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Recruiting Spotlight: How Kylie LaRousa “Grew” As a Catcher & Will Now Play in the Sun Belt Conference

Kylie LaRousa got her start as a catcher when she was the only one on the team big enough to wear the gear!

With club ball in full swing and a lot of events going on nationwide where we’re covering top teams and prospects, we’re getting a lot of updated recruiting info including new verbals, club teams changes, decommitments and more.

Look for our newest edition of our Signing/Verbal Database which will be published on Wednesday to reflect the latest news.

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Kylie Larousa

It was through this Contact Us – I Committed page that we got the great story below about Kylie LaRousa, a 2021 catcher/first baseman from Harrisburg, North Carolina who plays for Eddie Gontram’s Firecrackers NC 18U team, and how she went from doing gymnastics and taekwondo to getting a scholarship offer from a Sun Belt Conference school.

In our opinion, it was a wise move by Kylie because, not only is she an excellent hitter, but also because you also don’t too many 6-foot-1 gymnasts!

Here’s her story…

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Kylie didn’t start softball until she was 10, but had good success early on.

I started playing softball a little later than most, I began at 10 years old when I started in rec ball.

My two brothers didn’t like baseball and my dad grew up playing the game so he was a little disappointed they didn’t play.

I enjoyed doing gymnastics and taekwondo which were individual sports and had a lot of fun, until one day I went to my dad and said, “I think I want to play softball.”

As you can imagine he was thrilled and said, “Let’s go!”


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