Sparks, MD – Former University of Arizona star pitcher Taryne Mowatt (Corona, CA), the 2007 Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player and a two-time ESPY winner, has signed a contract to be managed and represented by Maryland-based All-Pro Fastpitch, a division of API Sports Management & Marketing, it was announced today. Mowatt joins 2008 NCAA Player of the Year Angela Tincher, who has been represented by API since February, and recently signed APF clients Samantha Banister (Akron Racers/NPF), Sari Jenkins (Akron Racers/NPF), Callista Balko (U of Arizona/former NPF) Jenae Leles (U of Arizona/U.S. National Team/Rockford Thunder NPF), Megan Willis (U of Texas/Rockford Thunder NPF), Jennifer Martinez (U of Arizona) and Kelsey Hoffman Schmitt (Akron Racers/NPF).
 
APF has been established to provide elite softball players with avenues to make a comfortable living through continued involvement in their sport. Not only will APF assist players with their contract negotiations, marketing and appearances, but it also will develop camps, clinics, tournaments and other business opportunities for professional fastpitch athletes around the country. APF truly is The Future of Professional Softball.

“We are very excited to welcome a recognizable and accomplished athlete such as Taryne to the growing APF family,” said Scott Lowe, CEO/Partner of APF and API. “The combination of her elite athletic ability, on-field success and outgoing personality make her an extremely marketable athlete on and off the field. Taryne is a great addition to the fantastic group of athletes and people who now are represented by APF.”
 
Mowatt played for the Washington Glory in 2008, helping lead that team to the NPF title, before signing to play on the PFX Tour in 2009. She was named the 2007 WCWS Most Outstanding Player after leading Arizona to its second consecutive and eighth overall national championship. Mowatt enjoyed one of the most remarkable weeks of pitching in the history of the sport during that WCWS, recording eight complete games (6-2) and pitching 60 innings while throwing 1,035 pitches over a seven-day span. She was a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) second-team All-American that year and captured a pair of ESPY Awards – one as the top college athlete and another as the top overall female athlete. In addition, she earned first-team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region honors and was a four-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week. Mowatt set the University of Arizona single-season records for innings pitched (370), strikeouts (522) and victories (42). She went 42-12, starting 53 of 65 games, with a 1.46 ERA. She concluded her career with 1,267 strikeouts, second in Arizona history and among the all-time NCAA top 20.