Nicole Mendes played in the Women’s College World Series every season of her softball career at OU. The memory that sticks with her still, however, is the first time she walked onto the field for a WCWS game. Mendes talks about that — it’ll give you goosebumps — as well as how the increased visibility of the WCWS has impacted softball. All that and more on The Jenni Carlson Show.

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Episode highlights:

1:05: What is WCWS week like for Mendes as someone who previously played in it?

3:00: What is game day like for a softball player at the WCWS?

5:10: What does Mendes remember from her first WCWS game?

7:40: What impact is the WCWS having beyond softball?

9:05: How has the increasing diversity of teams at the WCWS impacted the sport?

10:45: What about that time Mendes crashed into the wall trying to make a game-ending, championship-winning catch?

12:45: What is Mendes up to now?

Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove
Creative Director: Michael Lane