American softball player
Paige Lowary (born June 27, 1996) is an American former softball pitcher, originally from Dallas Center, Iowa.[1] She attended Dallas Center-Grimes High School in Grimes, Iowa. She attended the University of Missouri in 2015 and 2016,[2][3][4][5] before transferring to the University of Oklahoma.[6][7] She holds the Sooner career record for saves (18) in just two seasons and for her full career ranks top-5 for the same category in all the NCAA Division I.[8][9][10][11][12][13] At both universities, she was both a starting and relief pitcher for the school's respective college softball teams. During her junior season in 2017, Lowary led Oklahoma to the 2017 Women's College World Series final,[9] where they defeated No. 1 Florida, 5–4 to claim the national championship. Lowary was chosen as the number-one pick in the National Pro Fastpitch draft and went on to play for the USSSA Pride for the 2018–2019 season.
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- ^ McKelvey, John (July 17, 2016). "Missouri softball ace, Lowary, transferring to OU". The Norman Transcript. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2019.