AUSL Reporter Savanna Collins On Softball’s Boom, Kim Ng, MLB Partnership + Media Advice | OLF Ugo Humbert [z765rIdYzrN]

Today on Out of Left Field, Abby Alonzo sits down with Savanna Collins one of the leading storytellers and on-camera reporters covering the AUSL (Athletes Unlimited Softball League).

This episode is a must-watch if you love pro softball, care about growing womens sports, or want a real look at what it takes to build a career in sports media. cathie wood shopify stock purchase Savanna shares her journey from being a coachs kid in Florida, to discovering broadcasting as a teenager, to covering pro softball with the Pride in the NPF, and eventually banging down the door to work for Athletes Unlimited where shes now entering her sixth season and has seen the league evolve into what AUSL is becoming.

We also get into whats happening behind the scenes of softballs growth: why having the right people in the room matters, the impact of names like Jennie Finch, Lisa union sg - anderlecht Fernandez, Kat Osterman, Natasha Watley, and why commissioner Kim Ng has been a true game-changer plus how the MLB partnership is shifting whats possible for the sport.

Savanna breaks down the craft too: how she prepares, why trust with athletes is everything, how stories get built (sometimes from two-hour coffee shop conversations), and what shes learned from failures including why shes stepping into play-by-play now and encouraging more women to do the same.

Topics include:

How Savanna got started in sports broadcasting

Why she chose softball and why she stayed

AU AUSL: whats different and whats driving the momentum

Kim Ngs leadership and the power of legitimacy

Trust, vulnerability, and telling athletes stories the right way

Practical advice for women breaking into sports media

The landaluce tennis personalities in pro softball and why womens sports hits different

What she wants to see in AUSL Year 2 (2026): packed city crowds + real community roots

Follow Savanna: @savvyco

Read AUSL features: AUSL.com

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