Ann Arbor – Behind every great pitching staff is a bullpen catcher – a tireless, behind-the-scenes worker, the ultimate self-sacrificing team player whose efforts can provide that fine-line difference as teams pursue championships.
Lauren Connell has been a bullpen catcher for the Michigan softball team during her four years, and while she embodies all of those qualities, she is anything but behind-the-scenes.
Connell, from West Lafayette, Ind., has a vibrant personality that has been on display the last two seasons in her popular, cleverly-written blog, “Inside Pitch with LC” on MGoBlue.com. And along with teammate Tera Blanco, Connell enthusiastically leads the late-game wave at Alumni Field, sometimes on the road and last year during every Michigan game in the Women’s College World Series.