Relationship years in the making helped fuel Demons' turnaround

Published on May 8, 2026
JT Smith and head coach Jenny Fuller sit and talk during a game.

NATCHITOCHES – Long before JT Smith put together one of the most productive seasons in Northwestern State softball history, before the all-American honors and national championships, before she became the steady catalyst atop the Demon lineup, she was just an 8-year-old kid in Waco taking pitching lessons from a young junior college coach named Jenny Fuller.