Louisville Slugger Hit Club: Invite #10… Jazmyn Rollin

The fourth year of the Louisville Slugger Hit Club will take place in Orange County, California starting this Saturday, July 28 and will conclude Monday July 30. The prestigious event features outstanding college hitters who’ve earned all types of honors including Extra Inning Softball Elite 100 status as well as All-American recognition.

Past Hit Club participants have included such current college standouts as WCWS MVP Shay Knighten (Oklahoma), National Player of the Year finalist Amanda Lorenz (Florida) and 1^st Team NFCA All-American Aubrey Leach (Tennessee) from the Class of 2015 to recently named NFCA 1^st Team All-Americans such as Nicole “Sis” Bates (Washington) and Aaliyah Jordan (UCLA) from the 2016 Hit Club to last year’s group which included National Freshman of the Year Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma) and 1^st Team All-SEC and Conference Freshman of the Year Mia Davidson (Mississippi State).

Louisville Slugger and Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) have partnered to give 10 elite players in the Class of 2018 the chance to spend three fun and education-filled days that will include:

• spending time at Disneyland
• watching a home game at the Los Angeles Angels’ stadium in Anaheim
• participating in a rope course
• competing to see who ranks as the most impressive hitters and earns the MVP award

Extra Inning Softball is the exclusive media partner for the Louisville Slugger and in the weeks leading up to the three-day event has unveiled this year’s class with today’s reveal being the last athlete to be publicly noted as part of the 2018 class.

The previous standouts announced have included…

• Invite #1: Kassidy Krupit (IF/PF, Baylor)
• Invite #2: Brittany Allen (1B, Florida)
• Invite #3: Kelli Godin (OF, UCLA)
• Invite #4: Skylar Wallace (IF, Alabama)
• Invite #5: Baylee Klingler (IF, Texas A&M)
• Invite #6: Rachel Cid (3B/MIF, Oregon)
• Invite #7: Skyler Shellmyer (SS/OF, Northwestern)
• Invite #8: Ally Shipman (C, Tennessee)
• Invite #9: Anna Vines (IF/OF, UCLA)

… and we’re happy to announce today that Jazmyn Rollin, the talented athlete from Utah who has signed with Mizzou, is the tenth and last publicly confirmed player who will attend!

Here’s a closer look at 2018 Louisville Slugger Hit Club Invite…

NAME: JAZMYN ROLLIN
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Positions: 3B/SS
Club Team: Explosion – Denio/Jackson
High School: West (Salt Lake City, Utah)
GPA: 3.2
College: Missouri
When Committed: freshman year
Height: 5-foot-6
Top Stats/Honors: Extra Inning Softball Elite 100 (2018); as a junior led West High to the Utah 5A State Championship; 2017 earned 1st Team All-State; her Firecrackers UT – Rollins team won 2017 16U Platinum Championship; she went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and two runs scored and a hit a solo home run; Zepp fastest Bat Speed (92 mph)
Other Universities Considered: Georgia, Auburn, Cal-Berkeley
Preferred College Major: Special Education
Scouting Report: Jazmyn is a powerful lefty with a great swing and is athletic enough to play multiple positions because she does so much so well. At PGF Nationals this week she’s playing third base and in one snared a rocket hit to her right that she effortlessly snared. She hits tape-measure bombs including one at the So Cal A’s Invitational that was estimated to have gone 270 feet as it landed in the top of a tree. The Utah native also has great game presence and intellect and knows strategically what to do on the basepaths to get the extra base or bait defenders into making a wrong throw.

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What’s your approach to hitting that you believe has made you successful?
I tell myself I’m a beast every time I step into the box and for the most part it has made me successful because I believe it even when I don’t get the outcome I wanted.

What’s been your highlight of your career and why?
Playing for my dad has been the highlight of my career because there is nobody in the world who can push me as hard as he does every day and it formed me into the player I am today.

What’s been the #1 thing in your mind that’s helped you develop as a good hitter?
My combination of speed and power. Hitting is just part of the game getting on base an scoring is the game so I believe it’s power but even when I hit a ball wrong still being about to leg one out.

What goes through your mind as you step into the batter’s box?
“You’re a beast.”

Other than the obvious, getting on base, what would you qualify as a successful at-bat?
Hitting the ball solid. I understand that you’re not going to get on base every single time because there’s a defense out there an there job is to get you out but as long as you hit the ball hard with a disciplined plan that’s quality.

Who’s a player, past or present, you look up to and why?
Cortni Emanuel. She is a triple threat an people don’t know how to play her defensive wise because she is fast but she can also turn on one an hit it over the fence.

When did you first realize you had the ability to play at the next level?
When I was 16 playing in 18U Gold tournaments. I tested myself and still was very successful.

What is it you love about softball if you were explaining your passion for the sport to someone not familiar with it?
I would tell them the game is 80 percent failure but when you succeed that 20 percent it’s the best feeling because you overcame something that you weren’t supposed to.