Prior to debuting in June 2026, the new Professional Softball League (PSL) is already expanding.
Announced on Monday, a team is officially headed to Knoxville in 2027, marking the city’s first-ever pro women’s team. League executive and former Lady Vol, Caylan Arnold Elliott, couldn’t pass up the opportunity to expand on softball’s growing popularity within the area.
BREAKING: Knoxville is getting a professional softball team, marking the first pro women’s sports team in the city. The team will join the Professional Softball League (PSL) as an expansion team in 2027. https://t.co/sB5G1m3AqApic.twitter.com/7yUrEo7Gtq
— Sam Rothman (@samrothman_) April 6, 2026
“The fanbase is here,” Arnold Elliot told Sam Rothman at WATE News, “You have young girls who need role models to look up to. You’ve got the girls who play at the University of Tennessee, but now this is going to give the professional side of things and give these girls an opportunity to say, ‘Hey, I could play professional softball.’”…