Video: Jordyn Bahl Learns She’s The #1 Player in the 2021 Extra Elite 100 (& 15 Fun Facts About Her!)

Last Friday we revealed the Top 10 Players in the 2021 Extra Elite 100 and on top of the list was dual threat pitcher/hitter Jordyn Bahl who has had great success with her Nebraska Thunder 18U and Papillion-La Vista (Papillion, Nebraska) High School teams as a pitcher and hitter.

Friday afternoon, she was in class at her high school when Assistant Coach Dan Johnston handed her his phone and Jordyn took a call from our Brentt Eads letting her know she was the top-rated player in her class.

Here’s a clip of that conversation (humorously, Jordyn didn’t know Brentt was on speaker so she put the phone up to her ear and… well, fortunately she was able to hear the rest of the conversation!):

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Also, we connected with the athlete’s family and learned some Fun Facts about this Oklahoma commit that you probably didn’t know:

1. Jordyn has a dog and two cats who are “near and dear to her:” Sasha, a long-haired German Shepherd; Misha, a tabby cat and Noel, a tortie cat.

2. She loves listening to ‘90’s country music. Her favorite country artists are Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Toby Keith and Tracy Lawrence.

3. She enjoys spending time in the outdoors fishing, hunting and hiking. Says mom, Emily: “She enjoys doing these with her brothers, but picked it all up from her dad!”

4. She enjoys trap-shooting (spending time with her brothers).

5. Her favorite vacation spot is Panama City Beach, Florida. Adds her mom: “We go there once every few years with extended family.  It’s a place one of her grandmothers has vacationed at since childhood, so Jordy’s dad also grew up vacationing here.”

6. She is very patriotic and her favorite holiday is the Fourth of July.

7. Her dream is to live on a rural acreage and own horses.

8. She used to be a dancer and took lessons for several years including ballet, tap and jazz… now she sticks to line dancing.

9. On two different occasions, she lost baby teeth while on the field during games.  She had to call time and walk the tooth over to her coach! Mom thinks she was 12 or 13-years-old at the time (“she lost her teeth late. They weren’t knocked out, they just fell out. I think she was pitching both times.”).

10. Her favorite food is hamburger and fries.

11. She likes watching sunsets and taking pictures of them.

12. She won’t eat salad dressing; she eats her lettuce plain.

13. Her favorite gift was a personalized softball glove: Jordy Bahl #22.

14. For a career, her mother says “this changes a lot. Right now, she is thinking of majoring in Education to be a history teacher. She is also interested in coaching.”

15. If she has a daughter someday, she’d like to name her “Liberty.”

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And, if you haven’t seen it, here is our feature we published last week titled 2021 Extra Elite 100 Profile: Jordyn Bahl… “I Have a Greater Purpose Than Just Softball” that’s gotten a lot of positive reviews about the talented student-athlete and how she puts faith, family and sports in perspective.