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High school softball continues across the country and we honor those athletes who have shined on the field!
Each Tuesday for the next several months we’ll honor top performances nationwide; if you’d like to have a player considered, scroll down to see how to fill out a nomination.
Games are for Sunday, Mar. 6, 2022 through Saturday, Mar. 12, 2022…
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Extra Inning Softball’s National High School Player of the Week
* Senior catcher/infielder Tanya Windle of Cactus (Glendale, Arizona) High, who will play for Dixie State University in the Fall, has had a season to remember… and she’s only 10 games in.
Last week, she went 7-for-8—an .875 batting average which is impressive enough—but of her seven hits, six of them were home runs! And the other was a double.
For the season now, in 10 games, she has 13 home runs and 31 RBIs… and, oh yea, her batting average is a healthy .806 as well.
In a big win on March 9, Tanya went 5-for-5 and all five were home runs. She drove in 12 runs that game and has only had two games this season where she hasn’t driven in at least one run. And here’s a stat you may never see again: she’s gone 25-for-31 at the plate to start the year.
And that five-home run effort…. what did Tanya think of her game for the record books?
“I was looking to drive the ball so my team would get fired up,” she explains, “It just led to hitting homers and the more my team got fired up the better we all did.”
Not surprisingly, her other numbers are astronomically high as well: a .824 on-base percentage with a 2.387 slugging percentage and a 3.211 OPS.
The Cobras have won six state titles at the 4A level but are struggling a bit this year with a 5-5 record and Tanya knows she has to do more than just put up huge numbers—she has to be a senior leader.
“We have a young team this year,” the athlete with a 3.8 GPA explains, “so I’ve learned to be patient and more of an on and off the field leader. Getting everyone to gel has had its challenges but we are definitely headed in an upward direction.”
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Runner-Up National Players of the Week
* Kiana “Kiki” Estrada, a senior first baseman who has signed with Arkansas, batted .583 last week with three home runs, a double and six RBIs.
Going 7-for-12, she helped lead her Orange Lutheran (Calif.) High team to a 5th place finish in a tournament in Arizona and now for the season is hitting .484 with four home runs and an on-base percentage of .628.
* Khloe Banks, a senior outfielder for Oakleaf High in Orange Park, Florida, went 5-for-6 (.833) with five RBIs and two steals but her most memorable accomplishment had to be hitting a triple and home run in the same inning!
The Purdue signee is hitting .692 and has five steals in her team’s first three games.
She will be the second in her family to compete athletically in the Big Ten; her brother, Sevyn Banks, has been a starting cornerback at Ohio State the last two years.
* Senior pitcher RyLee Crandall from Artesia (New Mexico) High, who was last year’s Gatorade State Player of the Year and has signed with Baylor, went 4-0 last week with three shutouts and had 39 strikeouts.
She’s also helped her cause at the plate as she batted .647 with six RBIs.
*** Scroll down to read about more outstanding performances across the nation in high school softball last week!
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Nomination Process
Each week during the spring and summer high school seasons, Extra Inning Softball honors a National High School Player of the Week.
Honoree are announced every Tuesday; cutoff for submitting the nominations is each Monday at noon EST/9 am PST.
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 2022 or Senior)
- Position(s)
- High school 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
Email info and photos (1-4 as available) by the cutoff of Monday at noon EST/9 am PST to: [email protected].
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Extra Inning Softball National High School Players of the Week (Historically)
2022
- Mar. 8: P Jayden Nishi (South, Torrance, California)
- Mar. 1: P Marissa McCann (Willow Canyon, Surprise, Arizona)
- Feb. 22: 1B Sydney Lewis (Prosper, Texas)
2021
- June 15: P Eden Bingham (Rustburg, Virginia)
- June 8: P Lauren Derkowski (York, Elmhurst, Illinois)
- June 1: SS Shayne Immke (St. Joseph-Ogden, St. Joseph, Illinois)
- May 25: OF Cassidy McLellan (Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Florida)
- May 18: IF Abby Ota (Joel Barlow (Redding, Connecticut)
- May 11: IF Kali Heivilin (Three Rivers, Michigan)
- May 4: P Maya Johnson (St. Joseph Academy, Cleveland, Ohio)
- Apr. 27: P/UT Karlyn Pickens (North Buncombe, Weaverville, North Carolina)
- Apr. 20: P/IF Madison Inscoe (Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Suffolk, Virginia)
- Apr. 13: P Keagan Rothrock (Roncalli, Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Apr. 6: C Jayla Castro (Rocklin, California)
- Mar. 30: SS Brooke Blankenship (River Ridge, New Port Richey, Florida)
- Mar. 23: SS Rylee Cloud (Fairview, Grant, Louisiana)
- Mar. 16: IF Jenna Madison (Curry, Jasper, Alabama)
- Mar. 9: P/IF Annabelle Widra (Spain Park, Hoover, Alabama)
- Mar. 2: C/3B Elizabeth Moffitt (Prosper, Texas)
2020
- Season cancelled in March due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Mar. 17: P Kenzi Lyall (Alleghany, Sparta, North Carolina)
- Mar. 10: C Maci Bergeron (Notre Dame, Crowley, Louisiana)
- Mar. 3: IF Jayda Coleman (The Colony, Texas)
- Feb. 26: IF/P Micaela Wark (Reedy, Frisco, Texas)
2019
- Jun. 10: P/1B Sydney Supple (North, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
- May 27: P Aynslie Furbush (Winter Springs, Florida)
- May 20: SS Bailey Dowling (St. Joseph-Ogden, St. Joseph, Illinois)
- May 13: P Britton Rogers (Cypress Ranch, Cypress, Texas)
- May 6: C Neely Peterson (Cypress Creek Middle, Wesley Chapel, Florida)
- Apr. 29: OF/IF/P Angela Zedak (Marist, Chicago, Illinois)
- Apr. 22: SS Kali Heivilin (Three Rivers, Michigan)
- Apr. 15: 3B Trinity Cannon (Forney, Texas)
- Apr. 8: P/1B Sydney Supple (North, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
- Apr. 1: OF Leea Hanks (Eustis, Florida)
- Mar. 25: P/IF Madison Inscoe (Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Suffolk, Virginia)
- Mar. 18: 1B/OF Avery Goelz (Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Florida)
- Mar. 11: OF/2B Tanya Windle (Cactus, Glendale, Arizona)
- Mar. 4: SS Hallie Wacaser (Bentonville West, Centerton, Arkansas)
- Feb. 25: P Stevie Hansen (Norco, California)
2018
- May 27: P Lexi Kilfoyl (Academy at the Lakes, Land O’ Lakes, Florida)
- May 20: P Ashley Rogers (Meigs County, Decatur, Tennessee)
- May 13 (tie): P Sydney Supple (Oshkosh North, Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
- May 13 (tie): OF Lexi Voss (Marist, Chicago, Illinois)
- May 6: P Danielle Williams (Amador Valley, Pleasanton, California)
- April 29: P Montana Fouts (East Carter, Grayson, Kentucky)
- April 22: IF Kasey Simpson (Keller, Texas)
- April 15: SS Jayda Coleman (The Colony, Texas)
- April 8: P Megan Faraimo (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego, California)
- April 1: C Macy Simmons (Hamilton, Chandler, Arizona)
- March 25: C Paige Pfent (Springstead, Spring Hill, Florida)
- March 18: SS/OF Deja Westbrook (Arcadia, California)
- March 11: P Megan Faraimo (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego, California)