Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2024 Allstar in the WPF with the Texas Monarchs, Duke University alum, host of the Softball Speakeasy Podcast, and current Graduate Assistant with the Clemson Tigers, the one and only, Kelly Torres.
Kelly is coming off her first professional season with the Texas Monarchs of the WPF after having a fantastic 4 year career at Duke University, where she was on the ACC Honor Roll three of those seasons and then capped it off with an NFCA All-Region 3rd Team selection in...
Outside The Chute sat down and chatted with 2024 Allstar in the WPF with the Texas Monarchs, Duke University alum, host of the Softball Speakeasy Podcast, and current Graduate Assistant with the Clemson Tigers, the one and only, Kelly Torres.
Kelly is coming off her first professional season with the Texas Monarchs of the WPF after having a fantastic 4 year career at Duke University, where she was on the ACC Honor Roll three of those seasons and then capped it off with an NFCA All-Region 3rd Team selection in her Senior season.
She also is the host, along with former guest of the show Raine Wilson, of the Softball Speakeasy Podcast which will be coming back for season 3 in 2025.
We’re gonna talk to Kel about getting her start in the game, her awesome parents and how they helped her through her journey, why Duke was always the destination, turning pro, and so much more.
Kelly was an absolute pleasure to chat with and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for down the road for her.
With that being said, don’t forget, snap a screen shot, let us know that you’re listening, tag us. Kel’s at kellytorres8 on Instagram, and kellyytorress on Twitter, we’re at outsidethechute on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
Athletes Unlimited pro and Marshall Assistant Coach, the one and only, Sydney McKinney
What a career Syd has had to date and its still going strong! I mean, I just mentioned a couple of her accolades but the list she has from what she accomplished at Wichita State is just ridiculous. Listen to this!
She was a five-year letter winner and started all 244 games from 2019-23. She had a career batting average of .451 with 28 home runs and 132 runs batted in. She finished her career ranked fifth in NCAA Division I history with a school-record 378 career hits. She was a Top 10 Finalist for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, and she was also a four-time All-AAC First Team selection and a member of the 2019 AAC All-Rookie Team. Just crazy!
We’re gonna talk to Syd about getting her start in the game, her journey to Wichita State, getting drafted 1st overall in the Athletes Unlimited 2023 College Draft, jumping into the coaching ranks at Marshall University, we talk Ted Lasso and so much more!
Syd was an absolute pleasure to chat with. I have no doubt there are big things in store down the road, both on and off the field for her and I cannot wait to watch it.
Listen, snap a screen shot, let us know that you’re listening, tag us. Syd’s at sydneymck00 on Instagram, and sydneyrmckinney on Twitter, we’re at outsidethechute on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
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