06/01/2023 - Softball Factory College World Series - Prospects Select Training Sarah is a 2025 graduate who catches. She has a firm receiving and strong arm. Sarah has good footwork behind the dish and a 2.22 second pop time. She has an athletic setup and loose hands in the box. Sarah has a short stride, fluid timing, and on-plane swing. She is explosive and makes consistent contact producing line drives. She continues to show strides of reaching her full potential. Overall, Sarah has a solid skill set and the ability to take her game to the next level.
01/13/2023 - Softball Factory Pre-Season All-America Tournament Sarah is a 2025 graduate who catches. She is vocal behind the plate and has a solid presence. She has a low pop time of 2.08 seconds and can throw from her knees. She has solid footwork and is a great teammate. In the box, Sarah gets to extension and has pull power. She continues to show strides of reaching her full potential. Overall, Sarah is a supportive teammate and has a solid set of skills on the diamond.
01/07/2022 - 2022 Softball Factory Pre-Season Prospects Tournament Sarah is a 2025 graduate who catches. She is great at blocking and has a 1.89 second pop time. In the box, Sarah makes consistent contact and is a smart base runner. She finds her barrel at contact and has power hitting consistent line drives. Improving her lower half and not overthinking in the box as well as arm strength on defense will help Sarah take her game to the next level. Overall, she is a hard worker and has the skill set and tools to continue improving her level of performance on the diamond.
12/27/2020 - Softball Factory Christmas Camp & Tournament - Prospects Sarah showed well at the prospect Christmas Camp / Tournament. Behind the dish, she presents a soft/sure mitt showing great pocket awareness sticking pitches. She uses her body well through the blocking process, centering balls well out front. Pop times showed in the 2.09 range with accuracy to her target. Times will continue to drop as she builds more arm strength through a long toss program. At the plate, she continues to shine through an athletic setup. Hands are quick (62 mph exit velocity) and work to and through a level swing path. She shows a feel for the barrel through a line drive approach, utilizing the middle of the field well. At the event, she was 4 for 10 with a 2B. Mental makeup is a plus as she is very coachable and works hard to be the best player she can be.
05/24/2020 - Official Player Development Membership - Daytona Beach, FL Sarah is a strong C prospect who continues to showcase her skills on the field. Behind the plate, Sarah shows active footwork and is agile moving to block. She sits in an athletic stance and presents a good target to the pitcher. She makes a clean exchange and gains ground well on her throws, keeping them accurate and on-line to the 2B bag. Consistently being on time moving to block can help Sarah improve defensively. At the plate, this RHH sets up in an open stance and takes a square stride. She is smooth getting into her load and engages her lower half well. She generates fast bat speed through the zone and produces loud contact and gap to gap pop. Sarah can improve as a hitter by continuing to add strength. With five more years to develop, Sarah has the time and potential to further develop her skills on the field.
11/08/2018 - Softball Factory Select Training & Competition at Historic Dodgertown ( Grad Years 2024-2026) Sarah Cannistraci is a strong and athletic catcher with agile range. She has quick feet and uses a good exchange and arm action for the throw to second base. Throughout the workout she made really good adjustments. Once she incorporates her front side more with her throw she should improve her pop time. As a hitter, Sarah is athletic and uses a short stride. She is a naturally strong hitter so with some more load, separation and back hip drive she will create even more power. She hits to the middle of the field consistently. Sarah has a great attitude and makes good adjustments. Overall she has an advanced skill set.
Lea Ann Jarvis is the Senior Director of Softball Operations.