Recruiting Spotlight: 2022 Infielder Grace Thompson… How “Growing Up in the Cages” Helped Her Go SEC!

Grace Thompson, the daughter of Matt Thompson, a former college baseball coach, started playing 8U softball and quickly fell in love with the sport.

“I began to grow as a player and fell in love with softball, so my dad started a 10U select team called the Texas Sun Devils,” Thompson said. “I played for the Sun Devils through my freshman year of high school.”

Thompson, who eventually, ended up with Hotshots Premier 18U-Mel, has put in countless hours on the field and in the cages and her hard work paid off when the 2022 SS/3B verbally committed to Ole Miss earlier this week.

Really excited about this one. @OleMissSoftball grabbed another GameChanger. Congratulations Grace Thompson. @kkesparza @MadisonApplebe pic.twitter.com/tC0IXdBDAf

— Hotshots Premier 16u HTX (@HSPremier16uHTX) October 27, 2020

Thompson was part of this year’s group of prospects that was greatly impacted by COVID-19. There were no official or unofficial visits to campuses and no college camps this summer.

“It can be stressful at times,” Thompson said, “but it was nice to have someone who has been through this process hundreds of times before with his baseball players.”

RECRUITING SPOTLIGHT Q&A

Name: GRACE THOMPSON
Hometown: Beaumont, TX
High School: West Brook High of Beaumont, TX
Club Team: Hotshots Premier 18U-Mel
Graduation Year: 2022
Height: 5-foot-8
Position: SS/3B
Nickname: “G”
Twitter: @GraceTh12669248
Honors: National Honor Society
High School Highlights/Stats: 1st Team All-District 2019 and 2020; Newcomer of the Year in 2019; 1st Team Super Gold; had 10 HRs, 15 doubles and five triples in 2019; and had six HRs, six doubles and four triples in 17 games in 2020 (season cut short due to COVID).
Travel Ball Highlights: MVP of 14U All-American Games.

Can you talk about your club team, how you became involved with them and how they helped you make your decision?
I play for Hotshots Premier 18U Mel. I became involved with the Hotshots after playing against them at many tournaments. I’ve always admired how good their team was and how well coached they were.  Recently, I wanted to make a change and try to take my game to another level and knew the Hotshots would be a perfect fit for me. My dad reached out to Nathan Nelson and Gene West from the Hotshots and they welcomed me to their family. Everyone in the Hotshots organization has been awesome and it has been amazing playing with such great players.

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