Athlete of the Week: Stella VanGee ’25

Sport: Softball
Pronouns: She/her
Year: 2025
Hometown: Rochester, New York (the greatest city in the world)

Favorite food?
Sushi.

Favorite Dana meal?
Pita bar.

What is your major?
Government and History.

How long have you been playing softball?
I first started playing rec league in my hometown when I was five years old.

What inspired you to start playing softball?
Everyone in my family had played softball or baseball before me, so
my parents just signed me up and I liked it and kept going with it.

What is your favorite team memory?
Sweeping Union last year in our first conference games.

What is your favorite class that you have taken at SLU?
Either Incarceration Nation or Beginning Acting.

What are your favorite hobbies/ other interests?
Working at the café at the Brewer Bookstore, hiking, baking,
reading, playing any other sport, and spike ball.

How has your season been going so far?
We have competed with some tough competition and held our own against
some top-ranked teams. Many of our games have been either within one
run or gone to extra innings; a lot more games definitely could have gone
our way, but good competition is certainly helping us in the long run.

What are your goals for the rest of the season?
Definitely to get some more conference wins, and ultimately earn a
spot in the Liberty League Tournament.

Favorite pro athlete?
The Greek Freak.

Fun fact?
I hit back-to-back homeruns and won prom queen on the same day