There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.

I'm a role model for lots of young girls.

I've face more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

The best compliment I've gotten was being compared to Randy Johnson. We're both hard-throwing.

My husband, after two weeks of dating, asked me, if our relationship were to work out, would I be OK with our first boy being named Ace.

Playing USA Softball has been more to me than I ever imagined possible.

Growing up, I watched softball and U.S.A .softball, and that was my goal of being able to represent my country and wear the red, white, and blue out there, and I think it is one of the highest honors to be able to go out there and compete for your country, and it was something so very special, and it was everything I dreamt of and more.