🥉 3rd place finish at the Top Gun Elite Championships for our 18U National MN squad! Uncommitted 2026 RHP Ella Meyer was dominant: ➡️ 5 Wins / 3 CG Shutouts ➡️ 36.2 IP / 50 K’s / 1.90 ERA ➡️ Just 5 BB’s on the weekend College coaches: Ella is a competitor you need to know! 💪

Here are the many swings & misses and highlights from 2026 Uncommitted Pitcher Ella Meyer 2026 RHP/UTL’s stellar weekend at the Top Gun Events Elite Championships!

🥇 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝! 🥇 Both 18U Smyth & 16U Schmoll went undefeated on Championship Sunday to take home titles at the S&C Labor Day Tournament! 🧬⚡️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🔥 Special shoutouts: ➡️ 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐠 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐑𝐇𝐏/𝐔𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝) – .462 AVG, 1.588 OPS, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R ➡️ 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕, 𝐎𝐅, 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝) – .615 AVG, 1.904 OPS, 3 3B, 4 SB A HUGE start to fall ball!! 🧬

5th Annual Catalyst Softball Hit-A-Thon was a huge success 🥳🥞 Tons of smiles, big swings, and plenty of long balls on Sunday morning! 🥎💣

𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐁 📢🐐 We are fired up to welcome Taylor Krapf as our newest Hitting & Catching Instructor 🥎🔥 📅 Lesson spots are OPEN now! Book at catalystsoftball.com/lessons before they’re gone! tay | Catalyst Sports Lab

𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑭𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑫. 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑺. 14U Catalyst National Robson goes 6-0 at the Rawlings Mantra Series, outscoring opponents 46-1 with 3 no-hitters & a .479 team avg 👊 🌟 Mya Gullickson: .882, 15H, 11R 💣 Bentley Marcyes: .636, 2.121 OPS, HR 🔥 Nicewanner & Rosenau: 0.00 ERA

𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 🤝 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 CONGRATS to our very own Kensi Johnson (2027 | OF | 16U Catalyst National Schmoll) on her commitment & scholarship acceptance to continue her academic & athletic career at South Dakota State University!🐰🥎 🧵⬇️

This is Kensi’s 3rd year w/ Catalyst & she has continuously gotten better every season. ⚡️ Outfielder with insane speed 💣 Powerful bat 🔥 Game-changer on both sides of the ball The Jackrabbits are getting a competitor, leader & relentless worker! Lakeville, MN🔜 Brookings, SD

MEA Break 🥎 Clinic is THIS THURSDAY! Don’t miss the chance for youth players to train with former collegiate softball athletes & current Catalyst Sports Lab coaches! 📅10/16 | 9 AM - 12 PM 📍Catalyst Sports Lab (Savage, MN) 💰$55 LAST CALL - Sign up now! 🔗 catalystsoftballmn.playbookapi.com/programs/more_…

That post-win POV 🎥

𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝑶𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 🤝 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒅𝒐𝒈 𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 Congrats to Olivia Oerther (2027 | OF | 16U Catalyst National Schellhammer) on her commitment & scholarship acceptance to play DII softball at the University of Minnesota Duluth! 🐾 Bloomington, MN🐆 🔜 Duluth, MN🐶

In her first year with Catalyst, Olivia’s made an immediate impact — elite speed, powerful bat, & next-level range in the outfield. The Bulldogs are getting a fierce competitor with energy, confidence, & relentless drive to improve. So proud of you, Olivia! 🥳 Go Bulldogs!! 🐶

𝐀𝐋𝐋 👀’𝐬 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐓 Huge weekend of exposure in Omaha, NE & St. Louis, MO — college coaches from across the country watched our Catalyst teams compete! Grateful to all Power 4, mid-major, DII, DIII & NAIA programs that came out to see our athletes this weekend!💪

🎟️🥊'𝐝 𝟏𝟔𝐔 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 & 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 ➡️ 𝐀𝐅𝐂𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 Both Catalyst squads earned their The Alliance Fastpitch bids at the HFL Fall Championships in Chesterfield, MO this past weekend! Congrats to all our players & coaches! 🥳

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! A high-performance space built in our Catalyst facility for development, precision, and elite training — all powered by PortoliteUSA's top-tier equipment and industry-leading mats. 📈🔥

𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒! 〽️ Catalyst Founder/Owner & U of MN alum @erika_schmyth is featured in the 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒕𝒂 𝑨𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒊 magazine! This feature is about turning the passion of a former Minnesota Softball player into a mission to build leaders on & off the field. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The article, "Having a Ball", dives into Erika's journey, detailing how the skills & mindset developed at the University of Minnesota directly led to founding Catalyst and empowering young athletes. 🧵⬇️

We are incredibly grateful to our athletes, families, & staff for making Catalyst what it is, and to the University of Minnesota Alumni Association Associatoon for shining a light on the work happening here in Savage, MN at our Catalyst Softball facility! 🩵 📖 Read the full feature: minnesotaalumni.org/stories/having…

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 & 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘! 🩵 Today we are celebrating every girl and woman in our Catalyst organization! Each of you has built our program into what it is today, and we could not be more grateful for every single one of you.