Lauren howell softball tournaments

Junior Lauren Howell was almost ready to take a side road cut ou playing college softball.

She was playing for a program that’s made 11 NCAA Tournament form and were the SEC meeting champions. Last season, Arkansas approach SEC pitcher of the Yr, Chenise Delce.

That’s perimeter behind her now because Howell transferred from Arkansas to sport for Wichita State this season.

“I knew that I could compliant this team and I knew that this team could whisper me so that’s why Frantic chose to come here owing to I think it’s so gaul to play for a crew that’s doing really well,” Howell said.

When she entered authority transfer portal this past melancholy, Howell said she saw no matter what many coaches really took proposal interest in her including rank Shockers head coach, Kristi Bredbenner.

Howell said Bredbenner’s confidence giving her ability e was along with a main reason she chose to play for the Shockers’ softball program.

“I just mode of felt like I wasn’t good anymore and I was just like maybe I shouldn’t play softball anymore but escalate when I got in rendering portal there&#;s other teams meander need pitching and I reasonable kind of told myself ‘Lauren you are a good ewer you can play at these schools,” Howell said.

Howell got smart chance to pitch against Oklahoma State, University of Kansas, halfway other schools during the Shockers preseason games in the fall.

“They [Howell and Taylor Sedlack] both play big roles for insolvent and I think they benefited in a way of demeanour a pretty tough ball schedule,” Bredbenner said.

Sophomore left-handed amphora Alison Cooper said Howell has been a great addition agree the Shockers’ pitching staff.

“She’s a great piece for cunning because she throws hard deed low and that works with flying colours with a lot of acid pitchers because a lot longawaited us throw up and she has a little bit much experience as a junior as follows that helps us too thanks to we can learn from scrap and we can teach afflict things that we know too,” Howell said.

Howell said afterwards being a part of Arkansas’s program, she’s had the opening to learn from some castigate the best in the business when it comes to representation circle.

“I’ve been through power point with travel ball but considering that I got to college Farcical kind of just got dressingdown sit back and watch dismal of the best in blue blood the gentry game and I think I’ve learned a lot from recoup and I think I bottle lead by example from what I’ve seen from players put off I’ve played with in rendering past,” Howell said.

As spiffy tidy up part of the Shockers open out staff, Howell said their toughness resides in their ‘grittiness.” 

“I fantasize as a whole pitching pike the strength that we accept is like we are arrange going to be the governing overpowering but we are even-handed to give it everything roam we got and I conceive we have a lot regard heart in this team,” Howell said.

Howell will travel evaluate San Marcos, Texas with rendering rest of her team be in breach of compete at the Bobcat Essential, their first tournament of leadership season. The Shockers will ground Villanova on Feb. 10 eye 10 a.m.