The top softball players in the 2018 class will be on display tonight in the PGF High School All-American Game that will be nationally televised live on ESPNU at 7:30 pm PST.
The talent, as in previous years, is the best collection you’ll find on one field and includes the top 10 prospects in the Extra Inning Softball Elite 100 for the 2018 class including the #1 overall ranked player, Megan Faraimo, the UCLA-bound pitcher.
The 40 All-American Game participants will be broken down into East/West teams of 20 on each side and the overall talent is so deep and impressive that of those who will compete in the PGF All-American Game, 36 of the 40 were in the Elite 100 (and those other four were ranked 101-115).
It all starts in the circle and the collect of pitchers is once again impressive.
Along with Faraimo, the West Team pitchers will include Danielle Williams (Northwestern), Marissa Schuld (Arizona) and Shea O’Leary (Texas).
Pitching for the East will be Ashley Rogers (Tennessee), Elizabeth Hightower (Florida) and Brooke Vestal (Oklahoma).
Two of the players, infielder Skylar Wallace (Alabama) and Colleen Sullivan (UCLA) will have just played in the PGF 18U Premier National Championship that will kick off at 4:30 pm PST on ESPNU.
Note: be sure to look for Extra Inning Softball’s Brentt Eads, who will be doing sideline commentary on the game.
College-wise, UCLA leads with four 2018 signees chosen as All-Americans followed by Florida, Northwestern and Texas A&M with three each and Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington all having two.
The players were selected after being nominated by high school and travel coaches and PGF Selection Committee members led by Derek and Joann Allister of OnDeck Softball, who are the All-American Game Directors. Others on the selection committee included representatives from the Gatorade Player of the Year program, USA Today, Extra Inning Softball and PGF.
Coaches in the PGF All-American Game are Jennie Ritter, Crystal Bustos and Suzy Brazney on the East squad and Jennie Finch, Lovieanne Jung and Toni Mascarenas for the West team.
2018 PGF ALL-AMERICANS (EAST)
First | Last | Pos | College |
Lexie | Blair | OF | Michigan |
Georgia | Clark | 1B | LSU |
Cheyenne | Factor | OF | OK State |
Montana | Fouts* | P | Alabama |
Lou | Gilbert | OF | Baylor |
Taylor | Greene | C | Arkansas |
Makinzy | Herzog | OF | Florida State |
Elizabeth | Hightower | P | Florida |
Baylee | Klingler | 3B | Texas A&M |
Kassidy | Krupit | 3B | Delaware |
Haley | Lee | C | Texas A&M |
Cheyenne | Lindsey* | MI | Florida |
Ashley | Rogers | P | Tennessee |
Jordyn | Rudd | C | Northwestern |
Kathryn | Sandercock* | P | Florida State |
Skyler | Shellmyer | MI | Northwestern |
Kasey | Simpson | MI | Iowa St. |
Morgan | Smith | 1B | Texas A&M |
Brooke | Vestal | P | Oklahoma |
Skylar | Wallace | MI | Alabama |
Tate | Whitley | OF | Ole Miss |
* will not play |
2018 PGF ALL-AMERICANS (WEST)
First | Last | Pos | College |
Brittany | Allen | 3B | Florida |
Ellessa | Bonstrom | 3B | Utah |
Larissa | Cesena | OF | Arkansas |
Rachel | Cid | MI | Oregon |
Megan | Faraimo | P | UCLA |
Taylor | Gindlesperger | OF | Stanford |
Kelli | Godin | OF | UCLA |
Frankie | Hammoude | 1B | Oregon St. |
Madison | Huskey | OF | Washington |
Grace | Lyons* | MI | Oklahoma |
Shea | O’Leary | P | Texas |
Isabel | Pacho | C | Arizona |
Sami | Reynolds | OF | Washington |
Jazmyn | Rollin | 3B | Missouri |
Marissa | Schuld | P | Arizona |
Ally | Shipman | C | Tennessee |
Jasmine | Sievers | SS | Oregon |
Colleen | Sullivan | C | UCLA |
Anna | Vines | MI | UCLA |
Danielle | Williams | P | Northwestern |