Alumni Spotlight: Krystle Robinson

Jan. 22, 2015

Gamecock History

Krystle Robinson only went on one college visit: South Carolina.
She loved everything about campus, including being close to her Valdosta, Ga., home.
She still considers SC home, loving the “student atmosphere, campus, city and team. Oh, and Grouchos!”
She remembers fondly the camaraderie of the student body, fellow student-athletes and teammates.
Robinson says she learned how to work together as a team but also when to take charge.
Gamecock Softball prepared her for the real world, always striving for excellence and being ready to pitch in when someone needs help.
She also learned discipline and not to give in when the going gets tough.
Robinson had Tommy John surgery during her days as a Gamecock, one of three surgeries during her playing days.

Robinson played her senior season at Valdosta State.
After college, she became a grad assistant at Thomas University before later becoming the JV head coach.
Now Krystle Farlow, she got married in 2012 after meeting her husband in Columbia.
Farlow now works at Senior Life Insurance doing marketing and recruiting.
On the side, she does makeup work for weddings and photo shoots as well as selling skincare products and doing pitching lessons.
The couple had a child, Isla Cait, in 2013.

Interview conducted by Kristen Struett