Immediately after the conclusion of her Wildcats’ 2022 season, a teary-eyed Kate Drohan sat before the media.
In the wake of two Women’s College World Series losses, first to top-seeded Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon and then to juggernaut No. 5 UCLA on Friday evening, all Drohan, Northwestern Softball’s head coach of 22 seasons, could express was pride.
Pride in her team, which won the hearts of many winning the conference, Regional and Super Regional titles en route to Oklahoma City.
“This team is one of a kind,” she said. “[They were] so authentic and so vulnerable to the process, and I will remember how grateful I have felt every single day I’ve taken the field with them.