Alabama softball lands coveted pitcher from the transfer portal
A couple of days ago the legendary Montana Fouts wrapped up her Alabama softball career with the Tide’s loss to Stanford in the Women’s College World Series. Now, coach Patrick Murphy and Alabama have landed her replacement from the transfer portal. On Sunday afternoon, it was announced that Kayla Beaver of Central Arkansas committed to the Crimson Tide.
The Jackson, Tennessee native finished the year with a 25-7 record to go with a 1.15 earned run average. She also struck out 194 batters over 201⅔ innings. Over four seasons at UCA, she is 74-22 with a 1.52 ERA and 514 strikeouts in 602 innings pitched.
Coach Murphy mentioned following the Tide’s loss on Friday night that the Tide would be looking to add a couple of players from the portal.
“We’re going to add probably a couple here in a couple of weeks because now it’s off-season recruiting time in the portal,” he said. “We’ll probably have at least two more that will join us.”
Kayla made the announcement on her Instagram earlier on Sunday!
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