The success and legacy of the Nebraska softball program are not limited to the Cornhusker State or a four-year college career. Using the training and tools taught at NU, former players have gone on to continue their playing careers on both the professional and international levels. A pair of Huskers competed at both the professional and international levels. A pair of Huskers competed at both the 2004 Sydney Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. Lori Sippel, a pitcher for Team Canada in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, also coached the Canadians in Beijing. In January of 2018, former Husker Taylor Edwards earned a spot on the USA Softball World Championship Team. Taylor Edwards served as an alternate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

In the professional ranks, Nebraska had more players selected for the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league’s inaugural All-Star game in 2005 than any other collegiate program except UCLA. Tatum and Taylor Edwards have won back-to-back NPF titles with the Chicago Bandits in 2015 and 2016, while Kiki Stokes was one of the league’s top rookies in 2016 with the Scrap Yard Dawgs. In 2017, Stokes, along with Taylor Edwards and MJ Knighten, helped the Dawgs to their first NPF title.