A new theme that you will see this week is a day dedicated to NCAA softball teams. Over the years we covered the athletes, told their stories, and broadcasted their games. What better way to showcase these programs than to have a whole day dedicated to them. We will be dripping out exclusive videos and articles pertaining to that team all day long. By the end of the day, you'll know honestly know that program on a personal level. Alabama, you're up.

Remember the time when Coronavirus wasn’t a thing. Let’s briefly go back to that time and imagine making predictions for the SEC tournament.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The defending Southeastern Conference champion Alabama softball team is the preseason favorite for the 2020 title, as the SEC released its annual preseason coaches' poll Wednesday.

Reigning Illinois State Gatorade Player of the Year Bailey Dowling signed NLI with the SEC powerhouse program, University of Alabama.

Jenna Lord started playing softball at the age of six, influenced by being at the ballfields with her family on most weekends. These weekends were about watching her older brother play travel baseball.

It’s one thing to dream about performing on the big stage, but quite another to actually do it. Bailey Hemphill has done both.

Jenna Johnson will do just about anything to help her team win, even if it means putting herself at great physical risk. Her parents and coaches hold their breath every time she slides headfirst into a base on a steal or attempting to beat out a grounder. Even temporary fencing is no match for the 5-foot-7 right-handed-hitting outfielder. Many batters have gone back to the dugout in utter disbelief after Johnson vaulted over the fence to rob them of a home run.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two-time All-PAC 12 outfielder Alexis Mack will join the Alabama softball program as a graduate transfer in 2020 following two standout seasons at the University of Oregon.

By the end of Montana Fouts’ junior year in high school, the emerging softball preps star already had an awe-dropping stat line, compiling a 111-14 record and 1,483 strikeouts in 797 innings pitching for East Carter High School in Grayson, Kentucky. Her ERA was 0.39 and 77 of her victories were shutouts.

Rising high school junior Bailey Dowling is one of the top shortstops in her home state of Illinois, but being social wasn’t something she was very interested in as a child.