Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens and Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady were the top two picks in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft on Monday night.
Pickens went to the Carolina Blaze, where she will play in her home state of North Carolina. She got the softball world’s attention last season when she fired a pitch 79.4 mph during super regionals — the fastest pitch on record. This season, she has a 13-7 record with a 1.44 earned run average and 154 strikeouts in 112 innings.
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“Our staff believes Karlyn is the whole package,” Blaze general manager Dana Sorensen said in a statement. “She is
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