3 Apr 2026 3:25 pm
Western Michigan freshman softball player Kendall Kotzmacher is in the process of filing her taxes for the first time. She does so knowing her federal and state taxes, as a Minnesota resident, will go toward litigation over her home state's refusal to keep males out of girls' sports. Kotzmacher had to compete against a biological male transgender pitcher in the Minnesota state playoffs in her final high school season in 2025. She had to watch the trans athlete dominate her team and end her season. Now, as the state continues to let that pitcher compete against girls, she may have to watch her younger sister compete against that athlete again this season. Kotzmacher, who earned income as a part-time youth softball coach and through NIL deals, including one with the activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics, will have to stomach some of that money financing the legal battle to "save girls' sports."