Baseball Player Magazine

NCAA Most Career Strikeouts belongs to Monica Abbott, University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, 2004-2007 with 2,440.

In the past, an underhand toss or even a modified fastpitch were acceptable, but now, the windmill rotation is the only accepted pitching style.

There are 1,897,000 softball (fastpitch) participants in the U.S., with 649,000 participating 52+ times per year.

Fastpitch is the third most popular team sport for high school girls.

There are over 932 collegiate fastpitch programs (Division I, II & III) in the U.S. with over 16,600 student athletes.

58% of all softball (fastpitch) participants are under 25 years old.

Fastpitch softball was first introduced as a medal sport at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. It is sad to note that the International Olympic Committee decided to discon??tinue softball as an Olympics sport after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The average fastpitch pitch speed is 65 mph. The fastest pitch on record was at ?the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and was clocked at 73.3 mph.

Softball became a NCAA sanctioned sport in 1910.