WholeHogSports · Jul 6, 2021
All-SEC outfielder transferring to Arkansas softball
Alabama outfielder KB Sides (8) during an NCAA softball game on Friday, May 28, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)FAYETTEVILLE — KB Sides, a three-year starting outfielder at Alabama, will transfer to Arkansas for her final softball season in 2022.
Sides, who will turn 22 on July 27, was on the All-SEC defensive team this year when she started 47 of 48 games for the Crimson Tide. Alabama (52-9) lost in the semifinals of the Women's College World Series.
Sides had a .314 batting average and an OPS of .814 as a fourth-year junior with the Crimson Tide. During the pandemic-shortened 2020, Sides had a .483 batting average and 1.128 OPS.