Sorry, Dad. Kalen DeBoer’s Daughter, Alexis, hits first career homer in Huskies’ game with Alabama
Crimson Tide overcomes 3-0 deficit to win third straight game at Candrea Classic.
Thanks a lot, kid. Washington softball player Alexis DeBoer, daughter of Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer, belted a three-run home run against Alabama at the Candrea Classic in Tuscon, Arizona.
It wasn’t enough, though. Brooke Ellestad hit her own three-run homer in the sixth inning to life the Crimson Tide to a 7-3 victory, its third straight to open the season.
Alexis, a freshman, crushed a pitch from Catelyn Riley to straight-away center field, just over the outstretched glove of Kristen White in the first inning to set the tone. Kalen DeBoer, who coached Washington from 2022-23, was in attendance.
Alexis, ranked No. 11 in the 2024 class by Extra Innings Softball, has three hits in through the first three games of the season, including a single against Alabama in the season opener on Friday, a 5-1 Crimson Tide win.
Alabama got on the board in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Larissa Preuitt. Ellestad then gave the Crimson Tide the lead with her three-run shot. Mari Hubbard and Audrey Vandagriff drew walks to set up Ellestad. She connected on a 1-2 pitch and delivered it over the rightfield wall for the 4-3 lead.
The Crimson Tide padded the lead with three runs in the seventh with the help of a Vandagriff sac fly and a two run single from Alexis Pupillo.
Riley earned the win, pitching a complete-game four-hitter. Ellestad and Pupillo each had two hits with three RBIs and Preuitt also had two hits with one RBI. Through three games, Alabama has five home runs.
Alabama is 3-0 in the Classic and faces Arizona later today at 6 p.m.
Former Alabama long snapper Thomas Fletcher has been hired as the new special teams coordinator at West Alabama. He will join the coaching staff of former Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran. Cochran was recently hired as the head coach at West Alabama.
Fletcher was a long snapper at Alabama from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, he won the Patrick Mannelly Award that goes to college football’s top long snapper.
Former Alabama long snapper Thomas Fletcher has been hired as the new special teams coordinator at West Alabama. He will join the coaching staff of former Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran. Cochran was recently hired as the head coach at West Alabama.
Fletcher was a long snapper at Alabama from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, he won the Patrick Mannelly Award that goes to college football’s top long snapper
After his college career concluded, Fletcher was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. He spent one season with the organization before being waived.
In November of 2022, he spent a season in the XFL with the Seattle Sea Dragons.
In 2024, he joined Florida’s coaching staff as a special teams assistant. Now, he will serve in a larger role with the Tigers. It will be interesting to see how Fletcher and Cochran fare in Livingston during the 2025 season.
