Our Extra Inning Softball National Club Player & National Club Team of the Week continues for Week 2 of the 2021 summer season with today’s edition.
The Club Player/Team of the Week features great individual and team accomplishments from the past weekend along with those who were Runners-Up with similarly strong performances.
This week’s honorees are from games and tournaments in the week of Monday, June 14 through Sunday June 20, 2021.
Scroll to the bottom for details to submit info for future candidates
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National Club Player of the Week:
P/UT Jordyn Bahl (Nebraska Gold 18U – Singleton)
On Friday, Jordyn Bahl was named as the Nebraska Gatorade Softball State Player of the Year and on Monday she was honored as the Gatorade National Player of the Year.
In between, she put on quite a show at the Top Gun Invitational as she led her team to the 18U title in the Maverick Division but it didn’t come perfectly easily.
On Thursday night she lost a tight game in pool play to fantastic 2023 pitcher Keagan Rothrock and the Lady Dukes – Lamar team 2-1 after tying the Beverly Bandits 1-1 earlier that day in a game in which she had 16 K’s.
After that, though, it was eight straight wins. On Friday, Nebraska Gold beat a strong Hotshots – Premier team 3-1 in which Jordyn gave up a first inning run and then held the opponents scoreless while hitting a home run to help her team’s offense.
Capping off the Top Gun weekend was the thrilling title game, a rematch against Lady Dukes that went into the 8th inning and saw Jordyn not only win with her arm, but her bat as she hit a single up the middle for the walk-off 1-0 win and the trophy.
In that game late, Bahl faced a daunting situation: no outs and the bases loaded. What did she do? Struck out the side.
Future OU Sooner Jordyn Bahl of the Nebraska Gold 18 National squad showed everyone why she is headed to Norman. The Lady Dukes Lamar team loaded the bases with no outs without getting a ball out of the IF. Jordie then struck out three in a row. Wow! @NebGold18s pic.twitter.com/yitA159RaX
— PG Softball Midwest Scout (@PGSBScout_MW) June 20, 2021
In another inning the leadoff hitter got on third with no outs. What did Bahl do? Struck out the side again.
For the four days in Shawnee, Kansas as part of the Top Gun championship run, she pitched 36 innings and had 70 K’s while giving just four earned runs. And she also averaged .613 at the plate with several big clutch hits.
For her stellar pitching against elite competition and her timely hitting, Jordyn takes home yet another honor in what will surely be a memorable week for her!
Runners-Up / National Player of the Week
* Alliel (Ella) Schaumel, a young 2027 grad who is a P/1B for Sorcerer 12U – Yoder, and is already 5-foot-10 at just 12 years old, is making a name for herself.
Last week at the SummerSlam Bash for Cash in Stockton, California she pitched five of seven games and put up stellar numbers for her team, throwing 298 pitches of which 223 were strikes, a 75% strike percentage.
She also had 24 K’s versus just two walks.
Her Coach Karen Yoder comments of her young pitcher already throwing in the low 60’s:
“Ella is a hard-working player always willing and able to step up for her team in the most challenging circumstances. She is a standout player not just because she stands at 5-foot-10, but because of how she handles herself in the circle.
*** Scroll down to read about the team standouts who impressed last week!
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How to Submit Information:
Each week during the summer, Extra Inning Softball will recognize a National Club Player & Team of the Week.
Those honored will typically be announced on Tuesdays or Wednesday. The cutoff for submitting the nominations for National Club Player & Team of the Week will be Mondays at 9 pm EST/6 pm PST.
* Individually, we’re looking for standouts who excelled in the circle, at the plate or in the field so be sure to nominate your favorite performance(s) by submitting the following:
- Player Name
- Grad Year (example: Class of 2021 or Incoming Senior)
- Position(s)
- Club team name with city/state
- Stats for the week (be as detailed as possible!)
- Up-to-date season stats if possible
- Recruiting information if applicable
- Any interesting background on the player
- Action and/or head shots
- If possible, contact info if we’d like more info or quotes
* Teams to be considered should include info such as:
- club team name with city/state
- impressive team stats
- record for the week
- key wins
- standout performances
- season info to date
- team photo
- coach contact info
Email your info and photos (1-4 as available) by the cutoff of Mondays at 9 pm EST/6 pm PST to: info@extrainningsoftball.com.
