It's Friday, May 15th, 2026 from Peachfish Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

I don't lead this show with the uplifting, the heartwarming, or sports news too often, but I had to.

Why? Because this story that I heard and read about is actually interesting, very interesting.

Also uplifting and heartwarming.

Maya Johnson is the best pitcher, arguably the best pitcher in NCAA women's softball.

She has the best record, 27 and 2, and a 0.66 ERA, which means that she usually gives up

zero runs a game, kind of ridiculous.

Two other things to know about her.

She pitches for Belmont, not a softball powerhouse, and she has lupus.

The two facts are connected.

She had offers to go to all the major programs.

Then they withdrew those offers when they found out she had lupus.

Johnson was a day away from enrolling at Pitt, withdrawn because of lupus.

So she found herself at Belmont and began to dominate.

So then all the other programs saw, well, she might have lupus, but she's mowing down opposing

batters. Let's give her an offer. She entertained those offers. The New York Times article

and what happened next is titled, One of College Games Best Left Money on the Table. Well, how much?

It says Johnson entered the transfer portal, where you kind of say, I'm ready to play for you and

start receiving NIL, name, image, and likeness, monetary offers from other schools.

And the Times reports, she received offers from 150K to just under 500K.

ESPN, I think, in an interview with Johnson, had the more precise figure.

I had over 100 schools reach out to me. Out of the power force, I had seven power force that

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