HOOVER | Kelly Kretschman never dreamed, while she was playing softball at the University of Alabama, that she would still be playing the game for so long.
She never conceived she might be playing in Alabama, in the twilight of her career, for a championship.
The Crimson Tide’s first four-time All-American is doing just that starting tonight at the Hoover Met, which is hosting the National Pro Fastpitch championship playoffs.
An outfielder for the USSSA Pride, Kretschman led the nation in home runs as a freshman at UA, and led Alabama to its first-ever appearance in the Women’s College World Series in 2000.