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Here’s our TLI for Monday, July 18, 2022:
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EXTRA ELITE SPOTLIGHT: ARIONNA MCELROY
2024 C/UT Arionna McElroy recently talked to Extra Inning Softball about Texas Bombers 16U Gold-Carpenter, Mustang High in Oklahoma, hitting and versatility, decision making, living in the moment, the Alliance Nationals, what she’s looking for in a future college, Lynnsie Elam, powderpuff football and state tournament dingers.
EXTRA SPOTLIGHT Q&A
Name: Arionna McElroy
Hometown: Mustang, OK
High School: Mustang High
Club Team: Texas Bombers 16U Gold-Carpenter
Graduation Year: 2024
Height: 5-foot-6
Position: C/UT
Nickname: Onna Mac
Twitter: @McElroy_Onna
Honors: 3.95 GPA; Superintendent and Principal Honor Rolls; and Awards in Science, Math and Reading.
Travel Ball Fall Stats: .977 fielding percentage, 75.0 caught-stealing percentage, CS% 75.00, .469 AVG, .564 OBP .564, 2.167 OPS 2.167, 1.094 SLG, 3 HRs, 7 doubles, 2 triples, 16 RBIs and 8 SBs.
High School Highlights: Softball — varsity Starting LF/Catcher (2021); Regional Champs (2021); state semifinalist (2021); 1st Team All-District (2021); 2nd Team All-Conference (2021); Track & Field — second at Regionals (2022); state qualifier (2022); seventh place at state with PR 122.02 (first year discus, 2022); All-Conference sprinter 100m relay (2021); long jump record 16 feet (2021); and 200m, 400m relay (2021).
High School Stats: .971 fielding percentage, .431 AVG, .494 OBP, 1.355 OPS, .861 SLG, 5 HRs, 6 doubles, 5 triples and 15 SBs.
Tell us about your travel team/organization and how you became involved with them? I joined the Texas Bombers over the winter/spring. I felt like I needed to be pushed more and this was going to be a big move for me after leaving the Athletics for so long. I really wanted a team to get me where I wanted to go for college ball. So we started to call people and we eventually came across the Texas Bombers, and after talking for a bit, they became interested in wanting me on the team. Our team works so hard and the coaches care about us so much, especially with helping us get to the next level.
What do you bring to the team? What I bring to the team is mostly my hitting, but also the fact that I can play defense anywhere my coach wants me to and being very adaptable and coachable on the field.
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