When Utes senior pitcher Katie Donovan originally committed to the program as a high school recruit, her overarching feeling was simply joy to be able to go to college and play softball in the Pac-12. By the time she arrived on campus, she’d started to seriously wonder if she’d bitten off more than she could chew.
Taking a moment to assess how things have unfolded, Donovan admitted this week, “You never really know what you’re getting into.”
Donovan, a 6-foot tall native of Salem, Ore., enters this weekend’s home-opening series for the Utes (15-11, 0-3) against conference rival Stanford (19-8, 0-0) as a three-time all-conference and all-region selection, a two-time all-academic selection and sitting atop the Pac-12′s active leaders in career wins, career strikeouts and career saves as well as career starts, innings and appearances.