Credit: Tamara Gallman-Facebook ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball One softball player out of Tuttle, Oklahoma, is defying the odds. Jemma Gallman, a 13-year-old, was born with an extremely rare condition, tibial hemimelia, which occurs in only about one in every one million births. Her tibia, ankle and knee were all missing from her right leg, and amputation at nine months old was the best option for her to live a comfortable life. Additionally, she has only

Credit: Wichita State Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Sydney McKinney is headed back to Wichita State University’s dugout. The university announced on Monday that the former Shockers career record holder in batting average, hits, at-bats, on-base percentage, runs scored, and total bases will join the program for the 2025-26 season as a graduate assistant. McKinney, now a professional infielder for the Bandits of the Athletes Unlimited Softball Leag

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi Volts third baseman Jessica Warren of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) made not one, not two, but five jaw-dropping Derek Jeter-type plays in the Seattle series against the Blaze. Between line drives, wicked throws, over-the-shoulder catches, dives, one-hoppers, what can’t Warren do? It’s a highlight reel you’re going to have to watch yourself to believe. https://x.com/theAUSLofficial/status/19445918221496283