AUSL Stars Share the Game at Adaptive Softball Clinic

Eight AUSL athletes helped bring the game of softball to 48 participants during an Adaptive Softball Clinic at Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Illinois.

The clinic, held in partnership with the Beautiful Lives Project at the home of the 2026 AUSL All-Star Cup, welcomed participants with a range of neurodivergence and physical abilities, including autism and Down syndrome. The Beautiful Lives Project creates opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in sports and other activities by helping reduce barriers to participation.

AUSL athletes Ailana Agbayani, Aliyah Binford, Amari Harper, Sam Landry, Sydney Stewart, Jessi Warren, Sami Williams and Kat Sandercock volunteered at the clinic, guiding participants through hitting, baserunning, catching and throwing activities.

For Sandercock, the event offered an opportunity to share the joy she has found through softball.

“It means a lot,” Sandercock said. “I mean, this sport has brought me so much joy in my life, and just to share that and bring it back to why we all do what we do is amazing.”

Landry also emphasized the importance of creating more opportunities for people to experience the sport firsthand.

“I think it’s absolutely amazing because we always talk about creating an environment where you can give access to the sport and to this game for so many kids,” Landry said. “So I think it’s absolutely amazing to bring this to them and to just be able to show them that they can play it. They can have fun in it.”

See more moments from the Adaptive Softball Clinic below.