Ally Carda

Allyson "Ally" Nicole Carda (born January 15, 1993) is an American professional softball pitcher and first baseman for the Texas Volts of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She has been a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2015 and represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins from 2012 to 2015, and won back-to-back conference Player of the Year awards in 2014 and 2015. She also earned back-to-back National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American honors.

Early life Carda was born on January 15, 1993, in Sacramento, California, to parents Heather and Jim Carda. Carda and her family moved to Elk Grove, California, where she attended Pleasant Grove High School, from where she graduated in 2011. She is openly lesbian and her partner is Kelly Kretschman.

College career Carda signed a letter of intent to play for UCLA during her senior year of High School. Carda became one of the all-time greats in the winningest program in history, becoming the best 2 way player for the Bruins since Lisa Fernandez.

Professional career On December 1, 2025, Carda was drafted sixth overall by the Volts in the AUSL allocation draft.

International career Carda was named to the United States women's national softball team roster in 2015. and 2017. Carda helped the Red, White, and Blue to a World Cup of Softball Gold Medal in 2015, and a Silver in 2016. Carda also won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship. Carda represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. At the Tokyo Games, Carda suffered the loss in the gold medal game to Team Japan in two innings of work on July 27, 2021. For the tournament, Carda pitched eight innings and scored a run for Team USA.

On August 31, 2023, Carda was named to the U.S. women's national team for the 2023 Pan American Games.

Carda represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.

Statistics +UCLA Bruins Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2012 13 5 37 25 6 1 1 120.0 101 65 58 71 97 3.38 1.43 2013 23 10 46 27 12 3 0 206.2 154 87 71 88 217 2.41 1.17 2014 32 5 46 32 18 9 2 220.2 169 79 60 65 230 1.90 1.06 2015 32 8 49 33 18 9 3 240.0 184 106 90 123 281 2.62 1.28 TOTALS 100 28 178 117 54 22 6 787.1 608 337 279 347 825 2.48 1.21

+Team USA Year W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2015 3 0 8 4 2 2 0 24.2 14 2 2 10 20 0.57 0.99 2016 5 0 9 6 0 0 0 24.0 10 5 3 8 32 0.88 0.75 2020 2 0 9 4 2 0 0 23.1 15 11 10 7 33 3.03 0.95 2021 8 0 15 5 0 0 0 51.2 29 7 6 25 52 0.82 1.05 Olympics 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 3 3 11 2.62 1.25 TOTALS 17 1 43 20 4 2 0 131.2 75 29 24 53 148 1.28 0.97

YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2017 3 1 5 4 1 0 0 23.1 21 5 5 6 28 1.51 1.17 2018 5 3 27 6 0 0 4 44.0 26 12 10 21 45 1.59 1.07 2019 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 7.2 7 6 6 3 8 5.83 1.39 TOTALS 8 4 37 11 1 0 5 75.0 54 23 21 30 81 1.96 1.12