Katelyn is a sophomore on the St. Michael's Varsity Softball team. While graduation and life hit the Purple Knights hard after their record-setting 07 season, returning players have stepped up and the new players have been nice additions, so the 08 team is poised to surprise some people with their passionate play. They will be fun to watch! The season opens with a 10-game excursion to Florida, and then goes north for the remainder of the season ...

I'm blessed to have the flexibility to go to most of the games, so I'll try and get photographs of all the players in action for families and friends around they country who can't make particular games ... Remember, these photos are uploaded at lo-res to accomodate those on dial-up and conserve gallery space, just holler by email or catch me on sideline if you'd like a higher-res version of something (for printing, etc). CLICK ON the thumbnails to open the game galleries or see a larger version of a thumbnail photo ...

SEASON WRAP-UP: SMC finished the year 8-29 -- the 2nd best wins total of the non-Roberge years since the program was reinstated in 1990. While the W/L's didn't work out the way many would have liked, the Purple Knights welcomed many new faces, had many outstanding moments, mounted many exciting comebacks, were a hit or a play or two away in so many games, and were so good to each other as teammates, it was a successful season on many levels. This ends Kater's (Billie's?) sophomore year in college softball -- another year marred by the bicep tendon (kept her off the mound all season), a badly sprained ankle limited her speed and range the last 12 games, and she broke her fibula in the last game on a HBP ... Still, she started all 37 games, was 4th on team in hits and 2nd on team in steals and runs, led the team in fielding percentage -- and threw out 7 runners from Centerfield, 6 of them to Heather at the plate. A year to be proud of, on a young team with a bright future.