[00:00:15] Speaker A: Hello. Welcome to the Roundhouse podcast with Paul Solentrop of Wichita State University strategic communications. Thanks for listening. We appreciate your time. We're going to talk Wichita State softball in advance of the American Athletic Conference championships, which start Wednesday at Wilkins Stadium. Our guests today are Cece Wong and Kristen Nelson. Cece is a senior infielder. She is hitting 476, currently tied for first nationally with Howard's Marin Jordan. Cece is from British Columbia, Canada. She has 14 home runs and 13 doubles. Kristen is from Laporte, Texas. She's a junior third baseman, hitting a career best 321 with nine doubles. The Shockers are the fourth seed in the AAC championship. They play at 07:00 p.m. Wednesday at Wilkins Stadium against 9th seeded UTSA. The winner plays at 02:30 p.m. On Thursday against either Tulsa or South Florida.
Kristen, you wear number 21 on your jersey. Is there a story with that jersey number?
[00:01:16] Speaker B: So, actually, when I was growing up, I used to be number twelve, and then I had joined a team where one of my best friends, like, it was either she was number twelve or she was going home. So then I was just flipped the numbers around and then it stuck.
[00:01:32] Speaker A: So you were a good teammate. Let your friend have the number that was really important to her. Okay, Cece, number 36. Is there anything fans need to know about why you wear number 36?
[00:01:41] Speaker C: I don't think there's as cool as a story as that one. I think I came in here and they asked what number I wanted, and I chose 16 at first. And then coach b was like, how about 36? And I said, I'll wear it. And that's a pretty cool number because of lolo. And so I was like, sure, why not? I'll wear that. That's a pretty cool number.
[00:02:00] Speaker A: Okay. Following the footsteps of Lauren Mills. That's a good one. Kristen, tell us about your journey to softball. You played volleyball, I believe, in high school. How did you land on softball as your favorite?
[00:02:11] Speaker B: Well, I obviously played softball since very young. I started when I was about four years old, and it was always just my favorite. I always just had fun playing it. It's what my mom played. My dad was a baseball player, so it kind of just stuck in the family that softball was gonna be it.
[00:02:30] Speaker A: And you've already been an excellent defensive player. How did you go about developing those skills? I'm imagining growing up in that kind of family probably helped.
[00:02:38] Speaker B: Yeah. So my mom was always someone where softball, like softball, is what bonded my mom and I. So we were always in the garage I was doing hand drills with tennis balls most of the time, and it's just, I guess, kind of what developed me.
[00:02:53] Speaker A: Was mom also a third baseman?
[00:02:55] Speaker B: No, she was actually an outfielder. So.
[00:02:58] Speaker A: Okay. It's a good way to learn those tennis ball drills. Cece, tell us a little bit about softball in Canada. How big is it, and how did you kind of land on this sport?
[00:03:07] Speaker C: It is definitely a growing sport, and I'm very happy about that because I want to see softball thrive in Canada and see a lot of girls possibly come here to the states and get more and more opportunities as more Canadians come up here, come down here. I guess it was hard to get recruited and everything like that. There are only very few who get the opportunity to get recruited very instantly. Others have to really work for it.
I was one who kind of had to work for a little bit. I had some help, which was more than others.
My dad was a really big part of my softball journey. He was my hitting coach. Didn't have a hitting coach up there. He was it my fielding coach. I had a pitching coach when I was a pitcher, but that was about it.
And really, it was just trying to get down to Seattle, get down to state tournaments all the time. I was always traveling with my team and trying to get recruited, but we were always, you know, in the J pools, so nobody was watching us. Everyone was watching a, B, C, and D. No one was watching J. So it was always so rough trying to get schools to come watch us. But luckily, emailing was a big thing for us as a team, and we got some people to come. And luckily, I emailed McLennan and they said, come on, and the rest is history, I guess.
[00:04:28] Speaker A: So we started out at McLennan Community College in Texas, went to Grand Canyon for a year, and then landed here at Wichita State. I'm sure you've been asked a billion times about hockey. Did you play hockey? Do you love hockey? If you're from Canada, you gotta give us the hockey background.
[00:04:41] Speaker C: My family's way more into hockey than I am. I think my dad is proud of what I'm doing in softball, but I think he wishes I was a hockey player. He loved hockey. He was a hockey player growing up. He could have went NHL if he wanted to, but he. I think he had an injury or something. He's really good. He's really athletic.
But, yeah, I played hockey for a year and then decided that softball is my jam.
[00:05:06] Speaker A: Softball was a thing?
[00:05:07] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:05:08] Speaker A: Okay. The Shockers have won four in a row, six of eight, as we get ready for the tournament this weekend. Both of the losses were by one run. So I think we can say the Shockers are playing some good softball recently. Kristen, what's gone right for the Shockers over the past couple weeks?
[00:05:22] Speaker B: I think what's really gone right is that we've really, like, fell the grit within our team, especially us being, like, on a four game winning streak, I think is a good thing for us going into conference tournament and just, like, trying to keep that momentum.
[00:05:36] Speaker A: Cece, what's your observation? What's gone right for this team?
[00:05:40] Speaker C: I agree. I think our pitchers are working together as a staff a lot, and I think that's something that will really help us in the long run when we need to pitching change or one pitcher is doing so well. I think it's. It's doing really good that we, our pitchers are having our back and then our hitters, we need to just keep doing our thing and get runs and get people into position and just trust ourselves that we can get them in. I think if we do that, then we'll be okay.
[00:06:08] Speaker A: Yeah, the pitching has been really strong recently. We'll talk about that.
So Sunday, shockers wrapped up a sweep of Memphis. Coach Christy Bredbenner said her postgame message was, it's time to live in the moment, be present. She thought maybe the past successes of this team have weighed on this group a little bit. Kristin, how do you go about getting in a good mental state for this week?
[00:06:31] Speaker B: I think just kind of coming in as, like, a clean slate, because I think conference tournament is something that means a lot to us this year in order to make a regional. So I think just coming in clean slate, starting over will be like, will be extremely beneficial for us. So I think that's what's making us kind of dig in a little.
[00:06:55] Speaker A: Cece, good mental state. How do the shockers reach that starting Wednesday?
[00:07:00] Speaker C: Yeah, I think we just gotta play our game inning by inning. I think when we realize that, I think we play a lot better. Sometimes we get two in the moment, like, just stress ourselves out. And once we remember, hey, guys, like, pitch by pitch, inning, my inning. And then we're like, okay, we're okay. You know, we've practiced, we've done everything. We've played so many games, and, you know, for this moment, and we're okay. Whatever happens, happens. We just gotta play our game. And at the end, if we play our game, we may win.
[00:07:31] Speaker A: So, Kristen, you would have, you've had a great sense of the success of this program. The last two or three seasons, having been around, did it weigh on this team a little bit? Was there some people who were.
I don't know how, but yeah. Weighed down or worried about making NCAA regionals in February when you couldn't really make the NCAA regionals?
[00:07:51] Speaker B: Yes. I think we came into the season kind of expecting a regional, and I think that's kind of what started our season kind of rocky. But I think once we kind of, like, accepted the fact that this team isn't last year's team and last year's team wasn't the year before his team, like, I think just coming to that realization is kind of what helped us. But I think once we realized that we really got to dig deep for this regional, I think that's when we all kind of stuck together. Like, we were having talks after games of, like, what can we do? Like, what's going on? What can we do? And I think just that built our chemistry as a team also, like, being able to rely on each other and, like, just trusting each other is, I think, what got us to this moment.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: So the Shockers usually play a really strong non conference schedule. That was no exception. This year, Warren Noland.com has it ranked number six nationally. CC. Facing that kind of competition, you hope that pays off. How has that helped? How has that shaped this team playing the Arkansas, the Oklahoma's, the Oklahoma states?
[00:08:52] Speaker C: I think it was really beneficial. I think winter loss.
We went in there and we just tried to hit the ball. You know, they're spinning that ball. They are whipping that ball in pretty fast.
And we just kind of went in there and we got hits. I mean, we may have lost the game, but we got hits. I think that's what really kind of boosted confidence. Like, we can hit the best pitching there is out there. We can do that. So let's just, like, let's just keep working towards, you know, we may not be seeing the best pitching in the entire world this weekend, but there's good pitchers in our conference, but we've. We've hit the best. So let's just go in there, stay confident, and just kind of. I guess the motto is just be us.
[00:09:35] Speaker A: Kristen, you were nodding your head.
How does it help facing those kind of teams?
[00:09:39] Speaker B: I think playing teams like that, we kind of went in with the mindset of we're supposed to lose, so why not, like, why not give it all we have? And if we win, that's. It's a huge thing for us. So I think that's what really calmed us down. Like, in the box and on the field and especially our pitchers, too. Our pitchers pitched a great game against those schools. So I think just going in and realizing that they're the team that's supposed to win according to stats and such. So just giving it like, once again, just digging in and just giving it. What we have, I think, is what really boosted our confidence in these games.
[00:10:15] Speaker A: Yeah, you mentioned the pitching again. Allison Cooper pitched really well against the Sooners last month. That would stand out. I thought Lauren Howell and Allison Cooper really battled against Oklahoma State. Game pretty recently given gave the Shockers a chance to win. So if you go back to mid April, Shockers have held eleven of their 13 opponents to three or fewer earned runs, four shutouts. Lauren Howells coming off a one hitter against Memphis, Chloe Barber has been really good. The defense has also been really good, I think two errors in the past nine games. So Kristen wise, the defense and the pitching, are those two things meshing together to put this team in a good spot now?
[00:10:52] Speaker B: I think so, for sure, especially just because we've had those conversations of like, we have your back, so you got to have our back too, like us, the defense and the pitchers. And I think that gives the pitchers the confidence to just throw the ball, throw it where it needs to be pitched, and if it gets hit, we're behind you. And I think that's what really builds, like, the defense chemistry.
[00:11:12] Speaker A: Sammy Hood is back from injury at second base. She's excellent there. Taylor solocic seems to have settled in a short stop. How much is having some continuity on the infield helping this picture?
[00:11:22] Speaker B: I think at first it was a little rocky just because we were still kind of figuring out who's gonna play where. But I think once Taylor really settled in, she has an amazing presence at shortstop. She's big, she's loud, like, she just has a great presence in the middle infield. And Sammy has an amazing glove over at second. So I think that just gives everyone, like, a sense of, like, I guess being calm and just kind of being like, we know we're good and like, we know we can do it. And I think that's what helps our pitchers, too.
[00:11:54] Speaker A: So a lot of these we've got your back, just throw the ball and we'll field it. Conversations happen, obviously, on the infield, you would be involved in them.
What's your role? What are you saying to a pitcher when there's a couple runners on and it's really getting to a difficult spot? How are you keeping them calm and focused?
[00:12:13] Speaker B: I think something I say a lot is that we got you. You just, like, you pitch your game and, like, we'll play ours. Like, we got you. Like, don't worry about the ball getting hit. Like, the ball is probably going to get hit. We are playing at a division one level, so it's really hard for your ball not to get hit. And so I think that's what we're there for, and that's kind of what I talk to our pitchers a lot about. It's like, we're here for a reason. Like, we have your back.
[00:12:38] Speaker A: So freshman Chloe Barber has had a really good freshman season. Great start, struggled a little bit. Now she's on the roll again. Cece, give us your observations about Chloe. What's made her such a good freshman for the shockers?
[00:12:52] Speaker C: I think Chloe cares so much about the game and loves the game so much that when she was in her rough patch, she's wanted to do so good. And I think that was kind of her point where, you know, when she didn't do good one inning, she thought it was over because she wanted to do it so bad every inning. She wants to do well for us, and so once she realized you could have a bad inning, it's okay. Like Kristen said, they're division one hitters. They're going to hit the ball. It's about getting, you know, the next person out and coming back in. There's going to be base runners. There's going to be, you know, runs coming in, but just minimizing that and getting to a spot where our hitters can come back and win the game. And once she realized that, that she can throw a ball here and there and it doesn't matter, I think she's built more confidence in the mound and know that her stuff is good enough to beat a lot of people.
[00:13:43] Speaker A: Kristen, what I've noticed about Chloe in the last two or three times, I've been able to watch her. She seems to really be able to get herself out of a bad situation that, you know, maybe there are two runners on, but she can rally, strike somebody out, get a ground ball. How have you seen her develop that ability here recently?
[00:13:59] Speaker B: I think recently she kind of just realized that she's good, and that's what she did have a little rough patch there because, like Cece said, she cares about the game so much that we all just kind of had to, like, talk to her and be like, you're gonna get hit, and once again, we're behind you for a reason. Like, you have to trust in us. Like, we trust in you. Because I think we really do trust Khloe in the circle, like we do all of our pitchers. But I think Khloe has a certain grit for herself, that she just wants to succeed. That's all she wants to do is succeed, not only for herself, but for the team, too. And I think she wants to prove that to us. So I think, yeah, I think her just digging in and kind of realizing that she's going to get hit and she's just got to throw the ball. I think that's what's really helped her.
[00:14:47] Speaker A: Recently, I talked to pitching coach Courtney Oliver after Sunday's game, and she said she had talked to Chloe about accepting different kinds of success, that striking out people may be a success, but also may be a success. To just give up two runs in an inning and not five. Is that part of the adjustment from high school, where you may strike everybody out to college, you have to accept different parts of success?
[00:15:14] Speaker B: Yeah. So Khloe actually came in to college with one pitch. You know, she's from Minnesota. Not a lot of softball goes on in Minnesota. So I think her coming in with one pitch and what she's developed, developed to now has been, like, astronomically insane. Like, she spins the ball like nothing I've ever seen before. So I think just the difference of that, and I think it takes a lot for someone to come in with one pitch and become what she is now. I think that's really big.
[00:15:49] Speaker C: Yeah. I think she told me that she's never really lifted before coming to Wichita State. So I think she came in here with, I think, her highest pitches, like, consistently being, like 63, 64. And then you get in the weight room and you have to add, you know, it adds speed. It added a bunch of speed to her pitch. So she has to be able to control that now that she has even more speed than what she did before, and then adding spin and adding all that, it's a hard thing to zone into, and I think she's done a really good job of doing that as a whole.
[00:16:20] Speaker A: She has been fun to watch this season. No doubt. Kristen. So, Cece having a fabulous offensive year. Go back to August for us. First impression, when did you say, think to yourself, well, that woman can really hit the softball?
[00:16:35] Speaker B: Yeah, that's actually exactly what probably came to mind was Cece came in. Well, I'll go back. Last year, we had Sid McKinney, and Sid and I were really close. And I think, like, in my mind, Cece has become the new Sid McKinney. In my head, like, especially like, in the batting order. Me and, like, Sid and I were kind of the nine one punch kind of thing. And I think Cece and I have really become that, too, especially just, like, in the box. I feel like I'm extremely confident in the box because I knew no, Cece's behind me. And I think that's kind of what I realized in August, too, is that this girl is good. Like, extremely good. Like, we didn't really know what to expect coming, like, within Cece coming, but I think the first month she was here, like, she really left her mark on this program.
[00:17:28] Speaker A: Right? So Sidney McKinney won the NCAA batting title as her junior and senior year, so Cece has a chance to make it three in a row. For a shocker, Cece, you've talked a lot about your journey coming here and why it's really worked for you. Well, at Wichita State, for people who haven't heard, who aren't aware, give us a brief description. Why have you been such a good fit here at Wichita State?
[00:17:48] Speaker C: I think, you know, just the whole team, the entire, you know, staff and everything, I'll always praise them and, you know, they've just made it so easy to be comfortable and be myself and be able to make mistakes and know that those mistakes are okay. Them. You make them to get better. You know, you're not going to be perfect. You're not going to have a good at bat every time, you're not going to have a good practice every time. But it's about giving your 100% every single time. Even if you know that 100% isn't your full best, you're trying every time. And the girls have just been so helpful in, you know, understanding what it is, what it means to be a shocker. You know, Kristen has become someone who I can rely on. Like, when we're hitting, we're kind of partners and we hit together. We're the lefties, you know, some. We'll have Sierra and Lauren, Lucas and Maddie there as well.
And they have just been such a great help in staying positive, you know, knowing that we're all good enough to go in there and do our job. And it is really good. As Kristen is a nine hole. Know that I'm coming up next. I know, like, two short, two outs. I think we always laugh about it. We're always in a two out situation where Kristen's up, she gets on like, okay, here we go. Something's about to happen.
And so it's been really awesome to have just that trust in every single one of my girls, you know, if I get out, Addie's behind me. If Addie gets out, taylor, like, we just have such a strong lineup that no matter what happens, you know, we always have somebody up next. And I think that's what makes us very special as a team. And if we can keep doing that, it's gonna be a good run in the post season.
[00:19:27] Speaker A: So, Cece, you have aspirations to play for canadian national team. Tell us about your summer and what's coming up for you in the softball world.
[00:19:36] Speaker C: Yeah. So I got an opportunity to be at the selection camp tryout for team Canada, which I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to do that.
I'm going in the middle of June to try out, and it'll be a week long thing. And I'm just so excited to be able to play with some of the best in Canada and have the opportunity to go further. And if I don't make it, then I'll always try next year. I mean, I tried out last year, and the coaching staff, they are amazing. And they told me that there's some things I needed to work on, and I hope that this year they tell me I worked on them and be able to play for our team Canada, because that's been my dream since I was a kid.
[00:20:23] Speaker A: We should talk about Addison Barnard, who's also wrapping up just a great, great career with the shockers. Kristen, what's it been like being her teammate? What have you observed about what's made her such a good softball player?
[00:20:34] Speaker B: So I've told this past weekend was our senior weekend. I've spilt all my emotions to all the seniors, but I think one thing that really stands out about Addie is she is seriously a blessing sent down to earth. Like, she is just so wholesome and she's just an amazing person on and off the field. On and off the field.
[00:20:56] Speaker C: Sorry.
[00:20:59] Speaker B: But Addie, when I first got here as a freshman, I think was she was a really emotional person, like, kind of similar to Chloe. Like, she just wanted to succeed so bad, and obviously she was succeeding like no other. But she also held herself to that standard. And I think that's what sets her apart from everyone else is that she has a standard for herself and she has expectations that not everyone can hold themselves to. So I think that's really what sets Addie apart.
[00:21:30] Speaker A: Cece, one season with Addie B batting one two in the lineup, as you mentioned. Tell us about your thoughts on Addison Barnard.
[00:21:38] Speaker C: Yeah, Addie is a one of a kind teammate. She, like Kristen said, is the most amazing person on and off, you know, we'll be having conversations like, hey, like, how'd you feel today? Addie's always coming up, like, how'd you feel today with your swing? And sometimes we're like, nah, not the greatest. And then once those days come, we're like, well, what do we do? You know? She's like, I just felt that I was too handsy or I felt, you know, just. I didn't felt weak in my swing. I think those conversations, you have to have trust to have those conversations. And Addy allows us to have trust with her to be able to talk, and I think that's what makes her so special and one of the biggest leaders on this team. She may not be the loudest, you know, in the locker room, but when time comes, she'll tell us, like, hey, like, we're okay. You know, this is the team that we have, and we're capable of doing a lot of things. And when Addy says it, it's just like you believe it because, you know, she has been so successful and she is such a great person, and she just wants everybody to succeed, not just herself, but everybody that you just gotta love Addy. You can't not love Addie. You know, she's just the kindest person ever, and she will be missed in this program for sure.
[00:22:51] Speaker A: Addison is a senior playing center field this year from Beatrice, Nebraska. She has hit more home runs than anybody else in Wichita State history. I think she's 10th in NCAA history. So, yes, quite, quite a career for Addison. So both of you are veterans now, you've been through the college grind academically, athletically for several years. Pass on some of your wisdom. Kristen. What would you tell someone who is a high school junior starting this process, or somebody who's in the transfer portal? What should they be looking for when they're choosing a, a college to play softball at?
[00:23:25] Speaker B: I think, personally, what I was looking for is I wanted a place to feel like home. I am an extreme homebody, and I think that was what was hard from the transition of being at home with my family to being 10 hours away in Kansas with no family.
I think looking for somewhere that you're going to feel confident in yourself and in your team would be a big thing. But I think that's a good thing of what coach B does is she really makes Wichita State feel like home. Whether we're having dinners at her house or she's just checking on you, or she'll check on your family or she'll just ask how you're doing that day. Like, sometimes she'll just give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down, and I'm like. Like, she just really makes it at home, I think. And I think that's a big thing when you're being recruited to look for Cece.
[00:24:21] Speaker A: How about you? What's your advice to someone pondering their college options?
[00:24:25] Speaker C: I think make the right fit for yourself. Don't get, you know, I guess the word, like, fooled by all the crazy, shiny things that a school might have. Like, make sure that, you know, the coaching staff and the players are a team you want to play for, not just the school's name, but the staff that you want to play for.
I think a lot of people take the first opportunity that comes at them, and some people get the opportunity to have multiple schools, and some people only have one, but make sure that one is the right fit for you, because if not, then I think you won't have as much success as you would want, and you start to blame other things. Everything around you, I think. Keep working on academics. That's a big thing.
You know, I went to the JuCo route, but I think McLennan has a really good education program, so I chose a JUCo that had a really good education program and got me ready for university, whether it is the JUCO route or going division one, division two. Like, just know that a very small percent get to do what we do and be proud of what you do, no matter what the level is.
And if you're in the transfer portal, just make sure that you choose the right school, because I did, and I think it's, you know, turned out for me the right way, and I'm so thankful for the past, the path I took and being able to be a shocker has been one of the best possibilities that could have ever came out of the portal. And I'm so thankful.
[00:26:00] Speaker A: When you're a college athlete, you are on a lot of buses, airplanes. How do you pass the time? Kristen, do you have a recommendation, a book you've been reading, a podcast?
How do you while away the hours when you're traveling?
[00:26:12] Speaker B: I'm a reader, and I'm a sleeper.
I try and sleep the time away because I get motion sick. So I do just try and sleep most of the time. But when I read, it's a lot of Colleen Hoover books.
I like fantasies and nonfictions and such, but a big reader, and I feel like we're a big candy team, so, like, we're all in games. What's the thing called the switch. A lot of the girls have a switch, so we're all playing on that.
[00:26:43] Speaker A: What is a switch? You're gonna have to describe that.
[00:26:46] Speaker C: It's a Nintendo switch. It's like a ds, but cooler and more techno, like, techy. Tech savvy. It's kind of crazy. I had to get used to it a little bit. But we always play mario kart. Our team's a big Mario kart team, and we are competitive. We want to win, and we will talk crap to each other if we're winning or we're losing.
[00:27:09] Speaker A: Okay, who's the best mario kart player on the team?
[00:27:11] Speaker C: Oh, it goes back and forth.
[00:27:14] Speaker B: I think low key maddie.
Maddie is like an underdog.
[00:27:18] Speaker C: Yeah, bailey's learned. She's gotten really good. But if allie's playing, ally wins all the time. Allison cooper is our. As our winner for Mario kart. But we got some competitive, like matty, lauren, lucas, you know, bailey, laney. We all compete. Addie will come in there sometimes, and she'll compete in mario kart. It's always so fun. I literally just smile.
[00:27:41] Speaker A: Okay, Kristin, a reader. Love it. Love it when we get readers on Cici. How about you? Do you have a Netflix recommendation or what's taking up your idle time that you would recommend for people?
[00:27:51] Speaker C: I just rewatched Bridgerton because the new season's coming out, and I'm a huge Bridgerton girly.
I also just rewatched House of the Dragon because I know that's coming out soon and stuff. So I haven't had, like, a new show I've been watching, but I've been rewatching stuff because the new seasons are coming out and I want to get ready for it. Cause I love that stuff.
[00:28:14] Speaker A: Gotta get prepared. That makes sense. All right. The shockers, they are the fourth seed in the American Athletic Conference championship that starts this week at Wilkins Stadium. Wichita State plays 07:00 Wednesday against Nice seeded UTSa. The winner of that faces either Tulsa or South Florida could start a long road for the shockers. They would have to win Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday to get back to the NCAA regionals. CC and Kristen, thanks for your time. We appreciate it.
[00:28:41] Speaker C: Thank you so much.
[00:28:42] Speaker B: Thank you.
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[00:29:45] Speaker A: Wingate's going to dribble it a couple.
[00:29:47] Speaker D: Of times and throws it in the hands of Kuznard. Threw it away. Kuznard to Ryan Martin for the dunk. The shockers are going to the sweet 16.
[00:29:55] Speaker B: It's all over.
[00:29:56] Speaker D: The shockers up seven, 3 seconds, two. Jeffer by Smith is no good. Wichita State to the Sweet 16.
