Wildcats' Ali Ashner reportedly in transfer portal; Allie Skaggs all in for senior year

It’s been an eventful week for the Arizona softball team.

First, it was reported by Extra Inning Softball that the program had parted ways with assistant/pitching coach Taryne Mowatt-McKinney, and the job opening was posted on UA’s website on Wednesday.

Now, it appears that the Wildcats have their first entrant in the transfer portal: Ali Ashner. Both Extra Inning Softball and DI Softball have Ashner in their portal trackers.

The soon-to-be fifth-year senior who graduated this past month has had quite the journey. She tore her ACL as a senior at Chandler Hamilton High School, came to UA as a freshman as a walk-on, then moved on to South Mountain Community College and Phoenix College. She won back-to-back NJCAA DII Championships and collected Division II ACCAC Player of the Year and NFCA/Schutt NJCAA DII Player of the Year honors in two seasons at Phoenix College.

Ashner then transferred back to UA for her senior year. She appeared in 19 games this past season, starting six as a designated player. She batted .269 in 26 at-bats.

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There was some positive news for Arizona fans Saturday morning.

Allie Skaggs posted this message on Instagram: “Just talked to 10-year-old me ... she said I have some unfinished business. #thefinalcoutdown #buckleup”

Skaggs finished her junior season as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, was a Pac-12 first-teamer and led the league in RBIs with 64. She made no errors in 168 chances — the only second baseman in UA history to accomplish that feat. She hit .333 with 14 homers.