NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Indiana Softball senior Tara Trainer was selected by the Aussie Peppers with the 21st overall pick in the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch College Draft, which was held on Monday evening.
Trainer becomes the fourth Hoosier to be selected in the draft and the first since pitcher Morgan Melloh was picked seventh overall by the Carolina Diamonds in 2011. In addition to Melloh, Trainer joins former Hoosier Tory Yamaguchi, who was picked in 2008 by the PA Force as the 21st overall selection and Stormy Hanson, who was drafted ahead of the inaugural season for the NPF in 2004.