She Caught the Fastest Pitch Ever Thrown... And Nobody Noticed

When Karlyn Pickens threw the fastest pitch in NCAA softball history, everyone focused on the radar gun. Almost nobody noticed the catcher behind the plate. Sophia Nugent's journey is one of the most remarkable stories in modern college softball. Once the No. 1 catcher recruit in America, Nugent spent two seasons buried on the bench at Oklahoma while the Sooners built a dynasty. After winning two national championships, she made the difficult decision to leave and bet on herself. That decision changed everything. At Tennessee, Nugent became one of the nation's top catchers, helped lead the Lady Vols back to the Women's College World Series, hit 18 home runs in her senior season, and became the catcher receiving Karlyn Pickens' record-breaking 79.4 MPH fastball — the fastest pitch ever recorded in NCAA softball history. This is the untold story of Sophia Nugent, the woman who caught the heat. #Softball #TennesseeSoftball #KarlynPickens #SophiaNugent #NCAASoftball #WCWS #CollegeSoftball #LadyVols #OklahomaSoftball #CurveballTV