Posted: Mar 13, 2023
FORT MYERS, Fla.- Florida SouthWestern lefty Kylee Graham will be packing her bags and heading North next season after the Bucs 2022 NJCAA National Tournament hero has signed her National Letter of Intent to play at the University of Toledo in 2023-24.
Graham has been spectacular the past two seasons for the Bucs, posting a perfect 16-0 record with 3 saves during her FSW career. She has logged 101 2/3 innings in the circle for the Bucs, notching a 1.79 ERA with 98 strikeouts. As a sophomore this season she is 7-0 with a 1.57 ERA through 11 appearances.
Graham burst onto the scene late last season for the Bucs, pitching in four of their final five games at the NJCAA National Tournament on the way to the title, including earning a save in a 7-6 elimination game win over Chattanooga State, a win later that day in another elimination game against Odessa, and finally four solid innings in the Bucs 7-6 win in the National Championship game against McLennan.
In a season and a half with the Bucs, Graham has helped FSW to a 79-9 overall record which included Suncoast Conference and NJCAA National Championships a season ago.
Graham will head to Toledo where she will play for Head Coach Jessica Bracamonte who was an Assistant alongside current FSW Assistant Kellie Quarles in 2020 at Duke University. The Rockets are 7-11 so far this season and open MAC play on Friday when they welcome the Falcons of Bowling Green to Scott Park.
Graham is the first FSW sophomore to sign to the next level this season and is the 24th Buc all-time to sign at the NCAA Division I level.
Graham and the Bucs are back in action tomorrow at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers when they host an NJCAA Top 10 ranked battle against #9 Central Florida beginning at 2 PM.