The pitcher's mound is considerably closer to home plate in softball than it is in baseball, which is 60 feet. Pickens' flame-throwing pitch against the Cornhuskers broke her previous NCAA record ...

In the second game on Saturday, May 24 in the Knoxville Super Regional, Tennessee Softball ace Karlyn Pickens set the NCAA Record for fastest recorded pitch in history throwing 79.4 mph.

Karlyn Pickens, a University of Tennessee softball pitcher, has won back-to-back SEC Pitcher of the Year awards and set a record for the fastest pitch ever recorded. Meditation and visualization ...