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Sydney Supple Joins SA

by: Softball America01/23/24

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Former Northwestern softball player Sydney Supple will join Softball America’s relaunch. Supple won three Big Ten titles with the Wildcats and played in the Women’s College World Series in 2022. A current broadcast & digital journalism student at Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Public Communications. Talks sports on ESPN+, Big Ten+ and the ACC Network as a play-by-play, color analyst and sideline reporter for Power Five football, softball, volleyball, soccer, basketball and baseball.

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