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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Tennessee announces addition of Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year
Tennessee announces addition of Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year Tennessee softball will play in its ninth College World Series all time in 2025. The Lady Vols will open World Series play against Oklahoma on Thursday in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN. Ahead of Thursday's opening game, Tennessee announced the addition of Eastern Kentucky transfer Maddi Rutan. "We are excited to welcome Maddi to the Lady Vol Softball family," Tennessee head coach Karen Weekly said. "She is incredibly versatile and has had success on both sides of the ball at the college level. Maddi brings toughness and a competitive fire to the field every day. She is a great fit for our culture." During her sophomore 2025 season at Eastern Kentucky, the 5-foot-5 pitcher appeared in 33 games, including 28 starts, as a pitcher. She recorded a 2.91 ERA and 227 strikeouts in 176.0 innings. Rutan also appeared in 54 games, including 54 starts, offensively for the Colonels. She recorded a .413 batting average, 13 home runs, 61 RBIs, 44 runs and five stolen bases in 2025. Rutan earned 2024 Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rutan sues Dispatch, Franklin GOP after losing prosecutor election
John Rutan, a lawyer who unsuccessfully ran for Franklin County prosecutor in 2024, has filed lawsuits against the county's Republican Party and The Columbus Dispatch, alleging actions by both cost him the election. Rutan ran against Democrat Shayla Favor in November's election. Favor won the race with 63% of the vote. In the lawsuits, which were both filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Rutan separately accuses The Dispatch of defaming him in several articles and the Republican Party of improperly rescinding his endorsement. Rutan is representing himself in both lawsuits. The lawsuit against The Dispatch involves articles that ran in early 2024 about the prosecutorial race. Those stories include coverage of a candidate forum in January 2024 and a March 2024 story involving comments Rutan sent to a reporter. The lawsuit against the Republican Party accuses the party's leadership of pressuring him to withdraw his candidacy and when he refused, improperly rescinding its endorsement of him. Rutan says he went to an April 2024 meeting of the Franklin County Republican Party, where he spoke prior to an agenda item related to his endorsement. Rutan accuses the party board members of cutting off his microphone before his allotted speaking time had expired and refusing to entertain a motion to table the vote. The lawsuits accuse The Dispatch of mischaracterizing and misrepresenting what occurred at the meeting, further damaging his electoral prospects and his political career. Rutan's lawsuits claim he has lost business opportunities because of The Dispatch's coverage. Rutan says he was 'shunned' in the Franklin County legal community, was kicked off a softball team he had been on with other lawyers and learned on his birthday that a previously scheduled speaking engagement had been canceled. He also says in the lawsuit he has received negative online reviews of his practice. Rutan says in the lawsuits he lost a four-year contract as county prosecutor. Rutan also says the rescinding of his endorsement took away any hopes of running for future political office. The lawsuits say Rutan had hopes of running for statewide office in 2026, possibly as attorney general, secretary of state or governor. The Dispatch does not comment on pending litigation. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Rutan sues Dispatch, Franklin GOP after losing prosecutor election
