since 2012 when Kathryn was in 7th grade. At the end of this article, we added an additional slideshow of photos of Kathryn’s pitching journey from Little League to Florida State and the Junior Women’s National Team – photos courtesy of Kathryn’s dad Colin Sandercock). The original article was published online on the Extra Inning Softball websiteon 2/5/19. The following article about Florida State pitcher Kathryn Sandercock is republished with permission from author Kevin Long, Correspondent for Extra Inning Softball.
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