The 80 mph softball pitch — once an unthinkable milestone — is coming

Tennessee pitcher Karlyn Pickens has the fastest softball pitch on record, 79.4 mph in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
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1975 Marlboro’s Inn fast-pitch squad reflect on title 50 years later

When the 1975 Peete’s Marlboro Inn fast-pitch softball team gets together to reminisce, it’s hard to calculate what there are more of, laughs or suds drank. There are plenty of both when they ...
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Tennessee ace Karlyn Pickens breaks her own record for fastest softball pitch ever thrown

College softball's fastest flamethrower just got faster. Tennessee softball ace Karlyn Pickens had already thrown the fastest pitch ever recorded at 78.2 mph. But in the first inning of the ...
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Tennessee softball pitcher Karlyn Pickens the No. 1 overall pick in 2026 AUSL Draft

Karlyn Pickens was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 AUSL Draft by the Carolina Blaze. Pickens is the second No. 1 overall draft pick in Tennessee softball history, joining Lindsay ...