Table of Biography
Karlyn Pickens is a softball player from the United States. Karlyn Pickens is currently playing for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers Softball team.
Early Life
In 2005, Karlyn Pickens was born in Weaverville, North Carolina, in the United States of America. As of 2024, she is currently 18 years old and holds American nationality. In addition, this softball player belongs to the Caucasian ethnicity. On the other hand, she has not provided exact information regarding her birth date, zodiac sign, religion, and many others.
She was born to her parents; Philip Pickens, and Rebecca Pickens. Meanwhile, she grew up with her two brothers Kolton and Rayce Pickens. Her brothers are both athletes, with Kolton participating in cross country and Rayce playing baseball and football for his college team.
Caption: Karlyn Pickens with her parents (Source: WLOS)
She has competed in travel ball tournaments across the country, from California to Colorado, and even within her own state of South Carolina, since her childhood. Moreover, she is extremely grateful for the exceptional support system and guiding group of people who have accompanied her on this journey.
Karlyn Pickens – Education
In terms of her academics, she completed her schooling at North Buncombe High School. As of now, she is studying at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Professional Career
According to Extra Inning Softball, Karlyn Pickens was the No. 2 pitcher and No. 5 overall prospect in the class of 2022. On April 27, 2021, this softball player was named Extra Inning Softball’s National High School Player of the Week after throwing a perfect game with 17 strikeouts, hitting.500 with two home runs and seven intentional walks in three games, earning her a spot in the 2021 PGF Futures All-American Game as one of 21 high school juniors.
Last spring, this athlete threw one perfect game and four no-hitters, earning her the WMAC Softball Player of the Year as a freshman in 2019 and the WMAC Softball Pitcher of the Year in 2021. Her 207 strikeouts in 2021 were accompanied by a 0.41 earned run average. She hit.503 with 28 runs scored, five home runs, 22 stolen bases, and an on-base percentage of.764 as a junior for Carolina Elite SC, alongside other signees Amanda Ahlin, Brylee Mesusan, and Camryn Sarvis.
Rose to fame
On 4/2 of her freshman year, she struck out 11 batters in 6.2 innings of relief in a 9-2 win for UT over Texas A&M. In Tennessee’s 1-0 win over Ole Miss on March 11, she pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only one hit and striking out eight batters. On March 18, she struck out nine batters over seven innings in a 3-0 win over LSU.
Caption: Karlyn Pickens throwing the softball (Source: Yahoo Sports)
She struck out five batters in three innings of relief against Belmont on 3/5, and she threw the first perfect game of her collegiate career against Tennessee on 3/4, retiring all 15 batters she faced and striking out five. In addition, this athlete shut out Clemson, 1-0, on 2/25, striking out eight, and North Dakota State, 8-0, on 2/17, pitching six scoreless innings and striking out four. Tennessee’s 9-2 win over Illinois on February 9 marked her first collegiate save, while Tennessee’s 21-1 win over Howard on February 9 marked her first collegiate strikeout.
Net Worth 2024
Pickens is a rising athlete who plays for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This athlete has earned a decent sum of money through her college player. She has not disclosed her net worth or salary in the media as of 2023.
Relationship Status
This young athlete has not shared any information regarding her relationship status. Moreover, this athlete is currently focused on her career and studies. In addition, there are not many details about her past love life in the media. She is quite secretive about her personal life and maintains a low profile. As of now, we can assume that Karly Pickens is currently unmarried and single.
Pickens has never been a part of controversy or rumours at the moment. In addition, she prefers to keep herself away from such things and has maintained a clean profile.
Body Measurements
Caption: Karlyn Pickens posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
This softball player stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs around 55 kg. Moreover, she has a pair of brown eyes with blonde hair colour while his other body measurement is still unknown.
Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘@karlynpickens’ there are over 13.5k followers. Likewise, there are over 2.1k followers on her Twitter page ‘@PickensKarlyn’ and Karlyn Pickens is not active on Facebook.