2018-2019 Cardinal Softball Profiles
Jessica Allen
Position: OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Broken Arrow, OK
High School: Union HS
Height: 5’4
Major: Bio-Engineering
Parents names: Denise and Jim
Favorite song: Better-Khalid
Favorite movie: The Sandlot
Favorite quote: “All it takes is all you got”
Favorite Actor/Actress: Tom Hanks
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All-State Honorable Mention
Most memorable moment in softball career:
Going to Colorado to play softball with my high school team my senior year.
Favorite softball player of all time: Kelsey Arnold, Former OU Shortstop
Becca Bates
Position:RHP
Class: FR
Hometown: Diana, TX
High School: New Diana HS
Height: 5’2
Parents Names: Lanessa and Nathan Bates
Kaelyn Davis
Position: C/INF
Class: R-FR
Hometown: Jones, OK
High School: Jones HS
Height: 5'5
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Parents names: Robert and Melanie Davis
Favorite song: Paradise City by Guns and Roses
Favorite movie: Hot Rod
Favorite quote: 'Be better, not bitter'
Favorite Actor/Actress: Melissa McCarthy
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Conference 2015 and 2016
Most memorable moment in softball career: When I found out a softball was not soft!
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlin
Adron Durman
Position: OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Seneca, MO
High School: Seneca HS
Height: 5'2
Major: Nursing
Parents names: Jennifer Lankford
Favorite song: Hopeless Romantic by Wiz Khalifa
Favorite quote: John 3:30 'He must increase, I must decrease'
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Academic First Team
Most memorable moment in softball career: When I made a diving catch in center and came up to throw it and made a triple play.
Favorite softball player of all time: Jenny Finch
Victoria Gonzales
Position: RHP
Class: FR
Hometown: Grand Prairie, TX
High School: South Grand Prairie HS
Height: 5'5
Major: Bachelors of Science in nursing
Parents names: Raymond Gonzales Sr. and Elizabeth Castillo
Favorite song: Hip Hop and R&B
Favorite movie: The Blind Side
Favorite quote: 'God is within her, she will not fail'
Favorite Actor/Actress: Emma Watson and Mathew McConaughey
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
1st Team all District - Pitcher
Academic all District
Most memorable moment in softball career:
Hitting a grand slam for my first career home run.
Favorite softball player of all time: Cat Osterman
Julia Hawkins
Position: INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Eufaula, OK
High School: Eufaula HS
Height: 5’6
Major: Psychology
Parents names: Larry and Ruthie Hawkins
Favorite movie:Dirty Dancing
Favorite quote:“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.”
Favorite Actor/Actress:Michael B. Jordan and Julianna Hough
HS Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference): 2015 All Conference Fastpitch, 2016 All Conference Fastpitch, 2017 All Conference Fastpitch, 2017 All Region Fastpitch, 2018 All Vype, 2018 All Conference Slowpitch, 2018 All Region Slowpitch, 2018 All State
Most memorable moment in softball career:When Coach Phillips first asked me to come on a visit to Labette
Favorite softball player of all time: Keilani Ricketts
Jaylen Hayward
Position: OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Fair View, MO
High School: East Newton HS
Height: 5'3
Major: Business
Parents names: Stan and Penny Hayward
Favorite song: Homesick by Kane Brown
Favorite movie: White Chicks
Favorite quote: 'If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer' Matthew 21:27
Favorite Actor/Actress: Melissa McCarthy
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
3x District Honors Top Ten
4x Conference Honors 2 time All State Track
4x All Academic Honors State Champ
Most memorable moment in softball career: Slapping a walk off line drive back to back to left field to beat a rival
Favorite softball player of all time: Raven Chauanne
Grey Holland
Position: INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Blue Springs, MO
High School: Blue Springs HS
Height: 5'9
Major: Pre-Med
Parents names: Khalilah and Corrie Holland, Kimberly Conelly
Favorite movie: ltitch
Favorite quote: 'Let all that you do be done in love'
Favorite Actor/Actress: Will Smith
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All District
All Conference
2x Defensive MVP
Most memorable moment in softball career: Senior night playing one last home game
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlain
Kinsey Kelly
Position: C/INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Atlanta, TX
High School: Atlanta HS
Height: 5’9
Major: General Studies
Parents names: Karolanne Green and Ron Kelly
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference): 1st Team All-District
Rindy Marquez
Position: OF
Class: SO
Hometown: Independence, KS
High School: Independence HS
Height: 5’3
Major: Pre-dental
Parents names: Paul and Sharon Marquez
Favorite song: All Night-Big Boi
Favorite movie: The Blind Side
Favorite quote: Pura Vida
Favorite Actor/Actress: Sandra Bullock
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All SEK Cross Country 2013, 2015, 2016
2nd Team All League Basketball 2016-2017
2nd Team All SEK Softball 2015, 2016 All Area
Most memorable moment in softball career:
Playing outfield with both my sisters in a high school game.
Favorite softball player of all time: Qwynn Marquez
Audrey Miller
Position: C/INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Tonganoxie, KS
High School: Tonganoxie HS
Height: 5’4
Major: Business
Parents names: Steve and Jennie
Favorite song: Speechless by Dan and Shay
Favorite movie: Tangled
Favorite quote: “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn”
Favorite Actor/Actress: Melissa McCarthy
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
1st team all-league sophomore, senior year
1st team league all area freshman, sophomore year
1st team all-state senior year
Most memorable moment in softball career: Hitting a homerun at the State tournament
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlin
Payton Nigh
Position: INF
Class: SO
Hometown: Kansas City, KS
High School: Piper HS
Height: 5’
Major: Pre-med
Parents names: Russell and Stacy Nigh
Favorite movie: Trolls
Favorite quote: “Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better”
Favorite Actor/Actress: Channing Tatum
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
2015-2016 1st team All KVL
2016-2017 1st team All KVL, 1st team all-state Kansas 4ADI
2015 3rd place 4ADI state
2016 2nd place 4ADI state
2017 4th place 4ADI state
Most memorable moment in softball career: Hitting two homeruns against Neosho in our first conference game as a freshman
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlin
Lindzi Pellock
Position: P
Class: SO
Hometown: Parsons, KS
High School: Parsons HS
Height: 5’7
Major: Exercise Science
Parents names: Ed and Missy Pellock
Favorite song: Don’t blink- Kenny Chesney or I like it- Cardi B
Favorite movie: Girls Trip/ A league of their own
Favorite quote: Life will always throw curves, just keep fouling them off, the right pitch will come, and when it does be prepared to run the bases
Favorite Actor/Actress: Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All sec ’16 and ’17, 2nd freshman in school history to beat our rivals on varsity
Most memorable moment in softball career: Winning the 2017 World Series with my travel team
Favorite softball player of all time: Jennie Finch
Erika Reed
Position: INF/OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
High School: Union HS
Height: 5’2
Major: Accounting
Parents names: Misty Reed and Mike Candreth
Favorite song: Five More Minutes-Scotty McCreery
Favorite movie: Beauty and the Beast
Favorite quote: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. -Babe Ruth
Favorite Actor/Actress: Adam Sandler
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference): All-State Honorable Mention
Most memorable moment in softball career: Winning the Colorado tournament my senior year of HS
Gabrielle Sanchez
Position: INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Gladstone, MO
High School: Oak Park HS
Height: 5’3
Major: Criminal Justice
Parents names: Raquel and Frank Oropeza
Favorite song: Young Forever, Boo’d Up, Need You Now
Favorite movie: Girls Trip
Favorite quote: “To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.”
Favorite Actor/Actress: Michael Ealy
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Conference 2nd Team 2016
All Conference 1st Team 2017
2nd Team All District 2016 and 2017
Academic All Team 2014, 2015, 2017
Most memorable moment in softball career: Always getting to meet the new people that I did and most of all getting to meet Bud!
Morgan Schilling
Position: INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Wagoner, OK
High School: Wagoner HS
Height: 5'3
Major: Exercise Science
Parents names: Roger and Stacie Schilling
Favorite movie: The Proposal
Favorite Actor/Actress: Theo James and Sandra Bullock
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Conference
All District 3rd baseman
Freshman New comer of the Year
Three Rivers top 25 infielders
Top recruit All Star Team
Most memorable moment in softball career: Winning the championship game after coming back from being down by 7 and getting 1st place rings.
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlain
Gwen Smalley
Position: C
Class: SO
Hometown: Frontenac, KS
High School: Frontenac HS
Height: 5’6
Major: Elementary Education
Parents names: Chandra and Kyle Smalley
Favorite song: Good Morning Beautiful
Favorite movie: Stick It
Favorite quote: Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing
Favorite Actor/Actress: Matthew McConaughey
Most memorable moment in softball career:
Home run in my first at bat in high school varsity softball as a freshman
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlin
Kinsey Sorrell
Position: OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Neosho, Missouri
High School: East Newton High School
Position: Outfield
Height: 5'2
Major: Nursing
Parents names: Kern and Sherri Sorrell
Favorite song: Porch Sing Angel
Favorite movie: Harry Potter Series
Favorite quote: 'Take it all one day at a time and enjoy the journey' -Kristi Bartlett
Favorite Actor/Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Conference
All District
Most memorable moment in softball career:Robbing a home run on senior night to keep the other team from winning
Favorite softball player of all time: Jenny Finch
Jordan Stiger
Position: OF
Class: SO
Hometown: Leon, KS
High School: Bluestem HS
Height: 5’2
Major: Accounting
Parents names: Brett and Patricia Stiger
Favorite song: Better- Khalid
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Favorite quote: “Just keep swimming”
Favorite Actor/Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All league first team ’15, ’16, ‘17
All league honorable mention ‘14
First team All State ’16, ‘17
Most memorable moment in softball career:
Being on the team in High School that had the records for most wins and first softball team to ever go to state
Haylee VanDeventer
Position: RHP
Class: SO
Hometown: Pawnee, OK
High School: Pawnee HS
Height: 5’9
Major: Pre-professional Medicine
Parents names: Rick and Kathy VanDeventer
Favorite song: Rebel heart- Lauren Daigle
Favorite movie: Moana
Favorite quote: “My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” -Psalm 73:26
Favorite Actor/Actress: Julia Roberts
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference): All conference pitcher ’15, ’16, Wendy’s High School Heisman Student Athlete of the year. Black Bear female athlete of the year, Vype athlete of the month 2 times.
Most memorable moment in softball career: Pitching a shut out and taking my team to regionals for the first time in 13 years
Favorite softball player of all time: K. Ricketts
Hallie Walls
Position: C/OF
Class: FR
Hometown: Independence, MO
High School: Blue Springs HS
Height: 5’6
Major: General Studies
Parents names: Bob and Karri Walls
Favorite song: anything by Sam Smith
Favorite movie: anything animated
Favorite quote: If you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise
Favorite Actor/Actress: Nina Dobrev
Most memorable moment in softball career: My first homerun
Favorite softball player of all time: my sister
Kaleigh Warren
Position: INF
Class: FR
Hometown: Vinita, OK
High School: Vinita HS
Height: 5'6
Major: PTA
Parents names: Jeff and Michelle Warren
Favorite song: Anything by Kevin Gates
Favorite movie: Fast and Furious
Favorite quote: 'This is not about going back. This is about life being ahead of you and you run at it! Because you never know how far you can run unless you run.'
Favorite Actor/Actress: Adam Sandler
Hs Honors (i.e. All-State, All-Conference):
All Conference 1st Team - 4 years
All Regional 1st Team as a Corner
Most memorable moment in softball career: Hitting a 3 run walk off homerun.
Favorite softball player of all time: Lauren Chamberlain