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EXTRA ELITE PROFILE: TAYLOR TROUTMAN
Slugger Taylor Troutman, #47 in the 2024 Extra Elite 100, recently talked to Extra Inning Softball about Top Gun 18U National, breaking the home run record at Henderson High in Kentucky as a freshman, softball camps and juggling.
EXTRA ELITE Q&A
Name: Taylor Troutman
Hometown: Henderson, Ky
High School: Henderson County High
Club Team: Top Gun 18U National
Graduation Year: 2024
Height: 5-foot-11
Position: OF
Nickname: Trout, Tater, TT, Troutfish
Twitter: @TaylorTroutman6
Honors: Set the home run and RBI records her first year of high school.
Travel ball Fall Stats: .375 BA, .455 OBP, 18 Hits (led team), three home runs, nine RBIs and six runs.
High School Highlights: Had an .802 SLG as a freshman.
Tell us about your travel team/organization and how you became involved with them?
My coach, Bob Turner, texted me on Twitter and asked me about filling in with the team. I then went to a winter combine that Top Gun put on and fell in love with the team and atmosphere.
Can you talk about playing in a higher age group with older players?
I look up to all of them in so many different ways. I love getting to play with them, they challenge me in the best ways. Not only am I playing with girls older than me, I am playing with some of the best players in the nation. I love having this opportunity because it makes me push to be as good as them.
What should we expect from your club team this summer?
I believe that we are going to compete with the best teams in the nation and make some noise in California.
Have you been to softball camps? Which one and which ones do you plan to attend?
I have been to camps such as Mississippi State, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Louisville and Indiana. There are several camps that I would like to go to, but haven’t been able to make it.
What are you expecting from high school softball?
I’m expecting a big year from our team and hoping to make a run for a state title. I would love to break my records again and the career home one record this year.
Do you have a secret talent/skill?
I love to juggle; I know a few tricks and I’m trying to learn more.
What’s your most memorable softball story?
Last year, when we won Regionals in high school and made it to State for the first time since 2006.
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NEWS & NOTES
***2026 OF/2B Keely Lawson joined Top Gun 07 National-Slezak. Lawson, a USSSA Select 30 invitee, previously played for Heartland Havoc 07.
We are extremely excited to welcome Keely Lawson and family to our squad! Incredibly talented athlete with tons of speed and versatility! Welcome to our Top Gun Family! Let’s go!! #culture @topgunfastpitch @ExtraInningSB pic.twitter.com/vQ0j2WkkuY
— Top Gun 14U – Slezak (@topgunslezak) March 7, 2022
***Stat of the Day: every player on Iowa Premier 16U National-Lacina’s roster hit a home run last year.
***Rhode Island Thunder Gold 14U National0Litti 2025 LHP/1B Sage Soares will represent Team Canada at the Triple Crown International Challenge June 24-26 in Colorado.
I’m honored to be selected to represent Team Canada for the Triple Crown International Challenge in CO!!🇨🇦🍁@RITG_14u @thunderjam134 @HopsAP @BobRossiRITG @h_kathios19 @Los_Stuff @ExtraInningSB @BrenttEads @IHartFastpitch @StriveSoftball @D1Uncommitted @a_derrick14 @D1Softball pic.twitter.com/gm4d2Aco5a
— Sage Soares 2025 (@SageSoares) March 9, 2022
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SIGNING/COMMITMENT ALERTS
Maggie Olaveson, 2022, OF/1B/P, Turnin2-Smiegel/Chelsea High, Hillsdale College
Congrats to @MaggieOlaveson!! She has committed to extend her softball and academic career with Hillsdale!! Big bombs away, for the Chargers! #T2Proud #BashleteProud @CollegeBDJocks @Turnin2Softball @HCSBCHARGERS @IHartFastpitch @Los_Stuff pic.twitter.com/IPmIUiS7zm
— T2Smigiel (@T2Smigiel) March 9, 2022
Jayden Bernal, 2022, UT, Athletics Jendro Premier/Murrieta Mesa High, Cal State Monterey Bay
Commit alert !! Athletics Jendro Premier 18u would like to Congratulate 2022 outfielder Jayden Bernal in Committing to further her Academic and Softball career at Cal State Monterey Bay. Coach Kenney your getting a great player and even better person . @ExtraInningSB @Los_Stuff pic.twitter.com/WaO6Q2yPdk
— Athletics jendro (@BrianJendro) March 9, 2022
Jenna Soe, 2023, MIF/UT, NC ChallengersPremier-Renzi/Apex Friendship High, Colgate
Excited to announce that I’ve decided to continue my education and softball career at Colgate University! Thank you @MarissaLamMyers @RomeroMeghann @MattNandin for giving me this opportunity. Go raiders! @ColgateSoftball @NCChallengers @friendshipsb pic.twitter.com/x4nmxIEafb
— Jenna Soe 2023 MIF/UT (@JennaSoe) March 9, 2022
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BTITW
Today’s Best Thing In the World is …
Between darkness and defeat, hope survives.
Watch the new teaser trailer for #ObiWanKenobi, and start streaming the limited series May 25 on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/QJPVtyv7d9
— Obi-Wan Kenobi (@obiwankenobi) March 9, 2022
— Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)