Allison Smith
Joined: May 13, 2025
Allison Smith is an expert in leadership and organizational behavior in collegiate and professional women’s sports. Smith is a professor (Georgia State University), researcher, and writer. Smith holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Kinesiology and Sport Studies. Smith’s research centers on combatting the underrepresentation of women leaders in sport, lack of organizational structure for work life integration for sport employees, and lack of programming and oversight for preparing athletes to transition to life after sport. Since graduating with a bachelor’s in journalism in 2011, Smith has sought opportunities to write about sports as a contributing writer focused on the growth of women’s collegiate, Olympic, and professional sports in this new age and movement for multiple outlets including Athletic Director U, and now Forbes.com. As a former Division I and II pitcher and Division III pitching coach Smith will bring unique insight and expertise to Softball on SI.
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Youth
In the final day heading into the championship series, the Southwest Region defeated the Southeast Region, 3-1 and the Central Region outlasted Asia-Pacific, 1-0.
Youth
The Mid-Atlantic and North Carolina Regions are the only remaining teams with a perfect 3-0 slate and advance to the championship games on their respective sides of the bracket.
Youth
On a shortened day of play on Wednesday, August 6 due to the programmed Athletes Unlimited Softball games, and amidst the rain, the Central and Southeast Region teams moved on to the next stage of bracket play.
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For the third year in a row, Athletes Unlimited Softball will play games in front of the participants, families and fans of the Little League World Series in Greenville, NC on the campus of East Carolina University (ECU).