States Up Podcast: Sara Vanderford

SAN MARCOS, Texas – In the latest States Up podcast, Texas State softball's Sara Vanderford joins to discuss managing expectations of preseason accolades, her passion for playing and coaching softball, how she ended up at Texas State through family and softball, and more.

Out of Pasadena, Texas, Vanderford is in her fourth season as a Bobcat. In her time so far, the third baseman has been named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year (2021), Sun Belt preseason player of the year (2022), and preseason All-Sun Belt going into this season.

In 2023, Vanderford is one of the team's leading offensive threats among the returners. She hit a team-best 7 home runs last year and drove in 38 runs to…