MUNRO Aubree

General
INSPIRING HER SISTERS
She said the return of softball to the Olympic programme in 2020 had particular significance for her younger sisters. "I grew up with the Olympic dream and it was stripped away. A generation of players grew up without that dream. I've got little sisters that play and when [softball] was voted back in, all I could think about was that opportunity. The game is going to grow and competition is going to get better across the board. We need that in order for the game to grow like our counterparts in baseball. I'm grateful for the opportunity to hopefully help my younger sisters to have the same dream." (wilson.com, 01 Sep 2018; teamusa.org, 06 Oct 2019)

THIS IS US
In June 2020 she was among the full squad of 18 Houston Scrap Yard Dawgs players who quit the team following its first National Pro Fastpitch [NPF] match after the league's comeback from the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire squad quit the team after a tweet on the Dawgs' official Twitter account was sent by their general manager to US President Donald Trump about players standing for the national anthem. The players formed a new NPF team, called 'This Is Us', with the goal of raising awareness about racial injustice. "We wanted to show the world that our team was about more than the game of softball. The Scrap Yard Dawgs became the This Is Us softball team, formed to move forward after what was falsely portrayed about us. This was a player-run team to its core. My teammates and I were answering emails, another teammate was creating spreadsheets and managing expenses, and another was ordering uniforms and supplies. This process allowed us the opportunity to make a statement of awareness, empowerment and unity. Aiming to stay away from political agendas or opinions as much as we could, we wanted to talk about awareness from the stance of being aware of all people's backgrounds and beliefs. We believe in putting in the time to learn about one another." (theincrease.com, 21 Sep 2020; thisisussoftball.com, 01 Oct 2020; yahoo.com, 14 Jun 2020; nytimes.com, 24 Jun 2020; espn.com, 23 Jun 2020; apnews.com, 23 Jun 2020)

NPF DRAFT
She was chosen as the 39th overall pick in the 2016 NPF Draft by the USSSA Pride. She was released by the team in 2017. (espn.com, 30 Aug 2017; profrastpitch.com, 20 Jul 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Alongside her mother Denise and her sister Aarika, she started Born Ready Sports, an organisation that focuses on developing young people's lives through sport. She also runs softball clinics, coaches softball and undertakes speaking engagements. In her fifth year at the University of Florida she was a student-coach. (aubreemunrowatson.com, 27 Jul 2020; Instagram profile, 14 Apr 2021; auprosports.com, 26 Aug 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2017)