{"id":2600,"date":"2026-06-13T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:03:22","slug":"meet-new-englands-lone-womens-pro-softball-player-boston-university-pitching-great-kasey-ricard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2600","title":{"rendered":"Meet New England\u2019s lone women\u2019s pro softball player: Boston University pitching great Kasey Ricard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kasey Ricard went to places no other pitcher ventured in college softball this season. The masterful, 5-foot-9-inch Boston University righthander, who grew up in Littleton, led NCAA Division 1 in starts (47), innings (248\u2153), and wins (33, tied with UCLA\u2019s Taylor Tinsley).<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Matt Labriola always believed, and so did King Philip as it secured the school\u2019s first baseball title<\/a><\/p>\n

An important bit of context amid the math: Ricard finished 33-8 for a Terriers squad that played 62 games (47-15). Which means she started 75.8 percent of the games and was credited with the decision in 66.1 percent (41).<\/span><\/p>\n

So what in the name of Cy Young and stitch-seamed sanity was going on all spring up the street from Fenway Park? Somebody clearly had to be cooking the Commonwealth Avenue scorebooks. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As a matter of fact \u2026 no. <\/span><\/p>\n

The mesmerizing numbers are certified, BU coach Ashley Waters confirmed, and serve as fair reflection of a young woman committed to, and now continuing, a career built around a devilish assortment of four pitches as well as deft pitch location.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, from the start of the season, we\u2019d play five games a weekend,\u201d mused Waters, agreeing the numbers might be hard for some to fathom. \u201cAnd out of those five games, Kasey would probably start three \u2014 sometimes both games of a doubleheader \u2014 and then [as a reliever] she might show up in four or all five. I\u2019m not kidding, she was always on the mound.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ricard, added Waters, \u201cis the best ever to come through here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: <\/span><\/span>Texas women beat Texas Tech to claim back-to-back NCAA softball championships<\/div>\n

Now, weeks after graduating with a degree in health science, Ricard has moved on to the next phase of her softball life, pitching for the Kansas City Diamonds in the Professional Softball League. The first-year PSL and the somewhat higher-profile Athletes Unlimited Softball League, in its second season, total 12 teams (six apiece), with some 200 women under contract. The typical PSL player will earn $10,000 for the two-month season that began Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Softball has exploded in popularity and playing opportunities in recent years, the college game in particular becoming a frequent component of ESPN programming. The action is fast, and entertaining, and the players\u2019 boundless on-field enthusiasm refreshing and infectious. It is a sisterhood of high fives. <\/span><\/p>\n

Want to fall in love with glove, bat, and ball all over again? Watch the women play.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it\u2019s really cool to be able to be part of something that is new and other girls can look up to, right?\u201d said Ricard when reached by telephone from Kansas City, where the Diamonds were preparing for a weekend trip to Puerto Rico to play the Atlanta Smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Throughout her childhood, noted Ricard, she constantly heard that a kid from smalltown New England could not aspire to big-time Division 1 softball. It was more the domain of girls in Nebraska, Alabama, Florida, Texas, and California. <\/span><\/p>\n

The pro game? What pro game?<\/span><\/p>\n

She began to play at age 10, started working with a pitching coach by 12, and built her game to a point where Waters offered her a spot at BU without ever meeting her. Waters, who had been sent video from Ricard\u2019s pitching coach and Terriers alum Robyn King, saw enough to make the offer. <\/span><\/p>\n

When Ricard entered BU as a freshman in 2022, the only realistic path to continuing playing after college was to make the US Olympic squad. By graduation, the dozen pro teams needed rosters stocked. Based on a check of PSL and AUSL rosters in recent days, Ricard was the sole New Englander to land a contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more With his dad, a former Red Sox pitcher, at his side, Jeff Plympton Jr. coaches King Philip to first title<\/a><\/p>\n

Brooke Deppiesse, the Terriers\u2019 second baseman for all of Ricard\u2019s four years, signed with the PSL\u2019s New York Rise. Deppiesse, from Redwood City, Calif., will step into the batter\u2019s box vs. Ricard when the Diamonds travel to Long Island for a three-game series July 7-9.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s my best friend,\u201d said Ricard, \u201cand, yeah, it\u2019s kind of cool that two of us from BU made it and we get to share this together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Although, when it comes time to play the Rise, Ricard already has warned her old teammate, \u201cYou can\u2019t tell them anything,\u201d about her pitching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ricard detailed the elements of her success.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much a locator,\u201d she said. \u201cI can put the ball where I want it \u2014 and I think that\u2019s been the name of my game for however many years I\u2019ve been pitching.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Her four pitches are a riseball, curveball, screwball, and changeup. The secret sauce to each offering: the spin she applies and her ability to deliver the underhand serves on three planes \u2014 low in the zone, one on the batter\u2019s hands, and another out of the zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love my riseball,\u201d she said, when asked her favorite. \u201cBut if that\u2019s not working, then I have to go with my curve or change. It definitely depends on who we\u2019re playing and what\u2019s working that day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Once her first pro season wraps up, Ricard will head home to Littleton and plans to work various jobs, including as a patient care technician at Tufts Medical Center. She also will fill out applications for grad school, in hopes of becoming a physician assistant. <\/span><\/p>\n

Pro life will require Ricard to change approach and mind-set. The Diamonds have five pitchers on staff. Instead of pitching in 4-5 games per weekend, she might see action in only one game per series, maybe two in a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo doubleheaders in this league,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s going to be weird to see, having a true rest day, watch other people pitch, not being on the field all the time. But I\u2019m excited for the chance to learn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the big league life for Ricard. She\u2019s in Kansas now, Toto, and not on Commonwealth Avenue anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Deja vu for Alyana DeJesus as she powers Joseph Case to fourth straight softball title, but first in D3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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