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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

330: Dakota Kennedy: Playing Free, Winning Big

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Sports

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Arkansas outfielder Dakota Kennedy joins The Hog Pod after earning her Golden Ticket to play professional softball. She talks about letting go of the numbers, playing free at the plate, and the trust that fuels this Razorback team. Kennedy also reflects on her journey from Arizona to Arkansas, her growth as a player, and what it means to finish her college career in Fayetteville, all while keeping a team-first mindset.

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0:00.0

Hey, Hogg fans, it's Bo Mattingly. And before this episode, I'd like to ask a quick favor.

0:05.0

If you follow a show, the algorithm usually pushes the best episodes right to the top of your feet,

0:10.7

like the most shared or highest rated ones. So if you want to catch our best stuff, make sure you're

0:16.2

following this show. It's super quick, totally free, and it really helps us continue to deliver. It's super quick, totally free, and it really helps us continue to deliver.

0:22.8

It's super quick, totally free, and it really helps us out. Just take a second right now on

0:27.8

whatever app you're using and hit that follow button. Seriously, it means a lot and thank you.

0:35.5

No matter what happens at the end of this year, I'm just grateful and so happy that my career

0:40.9

went the way it did.

0:42.1

I'm immensely grateful that I started at Arizona and I'm even the more even the same amount

0:47.8

grateful that I'm here.

0:48.9

I wouldn't change a single thing about my career.

0:50.9

I wouldn't change the lows in my career.

0:52.7

I wouldn't change the highs in my career.

1:00.0

I think everything, I have a tattoo. another one. If it's meant to be, it'll be. And I really just, I think I embody that, like, no matter what happens in a game or at practice,

1:04.0

if it's meant to be, it'll be. Welcome into the hog pot.

1:18.3

I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at the Toasted Yoke

1:23.7

and South by Northwest Hospitality.

1:26.7

I am so honored to present this golden ticket to Dakota Kennedy.

1:34.3

Dakota Kennedy recently got her golden ticket to play professional softball,

1:39.2

but she isn't defined by the numbers that got her there.

1:41.7

I just kind of obsessed over it my freshman year a little bit, especially in the beginning

1:45.9

of the year.

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