Marah Williams " The Rocket"

The Legend from Magnolia

Garfield High Varsity Freshman Pitcher

Marah "The Rocket" Williams is no stranger to the fastpitch community in Seattle. A Legend and a Champion who put Seattle Fastpitch Club in high gear winning Seattle Metro Championships and many other tournaments qualifying time and time again for Nationals. Marah was recruited to Garfield High school Softball last summer after playing in a pick-up summer game at Woodlawn Park and she was only a Freshman. Four years ago Mike Williams and his wife Penny LeGate introduced me to their daughters Marah and Molly at the Strike Zone ball club in Seattle where I was training pitchers. My focus was on Molly but Marah was standing around watching and eventually wanted to try pitching. The 10 year old later started a journey to early fastpitch stardom. Later I travelled to Magnolia at the request of Mike so he can be closer to home and get dinner started for the family at his usual time. What happened in those many months and years of training was Marah's incredible fastball,curve and change-up. A couple years later playing 12u little league and Select Club ball, Marah made a name for herself and the Teams she played for. A dominant pitcher then, Marah just had fun doing what she loved. "The parents,players and local fans just could not wait to see her pitch, they just loved to watch when Marah pitched, said dad Mike. Soon other parents of other teams started to take notice of Marah's exceptional abilities. I had parents coming up to me after games and asking questions about Marah's age,who trains her and leaving their phone numbers with me, including a rival pitcher's dad that was taking his daughter to a UW pitcher for training." Mike really enjoyed training with and learning all he could about pitching. When Marah turned 12 I remember coming to practice and Mike had full catcher's gear on! Marah's speed started to overwhelm him on sunny days and wanted to protect his body. I learned so much from Marah about the essentials she learned and applied to become a legendary pitcher in her community. Now pitching for Garfield, Marah takes on a whole new role as a starting Varsity pitcher.