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Position Projection: RHP | 2B |
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01/14/2022 - 2022 Softball Factory Pre-Season All-America Tournament Grace is a talented 2025 RHP out of Blacklick, OH who attended the Softball Factory Pre-Season All America Tournament! Pitching wise, she throws a fastball, changeup, and curve ball. She has a strong presence, good arm speed, and does a good job of keeping the ball low. If she can work on driving her lower half more, and working on her control, she will be even more effective. Hitting wise, she has a good setup in the box, is controlled, has a good swing path, and hits to all fields. Overall, Grace is a talented athlete with a lot of potential with the game!
06/03/2021 - Softball Factory College World Series - Prospects Select Training Grace is a 2025 3B/RHP that participated in the College World Series Select Training Event! On defense, Grace does a great job of moving to the ball and taking a quick first step. She has a strong field presence, quick exchange and release, and makes accurate throws. If she can work on being smoother on her backhands and fielding with softer hands she will be even stronger at 3B. Pitching wise, Grace throws a fastball, changeup, and curve ball. She has good mechanics, a smooth windup, and a strong finish on her pitches. She has great spin and break on her curve ball. If she can work on slowing her changeup down a little, that pitch will be more effective. Also working on using her legs more will help her gain speed. Hitting wise, she has good box presence and has a balanced setup. She is explosive and drives her lower half well. She makes solid hard contact and has a smooth swing. If she can work on better extension, and a stronger top hand, she will hit the ball even harder. Grace is a talented player, and someone our coaching staff would love to work with in the future!
03/21/2021 - All-In Membership - Dayton, OH Grace is a 2025 3B/RHP with an athletic skill set. In the box, Grace is a RHH that uses a square stance with soft stride and back load. She creates smooth rhythm, generates fast bat speed and makes hard, consistent contact. She shows gap power to all fields. At 3B, Grace handles the routine play. She fields with sure hands and makes a clean transfer. She gets in line with her target and makes accurate throws. Presenting her glove sooner and playing through the ball will allow her to gain more momentum to her target. On the mound, Grace has a confident presence. This outing she showed a 4-pitch package with velos in the 55-57 mph range. She is able to throw her change up in the 45-46 mph range. She has late movement on the ball and works to control the zone. Overall, Grace is a young player that will continue to improve her skill set.
Lea Ann Jarvis is the Senior Director of Softball Operations.