{"id":68663,"date":"2025-05-31T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/68663\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:12:11","slug":"south-carolina-softball-earns-commitment-from-sec-pitcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/68663\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina softball earns commitment from SEC pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina softball has its first commitment of the transfer portal cycle. Mississippi State pitcher Josey Marron will join the Gamecocks next season, SoftballAmerica\u2019s Brady Vernon reported on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

Marron spent three seasons in Starkville, where she had a career 3.90 ERA in 244 innings of work. She had an ERA of 2.38 as a freshman in 2023, followed by a 3.68 ERA in 2024. However, she endured some struggles in the circle this season, finishing with a 6.77 ERA in 50.2 innings.<\/p>\n

Marron walked 40 batters and struck out 36 while opponents hit .292 against her this year. For her career, she\u2019s recorded 219 strikeouts and 85 walks. <\/p>\n

The Gamecocks currently have six players who have already entered the portal. Mya Flindt, Kadie Becker and Olivia Kotowski, all of whom played for South Carolina in 2025, announced their intentions to transfer on Thursday. Giulia Desiderio, Marissa Gonzalez and Bre Warren, who weren\u2019t on the active roster this year, are also hitting the portal.<\/p>\n

The NCAA transfer portal window for softball opened on May 18 and will remain open until June 16. Graduate students, though, can enter the portal at any time.<\/p>\n

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Josey Marron\u2019s Bio From Mississippi State Athletics<\/p>\n

2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 SEC Honor Roll
2024 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2023 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2023 SEC First-Year Honor Roll<\/p>\n

2025 | Junior Made 24 appearances with seven starts in the circle \u2026 tossed 50.2 innings \u2026 third on the team with 36 strikeouts \u2026 tossed 5.1 innings\u00a0vs. Bethune-Cookman (2\/8)\u00a0without allowing an earned run and while striking out seven \u2026 came one out shy of a complete game against\u00a0Bradley (2\/14)\u00a0while striking out five \u2026 also turned a double play to end the fifth against the Braves \u2026 threw 2.0 scoreless frames in relief against\u00a0Samford (2\/18) \u2026\u00a0threw 2.0 shutout innings in relief against\u00a0Alabama State (2\/28)\u00a0\u2026 did not allow a hit in 2.0 innings against\u00a0No. 18 Auburn (3\/9)\u00a0\u2026 pitched 2.2 innings in relief against\u00a0No. 1 Texas (3\/30), allowing one run \u2026 threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing one run, against\u00a0Missouri (4\/12)\u00a0with two strikeouts \u2026 threw 1.1 innings in relief\u00a0at No. 10 Texas Tech (5\/17)\u00a0in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

2024 | Sophomore Made 27 appearances with 20 starts in the circle \u2026 second on the team with a 3.68 ERA and 88 strikeouts \u2026 walked just 5.4 percent of batters, which ranked second in the SEC, and averaged 1.66 walks per seven innings \u2026 tossed her first career no-hitter and the 24th in school history against\u00a0IUPUI (2\/9)\u00a0\u2026 struck out nine of 16 batters faced in 5.0 innings \u2026 no-hitter was the first half of the first consecutive no-hitters in program history \u2026 threw her fifth career complete game against\u00a0No. 23 Louisiana (2\/13), holding the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns to just one run \u2026 went 4.1 innings in the win\u00a0vs. No. 13 Utah (2\/17), allowing just one earned run \u2026 earned her second career save\u00a0vs. UCF (2\/22), retiring one batter \u2026 tossed the final 1.1 innings\u00a0vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2\/23)\u00a0without allowing a hit or run \u2026 earned her fourth win of the year\u00a0vs. Cal State Fullerton (2\/24), tossing 5.0 innings while allowing just one earned run \u2026 picked up a complete-game shutout victory against\u00a0Southern Miss (2\/29)\u00a0while striking out eight \u2026 threw 6.0 innings in the win against\u00a0Troy (3\/2)\u00a0\u2026 did not allow an earned run in 4.0 innings against\u00a0Samford (3\/3)\u00a0\u2026 threw her fourth complete game\u00a0at Ole Miss (3\/8), allowing just one run in the win \u2026 threw 2.0 hitless frames against\u00a0ULM (3\/13)\u00a0\u2026 tossed her fifth complete game of the year against\u00a0No. 13 Texas A&M (3\/16)\u00a0\u2026 threw her sixth complete game\u00a0at No. 18 Arkansas (3\/23)\u00a0which is twice as many as she had her freshman year \u2026 earned her second save of the year in the win over\u00a0No. 10 Florida (3\/28)\u00a0while striking out two of the four batters she faced \u2026 threw her fifth career complete-game shutout and third of the year\u00a0at No. 22 South Carolina (4\/5)\u00a0while striking out seven \u2026 recorded six strikeouts in 6.0 innings against\u00a0No. 4 Tennessee (4\/13)\u00a0\u2026 started against\u00a0South Alabama (4\/17), recording five strikeouts in 4.0 innings \u2026 threw 3.0 innings of relief in the SEC Tournament\u00a0vs. South Carolina (5\/8).<\/p>\n

2023 | Freshman Made 22 appearances with 13 starts in the circle \u2026 went 8-2, leading MSU in wins \u2026 led the team in ERA (2.38), strikeouts (95), innings (79.1) and opposing batting average (.217) \u2026 finished the regular season among top 45 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.28; 26th), strikeout rate (28.3%; 39th), strikeouts per seven innings (8.38; 41st) and FIP (1.84; 24th)\u00a0\u2026 all were top 10 in the SEC \u2026 strikeout total was the fifth-highest by an MSU freshmen in school history \u2026 threw three complete games and two shutouts, both of which led MSU \u2026\u00a0made her collegiate debut\u00a0vs. Bethune-Cookman (2\/10)\u00a0and struck out nine in 5.0 innings while allowing just two hits \u2026 tossed her first career complete game\u00a0vs. Indiana (2\/17)\u00a0while striking out four \u2026 threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout\u00a0vs. South Florida (2\/19)\u00a0\u2026 struck out eight, which was one shy of her career high, and needed just 58 pitches against the Bulls\u00a0\u2026 allowed two hits in the win\u00a0vs. Tulsa (2\/24)\u00a0\u2026 picked up her first career save with 2.0 scoreless innings\u00a0vs. Louisiana Tech (2\/25)\u00a0\u2026 tied the MSU freshman record with 13 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout\u00a0vs. Furman (2\/26)\u00a0\u2026 went 5.2 innings before allowing a hit against\u00a0Dartmouth (3\/3)\u00a0and finished with 6.0 shutout frames and nine strikeouts \u2026 struck out five in 4.0 innings against\u00a0Abilene Christian (3\/4)\u00a0in a no decision \u2026 saw her scoreless innings streak end at a career-best 18.0 innings against the Wildcats \u2026 won in relief against\u00a0Murray State (3\/5)\u00a0after throwing 4.0 innings\u00a0\u2026 allowed three earned runs in 3.0 innings to\u00a0No. 1 Oklahoma (3\/10)\u00a0\u2026 went 5.0 innings against\u00a0Omaha (3\/11), striking out six and allowing one earned run\u00a0\u2026 threw 4.0 innings with six strikeouts in the SEC opener against\u00a0South Carolina (3\/17)\u00a0\u2026 tossed 4.2 innings, allowing one run, in the series opener\u00a0at No. 17 Georgia (3\/24)\u00a0\u2026 pitched one scoreless inning in relief against the\u00a0Bulldogs (3\/25)\u00a0\u2026 left her start against\u00a0No. 10 Arkansas (4\/1)\u00a0with an injury after just 0.1 inning \u2026 returned to game action with 2.0 scoreless innings against\u00a0Memphis (4\/19)\u00a0\u2026 threw twice against\u00a0No. 20 Kentucky (4\/28-30), allowing two runs in five innings \u2026 tossed 7.0 innings\u00a0at No. 17 Auburn (5\/7)\u00a0without allowing an earned run while striking out seven to earn the extra-innings victory \u2026 threw 2.0 innings in relief at the SEC Tournament with two strikeouts\u00a0vs. Missouri (5\/9).<\/p>\n

High School Ranked No. 39 in the class by Extra Innings Softball and is considered the No. 17 pitcher nationally \u2026 attended Northwest High School but opted to play travel softball instead because of scheduling conflicts \u2026 played for Iowa Premier Fastpitch \u2026 team posted a top-10 finish at the 2021 Alliance Nationals and a top-five finish that year at the Colorado Sparkler \u2026 team finished in the top five at 2019 PGF Nationals and in the top three at the 2019 Colorado Sparkler \u2026 in three full seasons has never allowed an opponents\u2019 average higher than .188 \u2026 posted a 1.77 ERA over 284.0 innings as a freshman with 354 strikeouts \u2026 added a 1.00 WHIP that season \u2026 struck out 399 batters in 242.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP as a sophomore \u2026 improved to a 0.89 WHIP as a junior with a 1.70 ERA and 504 strikeouts across 350.0 innings \u2026 collected 101 strikeouts in her first 58.0 innings\u00a0as a senior \u2026 selected to the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch All-Star Game and the Colorado Sparkler All-Star Game.<\/p>\n

Community Service \/ Academics Named an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete \u2026 earned an academic letter in all four years of high school.<\/p>\n

Personal Born Josephyne Carol Marron on Dec. 10, 2003, in Des Moines, Iowa \u2026 daughter of Jeremy Marron and Lyndsay Mount \u2026 father played basketball at Buena Vista \u2026 has two sisters, Locken and Lyla \u2026 aunts, Megan Kearns and Kaytlyn Kerns, played soccer at Florida and hockey and softball at St. Kate\u2019s, respectively \u2026 has an English bulldog that she says looks identical to Bully XXI \u2026 majoring in psychology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Carolina softball has its first commitment of the transfer portal cycle. Mississippi State pitcher Josey Marron will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,5538],"class_list":{"0":"post-68663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-womens-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114602386779400938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}