A few weeks ago, Illini softball pitcher Taylor Edwards announced that she was coming back for a fifth year… to play basketball. It’s certainly an unusual move, but it’s difficult to judge it until put into action. Edwards was an excellent basketball player in high school at Arcola where she set the school’s scoring record and was on the all-conference team all four years, but if that basketball dominance can happen after a four-year competitive hiatus remains to be seen.
Getting a player from another sport altogether is an unorthodox strategy, but after only two conference wins in her first two seasons, Coach Nancy Fahey should be looking at all possible ways to improve her team.