Arizona is definitely the “what’s going on there?” team this softball offseason. It was a position Washington was in last year and Alabama was in two years before that. Big programs that have the portal floodgates open and carry away half the team.
What was once a team that just needed pitching and a bit of depth at key positions now needs almost an entire outfield. Kaiah Altmeyer just became the second starting outfielder and the 10th Arizona softball player to enter the transfer portal this offseason.
Altmeyer didn’t get the national attention of her fellow Arizona outfielders, but she has been a mainstay at the top of the lineup. She led the Wildcats with 19 doubles, almost twice as many as the 10 hit by fellow outfield portal-resident Dakota Kennedy. Her 42 walks were second behind Sydney Stewart (48). She had 66 hits, second behind Regan Shockey (88). Her 50 runs scored were third behind Shockey (57) and Stewart (56). Her five home runs were tied for fifth with Kennedy and yet another portal entry, Emily Schepp…