Episode 70-softball regular season recap and post season preview with former national champ and All-American Kelli Braitsch
catch up on the Sooner headlines of the week, check out this week’s MVP’s, and gear up for softball postseason with my interview with Kelli Braitsch!
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You won’t want to miss this week’s softball super episode with former All-American, 2000 National Champion shortstop Kelli Braitsch! We talk about the upcoming Norman Regionals this weekend and potential Supers matchup for this season on the road to OKC!
Kelli was Born and raised in Broken Arrow, OK. Her parents both went to Oklahoma, so she is truly Sooner born and Sooner bred . Kelli Played golf, basketball, and softball at Broken Arrow High School, where she Won the first ever Gatorade player of the year for softball in Oklahoma. She Was recruited to play 2nd and SS for OU; Started her freshman year in right field and later moved to SS. She Won a the first women’s national championship at OU in 2000, and Made the WCWS team 2000. She also Won player of the year for Big 12 in 2001 and Was an All-American in 2001.
To hear more of Kelli’s story, Go back and listen to her first appearance on the podcast on episode 18! You won’t want to miss the story about how she Broke her jaw in the WCWS 2002 in pregame warm-ups of 1st game, but she still Played in the 2nd game with a paintball mask (first mask worn on TV). Kelli Finish her career at OU in 2003, and Graduated with a degree in Criminology and Communication in 2004. She later Moved back to Tulsa in the summer of 2006 and started with the Tulsa Police Dept, where she Worked in many areas of the Tulsa Police for 16 years, until she Suffered a career ending TBI injured on-duty on 12-24-2019. She later medically retired in April 2022, and Now resides in Madrid (MAD-rid) NY on 12 acres with wife and fur kids.
You can find Kelli on Facebook @Kelli Wrae Braitsch
Twitter/X @kwraez8
and Instagram @kwrae8
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