In this introductory episode of Up the Coast with Alex and Britt, you meet your hosts for the 2024 season and of this podcast, as well as learn their purpose for starting the podcast and what you can expect from them all season long.

Brittany McKinney, a UNC Tarheel born and bred, has a lot of experience in the sport as a former player, coach, and analyst. While Brittany played collegiately in Chapel Hill, she also played professionally for several years after. Brittany serves as an analyst for ACC Network and ESPN.

Alex Powers is a Florida State alumni. She bleeds garnet and gold and attests much of who she is as credit to having been a Seminole under Head Coach, Lonni Alameda’s leadership. Alex won 4 ACC Championships, went to the Women’s College World Series twice, was the 2016 ACC Player of the Year and was a 2x NFCA All American while at Florida State. Alex continued her career, playing professionally for 5 seasons after college, retiring in 2021. Alex serves as an analyst on ACC Network, ESPN and ESPN+.

Brittany and Alex walk listeners through what to expect from their weekly podcast including interviews with coaches and players, weekend previews and recaps, and all things ACC softball related. The goal is to give listeners an inside scoop of their favorite programs and give our take on who’s hot and who’s not throughout the duration of the season. We will dive into the nitty gritty, informing listeners of the “who, why and how” teams are doing performing as well as the “what” is making them stand out. We’ll get in depth on areas of improvement that we want to see out of specific programs and further explain some of the things that the teams are doing really well.

Tune in for the 2024 season with the Up the Coast with Alex and Britt to follow full ACC Softball coverage and learn more about your favorite teams and players!

If you have specific requests or ideas that you want to learn more about for specific teams or players, leave your thoughts in the comments below!

Welcome to Up the Coast with Alex and Britt your one stop shop for everything ACC softball. I'm Brittany McKinney alongside Alex Powers, and we have created this podcast to give you everything you could ever want to know about the ACC and its softball teams. A little bit about us, I was a former Tar Heel, played college softball there. I was a catcher, dabbled in some division one coaching, played in the professional league for a few years. So my heart and soul has been with softball as a player.

Since then, I've been an analyst with ACC Network covering the ACC, done some games with ESPN. I've worked with Alex Powers, we were at the World Series last year covering Florida State. And we just love the ACC so much and we're excited to bring this to you. Alex, what can we expect?

We can just expect a full rundown all season long. We're going to have coaches interviews, players interviews. We're going to give recaps and previews to upcoming series. You said it best, Brett, we love softball. We're here just to talk all things about the sport and give our fans of the sport, of the conference, what they want to know. Like I said, the inside scoop. For those of you who don't know, my name is Alex Powers. I am a former Florida State alum, two -time All -American, 2016 ACC Player of the Year.

Britt and I are super passionate about the sport and we are fortunate enough to work together on the ACC Network. So let's get into it.

Let's go. It's gonna be a long season. It's a journey. It's a marathon. And I hope you're along for this ride on our journey with Up the Coast with Alex and Britt