2025-26 ROSTER

#	NAME	POSITION	BATS | THROWS	HIGH SCHOOL	GRAD YEAR
1	Marianne DeSanto	1B | OF	R | R	Cathedral	2029
3	McKenna Dillman	C | 2B | 3B | OF	L | R	Lawrence North	2029
4	Victoria Rodarte	MIF | OF	S | R	Lawrence Central	2028
6	Olivia Bradshaw	C | MIF | OF	R | R	Greenfield Central	2028
9	Elliana Letsinger	P | 1B | OF	R | R	Pendleton Heights	2028
10	Faith Butler	P | MIF | OF	R | R	Hamilton Southeastern	2028
11	Kennadi Robinson	P | 3B | OF	R | R	Cathedral	2029
16	Mackenzie Dillon	MIF | OF	R | R	Carmel	2028
23	Rosie Minges	3B | OF	R | R	Fishers	2028
24	Chloe Migliore	P | 2B | 3B | OF	R | R	Hamilton Southeastern	2028
25	Allison Miller	C | 3B | OF	R | R	Hamilton Southeastern	2028

 

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Create a collaborative approach to player development through a shared vision of engaging teammates, uplifting coaching and positive communication to and from all families, coaches and players. The T.O.R.C.H. guiding principles are:

• T | Team First | Place team before self and make the sacrifices needed to make one another better.
• O | 100% Effort | Practice, warm-ups, and games as well as school and life, where we are always accountable for our actions.
• R | Respect | Respect for each and every teammate, family, coach, fan, opponent and umpire we meet throughout the year.
• C | Coachability | Working toward precision in the fundamentals, rules, strategy and positivity.
• H | Have Fun | Enjoyment is paramount, and good sports make it fun for all!

 

SCHEDULE

OVERVIEW | The 15U Oaklandon Red Storm squad is focused on bringing consistent coaching, a competitive experience, more focused development and higher-level of play to a team of travel ballplayers. The Red Storm squad will provide a balanced environment where team members can also pursue other sports and interests, especially in the offseason. As for tournaments, the 15U Oaklandon Red Storm team will diversify its participation more in 2025-26 to include USSSA, USFA, NSA, PGF and College Showcase tournament opportunities. This will help not only provide a greater variety in exposure but also opponents.

FALL 2025 | The Fall 2025 schedule for the season includes:

• August 24 | USSSA Season Opener | Shelbyville
• September 6-7 | Bullpen Phoenix Invitational | Westfield
• September 14 | USSSA  Fall Flight | Shelbyville
• September 20-21 | USSSA Fall State | Columbus
• October 25-26 | USSSA Pumpkin Bash | Fishers
• November 1-2 | USFA Polar Bear Classic | Edinburgh

 

GAMECHANGER

Follow us on GameChanger for all the latest game times and locations. Keep up with the Red Storm because there's a Storm coming near you this season!

 

COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH | MICHAEL DESANTO (left) | Coaching baseball and softball teams since 2001, Michael DeSanto has been a mainstay on the travel circuit for baseball and softball for more than 15 years. Michael's primary focus involves player development, practice plans, game day lineups, ongoing communication with all families and providing a safe and fun environment for our softball players.

ASSISTANT COACH | KYLE MILLER (center) | Kyle joined the Oaklandon Red Storm coaching staff in 2024. He's previously served as an assistant coach in the Cats organization and provides valuable individual player instruction and in-game management.

ASSISTANT COACH | ROBERTO RODARTE (right) | Roberto joined the Oaklandon Red Storm coaching staff in 2023. With a long history of coaching travel baseball and softball teams, Roberto connects with the team's players as player-favorite baseball coach and for his valued approach to practices.

CONTACT INFO | Coach Michael DeSanto can be contacted at mdesanto317@gmail.com or 317.345.9006.

 

PLAYER EXPECTATIONS

ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS | The 15U Oaklandon Red Storm believes consistent participation in practices and games is integral to the development of our softball players, a collaborative and supportive culture and the overall experience of our team and program. We also believe participation in other sports positively contributes to the long-term development of our players. So this is a continuous balancing and juggling act.

Please understand attendance is expected for all practices, games and tournaments. Yet, we respect and encourage multi-sport athletes where the players are continuing to remain active and improve physically through other sport activities. So, flexibility will be granted where needed so long as players demonstrate maximum effort to be present for as much of the team's practices and games as possible.

We also acknowledge 100% attendance at all Red Storm events is nearly possible for this diversely talented and engaged group of lady ballplayers over the course of the season. So, the expectation is players will make every effort to honor their commitment to their team within reason. However, missed practices and games will be taken into consideration in each and every line-up strategy. And it is important to note, the team's head coach does not traditionally alter batting line-ups once a tournament begins in order to keep continuity and set consistent expectations for each game within the tournament.

Legitimate absences include illness, injury, school-sanctioned sporting events, participation in mandatory school and religious activities . Players with an ongoing commitment outside of softball that may affect their attendance (particularly another sport) should consult with the head coach and be cognizant numerous conflicts could impact offensive and defensive assignments/playing time.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND PLAYER ROTATIONS | The offseason workouts, endurance conditioning and early season practices will be fundamentals driven. We will adopt and teach singular approaches to key skills, such as hitting, fielding, throwing, baserunning and more. We will offer more flexibility with pitching to accommodate those who are working with pitching coaches to not impact that development or investment. During the Red Storm practices, we will ask all players to learn and become acclimated at a key position but also establish their versatility as a two-way player for both infield and outfield position depth. As we enter the tournament season, a more structured line-up will be used and tweaked only as needed. Player rotations will occur regularly in alliance games and scrimmages, yet on a more limited scale during tournaments.