Land O’ Lakes High School senior left-handed pitcher Callie Turner has signed to play collegiate softball at Division I University of Tennessee.
One of the state’s top arms, Turner was named 2018 Miracle Sports Class 6A Player of the Year and Class 6A Pitcher of Year (which she also won in 2017).
Turner last season went 17-6, posting a 0.78 earned run average and 252 strikeouts in 153.1 innings pitched. She also tallied 20 complete games, including one no-hitter and six shutouts.
As a sophomore in 2017, Turner helped guide the Gators to its first fast-pitch state title, in Class 6A. That season, Turner went 17-2 with a 0.21 earned run average and 249 strikeouts in 132.2 innings pitched, also registering 18 complete games, 10 shutouts and four no-hitters.
She’s also been a .300 hitter the past two seasons.
Softball recruiting website FloSoftball.com ranks Turner as the nation’s No. 14 prospect for the 2019 recruiting class.
