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PSL's Atlanta Smoke Welcomes Back 4 Key Stars for 2026 Season

The Smoke is stacking its roster ahead of the inaugural campaign of the Professional Softball League.
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The Atlanta Smoke is bringing back four stars for the 2026 season.
The Atlanta Smoke is bringing back four stars for the 2026 season. | Atlanta Smoke

The three-time Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) Champions, Atlanta Smoke, will enter the newly developed Professional Softball League (PSL) in the summer of 2026, but not without a star-stacked roster.

Headlined by names like Kiki Milloy, Morgan Howe, Donnie Gobourne, and KoKo Wooley, to name a few, Smoke's owner, Brandon Phillips, a former Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman, is just getting started in preparing a dominant lineup in the league's inaugural season.

Kiki Milloy

Kiki Milloy was a 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist, two-time NFCA All-American, three-time All-Region honoree, and four-time All-SEC selection for the Tennessee Lady Vols. In her five years at Rocky Top, including a graduate season, Milloy produced a .355 batting average with 69 home runs, 39 doubles, nine triples, and 182 RBIs. She started 249 games, mostly in the outfield, tallying 142 stolen bases and 266 runs scored.

Milloy carried her collegiate success to the professional stage. In 2025, she was named a WPF All-Star and Rookie of the Year.

Morgan Howe

Morgan Howe split time at Fresno State (2015-17) and Arizona State (2017-19) during her collegiate career. She finished with a .389 batting average with 40 doubles, 27 home runs, eight triples, and 166 RBIs. In her senior campaign with ASU, Howe earned First Team All-American distinction behind a .400/.497/.764 slash line. She also tallied career-highs in various categories that same year, including doubles (16), RBI (61), home runs (12), and runs (56).

Howe also toted momentum from her Sun Devil days, playing professionally since 2020 in diverse leagues like Athletes Unlimited, and currently for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Liga Mexicana de Softbol (LMS), and soon-to-be PSL.

The Poway native is a three-time WPF Champion, three-time All-Star, and two-time Defensive Player of the Year in a Smoke uniform.

Donnie Gobourne

Donnie Gobourne went off in her senior season at the University of South Carolina (USC). She earned 2023 NFCA All-Region Second Team and All-SEC First Team, plus was selected No. 17 in the WPF draft. Following two years at Florida Atlantic (2020-22), Gobourne shined in a Gamecock uniform serving as USC's ace. In 38 appearances, she threw 134.2 innings, collecting 14 victories and 202 strikeouts. She recorded an ERA of 2.24 with seven complete games and six saves.

Gobourne signed with the Oklahoma City Spark right out of college, where she was an At-Large All-WPF selection before joining the Atlanta Smoke. She has since won WPF Pitcher of the Year in the Smoke pinstripes, and currently joins Howe in the LMS, competing for the Las Olmecas de Tabasco.

KoKo Wooley

KoKo Wooley graduated from Texas A&M in 2025 after four standout years at shortstop, obtaining the Aggies' first-ever Rawlings/NFCA Gold Glove award in her senior campaign. The four-time NFCA All-Region selection and three-time All-SEC recipient left a lasting mark on the Texas A&M program, finishing her career ranked in the top 10 of various all-time categories, including hits, triples, stolen bases, runs, and average.

Wooley is no stranger to a championship team, having played a key role in guiding Texas A&M to its first-ever No. 1 national ranking and capturing the 2025 SEC Tournament championship. She's also added 2025 WPF Champion and All-Star to her resume.

The Atlanta Smoke started the year off in Mexico, with a pair of exhibition games against the defending LMS Champions, Diablos Rojos Femenil. Both contests were tight, with the Smoke winning 4-3 in the first game, and the Diablos taking game two, 11-10.

In addition to the four prominent names mentioned, the Smoke also made it official with other talent such as Silent Rain Espinoza, Thessa Malau'ulu, and Janae Jefferson.

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MADDY LEWIS

Maddy Lewis was a four-year starting infielder for UC San Diego Softball (2015–19), helping lead the Tritons to two conference championships, a West Region title, and a trip to the Division II National Championship in her senior season. She graduated from UC San Diego with a degree in Communication, where she also wrote for the student newspaper, The Guardian. After college, Maddy spent two years as a Sports Information Director, working closely with the softball, basketball and running programs, deepening her appreciation for the stories behind the stats. She has continued her playing career on the international stage as a member and captain of the Israeli Women’s National Softball Team for the past four years, facing top talent at European Championships, Canada Cups, and the Maccabi Games. Beyond competing, Maddy remains deeply committed to growing the game. She co-hosts the Jewish Softball: More Than A Game podcast, offers private instruction in the Bay Area and has coached teams at the Triple Crown Sports International Challenge and the JCC Maccabi Games. With a passion for storytelling and softball, she is dedicated to giving back to the sport that has shaped her both on and off the field and making an impact on the next generation in any way she can.

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