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Padgham, a 15-year-old student at Abbotsford Senior Secondary School, shocked onlookers by tossing a fastball recorded at a staggering 83 miles per hours.
That would be the fastest baseball pitch ever thrown by a female and likely the fastest by a girl her age.
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Several other women pitchers have reportedly hit speeds in the 80s, but not one as young as Padgham.
Logan Wedgewood, one of the coaches at the camp, tweeted out his amazement at the feat.
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The pink-haired phenom first made headlines back in 2017 when she became the first player to ever play on a girls and boys team at the Western Canadian Baseball Championships. She went on to make the Team B.C. U13 Selects boys provincial team in 2018 and also received an invitation to train with the Team Canada womensa国际传媒檚 baseball team in 2019 at the age of 13.
Last year also saw Padgham receive an invite the 2019 Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series in Florida. That camp was for girls aged 14 to 18, and is hosted by MLB and USA Baseball.
In 2019 she became the first-ever girl to be named to the Fraser Valley Cardinals bantam team, and is also hoping to secure a spot on the Abbotsford Cardinals junior team this fall.
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