Meet Alexis DeBoer, Washington's softball star with a famous last name

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — On the third Friday in February, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer began his day the way most in his profession do — early-morning workouts, followed by a team meeting, then calls and texts with recruits and candidates for a couple of staff openings.Come midday, though, he sent his staff home for the weekend (this being a dead period for recruiting visits), got in his car and headed to the Birmingham airport. He hopped on a commercial flight to Dallas, where he connected to Palm Springs, Calif. Come nighttime, he was sitting behind home plate at college softball’s Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic for the first pitch of Washington’s game against Saint Mary’s.Advertisement