Ig4uf_ asked if someone could start a where are they now Thread. I thought it was a good idea so here it is. Name of player position class of
1. Hannah Rogers. Pitcher. class of 2014 Hannah helped lead the gators to the first title in program history. Rogers is married and has 1 daughter
Interesting regarding Stacey Nelson: Nelson attended Loyola Law School from 2011-2014. After a career as a jail monitor at the Office of Inspector from 2014-2021, she began teaching at Loyola, working for the Project for the Innocent, and consulting on law enforcement-related issues via work for OIR Group. Stacey Nelson - Wikipedia
Lauren Haeger - Currently a pitching & hitting instructor at the Softball Project in Stallings, North Carolina, which is owned by former Gator Kelsey Bruder. Lauren lives in Charlotte. Lauren Haeger - The Softball Project Lauren Haeger - Wikipedia
Kelsey Bruder Brinson - Owner of the Softball Project in Stallings, NC. She is married 2 Nic Brinson and they have 2 small children. They live in Charlotte. About - The Softball Project Bruder Announced as Member of 2023 UF Athletic Hall of Fame Class - Florida Gators
I mentioned it in another thread, but Katie Chronister is in law school at UF, think she coaches for Santa Fe and has been dating Grant Holloway for a number of years. Those two need to have bunches of gator kids.
Kirsti Merritt-Jessmer is back in her home town of Lake Panasoffkee, FL. She's married to Devin Jessmer. She's an insurance agent with Goosehead Insurance out of Wildwood, FL and she and Devin have 2 small daughters.
Aja Paculba, one of my all time favorite Gator softball players. Aja Paculba - Softball - Florida Gators Aja played 3 years of pro softball and has had stints as an assistant softball coach at Florida International University, Western Kentucky and the College of Charleston. She has been working with a company called Utility Specialists in Bowling Green, KY since 2019 and is currently an Assistant Project Manager.
Justine McLean married Gourley’s brother a year and a half ago. Gourley is engaged to her long time boyfriend. She is a hair stylist. I believe both live in the San Diego area. As a side note, Justine was a bridal attendant in Amanda’s recent nuptials.
Ali Gardner, 2006-2010, Gator first baseman who had the awesome grand slam to beat Alabama and send Florida to to WCWS title series against Washington, got her BS in Advertising and has steadily moved up the business world ever since. She worked with Nike for several months after graduating before moving to Galdman-Sachs in New York in 2011 for a year and a half, worked for over a year for First Protocol as an Account Manager/Planner for the 2014 NJ/NY Super Bowl Committee. Then 2 1/2 years with Civic Entertainment Group in New York, then just under 2 years as an Executive Leader for Magnetic Collaborative, Director of Rewards for Peerfit, then back with Civic Entertainment in 2019 as an Event Producer to help launch Disney+. In February 2020, Ali went back to Goldman-Sachs as an Account Director, then as a Senior Project Manager and currently as Director of Project Management. Her UF degree has surely been put to great use in her case. And what a tremendous softball player.
