It’s easy for Meghan King to identify the proudest she has been of Kathryn Sandercock this month.
King was the ace of the Florida State team that won the program’s first national championship in 2018. Sandercock is the ace of the team that is trying to win a second one right now. The two overlapped in Tallahassee for just one season, but Sandercock latched on to King as a mentor, and the alumna has been watching her protegee closely. So, yes, King was proud of Sandercock’s perfect game in the regional round. She was proud of the five shutout innings against No. 6 Oklahoma State, and she was proud of the gutsy performance to close out the game that sent No. 3 Florida State to the finals of the Women’s College World Series.
But the proudest? King has been proudest of something everyone else might have missed. She has been proudest of the moments the television broadcasts have captured of Sandercock alone in the dugout, quiet and composed, patiently waiting for her chance to dominate.
