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Grace Turk (née Lyons; born October 17, 1999) is an American former college softball player and a member of the United States women's national softball team. She played college softball for the Oklahoma Sooners where she won three consecutive Women's College World Series from 2021 to 2023. Early life Lyons was born to John and Erin Lyons. She was born in Bitburg, Germany, and grew up in Peoria, Arizona, since her father was an F-16 pilot in the Air force for 20 years. Her father, played college ice hockey for the Air Force Academy. High school career Lyons attended Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where she served as team captain and helped lead her team to the 6A state championship in 2016. In 2017, she hit .526 with 47 runs scored, 35 runs batted in, seven home runs, 14 doubles, three triples and nine stolen bases, while playing shortstop, second base and centerfield. College career Lyons began her debut for Oklahoma in 2019. She started all 63 of Oklahoma's games at shortstop and ranked second on the team with 54 assists. Following the season, she was named a unanimous selection to the Big 12 All-Freshman team. During her sophomore year in 2020, she started all 24 of Oklahoma's games at shortstop and ranked second on the team with 40 assists, in a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During her junior year in 2021, she started all 60 games at shortstop and helped lead Oklahoma's top-ranked defense with 64 putouts and 65 assists with just five errors for a .963 fielding percentage, and a team-best 11 double plays. She batted .392 with 14 home runs, 12 doubles and 52 RBIs. During the season opener on February 11, 2021, in a game against UTEP, Lyons and Tiare Jennings each homered three times against the Miners, tying a school record for most home runs by an individual player in a game. The Sooners set an NCAA single-game record for home runs in a game with 13. During the regular season she had 45 putouts and 50 assists with just three errors for a .969 fielding percentage and turned six double plays. She was subsequently named the Big 12 Conference Softball Defensive Player of the Year. During her senior year in 2022, she played in all 62 games, making 61 starts at shortstop. She batted .401, with 23 home runs, seven doubles, three triples and 70 RBIs. She ranked sixth in the country in RBIs and eighth in the country in home runs. Defensively she ranked second on the team with 13 double plays, with 64 putouts and 80 assists with just six errors for .960 fielding percentage. On February 13, 2022, she had her streak of 151 consecutive starts snapped. During the regular season she led the Sooners' defense with 48 putouts and 57 assists and turned 11 double plays. She was subsequently named the Big 12 Conference Softball Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. She was also named a top-ten finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. During her redshirt senior year in 2023 she served as team captain. She led the Sooners' team that ranked first nationally with a .988 fielding percentage. During the regular season she had 42 putouts and 59 assists, with nine double plays and just three errors all season. She was subsequently named the Big 12 Conference Softball Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. She became the first player in conference history to win the award three times. She posted a career-best .978 fielding percentage in 2023, with just three errors in 134 chances during her final season, and was subsequently named the Softball America Defensive Player of the Year. Professional career On April 17, 2023, Lyons was drafted in the sixth round, 22nd overall, by the Texas Smoke in the 2023 Women's Professional Fastpitch draft. Personal life On November 19, 2022, Lyons' boyfriend, American football player Michael Turk, proposed to her on the field following the Bedlam Series football game. The couple got married on June 23, 2023. References. Discover the Grace Callaway popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Grace Callaway books.
Best Seller Grace Callaway Books of 2024
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The Gentleman Who Loved Me
Grace CallawayIn this sweeping finale to the bestselling Heart of Enquiry series, a flawed heroine seeking redemption meets the hero who is everything she needsbut who can’t give her the one thi...
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The Lady Who Came in from the Cold
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway comes a sweeping holiday romance filled love, betrayal, and redemption... “Captivating…had me on an emotional rollercoaster glued to the en...
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Enter the Duke
Grace Callaway~New England Readers' Choice Award Finalist~ ~Golden Quill Finalist~ ~Maggie Award for Excellence Finalist~ He's a runaway duke in disguise. She's a former bar maid and the mother ...
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Her Prodigal Passion
Grace Callaway"Grace Callaway is a remarkable writer."Love Romance Passion A Diamond in the Rough Merchant's daughter Charity Sparkler is a sensible miss who harbors one secret folly: she's in l...
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The Duke Identity
Grace Callaway~Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense~ ~National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award Finalist~ "This book had it all: drama, laughter and a fe...
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One Kiss to Desire
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway comes an exciting new steamy historical romance series full of passion, humor, and all the feels… When tragedy strikes the closeknit Bl...
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Charlotte and the Seductive Spymaster
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today Bestselling Author and Daphne du Maurier Award Winner Grace Callaway comes a riveting tale of passion, peril, and a love for all time… She buried her husband twelve...
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Regarding the Duke
Grace CallawayShe married him for love. He married her for revenge. Can a marriage that started with lies turn into a ravishing love story for all time? “An incredibly steamy, emotio...
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Glory and the Master of Shadows
Grace CallawayDon't miss this thrilling new historical romance by USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway! Set during the Opium Wars, this steamy and spellbinding Charlie’s Angels meets Crouching Ti...
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The Viscount Always Knocks Twice
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway comes a sizzling enemies to lovers romance between a lively hoyden and a grumpy, buttonedup viscount...and the exciting Regency house party...
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The Duke Redemption
Grace CallawayA passionate night at a masquerade uncovers their deepest desires...but will the light of day destroy their perfect fantasy? Find out in this sensual and heartmelting twist on Beau...
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The Return of the Duke
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today & International Bestseller Grace Callaway She wanted the one thing her husband could not give her: his heart. “Fairy tale meets Eliza Doolittle. Grace Callaway...
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M Is for Marquess
Grace CallawayA former spy with dangerous secrets fears nothing...except his dark desire for the delicate virgin he cannot have. "It had me captivated from the beginning with a hot alpha and d...
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Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl
Grace CallawayFrom USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway 2023 ORWG Heart Award Finalist A spirited lady detective. A buttonedup spy for the Crown. A steamy marriage of convenience that threa...
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Olivia and the Masked Duke
Grace CallawayAn exciting new historical romance series from USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway "A very hot and perfectly paced page turner, all the way to happily ever after." NPR Winner...
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Pippa and the Prince of Secrets
Grace CallawayA passionate historical romance from USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway Will a lady from London's high society and a brute from its darkest streets defy destiny and find everlasti...
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Never Say Never to an Earl
Grace CallawayA USA Today Bestseller "A page turner! An innocent and a rake, both with dark secrets come together with explosive passion." Goodreads A Wallflower Who Guards Her Secrets Miss P...
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Her Wanton Wager
Grace CallawayA game of seduction. An epic battle of wits. In this steamy enemies to lovers romance, the winner takes all. "Fun, sexy and very enjoyable!"Fivestars, Love Romance Passion A Wager ...
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The Widow Vanishes
Grace CallawayA Lady in Peril A disastrous marriage leaves Annabel Foster buried in her dead husband's debt and at the mercy of a menacing cutthroat. Faced with death or selling her body, she ma...
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The Duke Who Knew Too Much
Grace CallawayA #1 National Bestselling Regency Romance He's a rake accused of murder. She's the spinster accusing him. Enemies make the hottest lovers. "Readers looking for a good historical my...