America's top pro softball league, the AUSL, is teeming with former talent from Tucson. It's difficult to make an AUSL roster/staff. There are only six teams.
Portland Cascade manager Tairia Mims Flowers played at Salpointe Catholic and was part of Mike Candrea's 2004 Olympic gold medal team.
Chicago Bandits general manager is Jenny Dalton Hill, who was the 1996 NCAA softball player of the year at Arizona.
Bandits assistant pitching coach is Taryne Mowatt-McKinney, who pitched Arizona to the 2006 and 2007 Women's College World Series championships.
One of three TV analysts for ESPN, Kenzie Fowler Quinn of Canyon del Oro High School, pitched Arizona to the 2010 NCAA championship game. She will broadcast about 20 AUSL games through the end of the season in late July.
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Alyssa Denham of the Texas Volts pitches during an AUSL softball game between the Oklahoma City Spark and Texas at Oklahoma Christian University, June 10. The Volts won 8-5.
Moreover, there are nine ex-Arizona Wildcats playing in the AUSL: Catcher Dejah Mulipola and pitcher Alyssa Denham play for the Texas Volts; shortstop Tayler Biehl and catcher Sharlize Palacios play for the Utah Talons; third baseman Grace Jenkins plays for the Oklahoma City Spark; catcher Sydney Stewart plays for the Portland Cascade; outfielder Dakota Kennedy and first baseman Devyn Netz play for the Carolina Blaze; and pitcher Taylor McQuillin, who last week was hired to be the pitching coach for the Utah Utes, plays for the Chicago Bandits.
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