Drake University softball senior Kailee Smith has always described herself as an independent person. Her softball career started out behind the plate as a catcher before her mom convinced her to reluctantly take to the circle and try her hand at pitching.
"Coming to Drake was a no-brainer – I wanted out of California," said Smith who hails from Murrieta, Calif. "And then going to Atlanta I had so much fun, I was so excited to go there and I wasn't nervous."
Smith joked about how to her parents demise she picked a school 1,600 miles away from home.