Best known as a softball analyst for ESPN, she first gained fame as a decorated pitcher for Texas A&M university. By the end of her college career, she was working as an assistant pitching coach and has since become a trainer and motivational speaker for aspiring softball players. Her father signed her up for little league softball at only five years old, thus beginning a decades long love affair. In addition to her softball career, she went on to earn a bachelor's in communications and a master's in sports management from Texas A&M.