Today kicks off the fifth class of Full Count Softball Hot 100 lists as we introduce our first ranking of the current freshmen standout softball players – the Class of 2018 – from across the nation.

We started with the 2014 class and proceeded with the 2015, 2016 and 2017 classes (having done an update of the current senior crop, the 15’s). You can access all the lists HERE.

Not surprisingly, the younger we go in evaluating talent, the more difficult it becomes as some players have emerged as standouts already while many more are just starting to hit their stride.

The “Next 100 In”

In this introduction to the 2018 Hot 100 list, we spotlight 100 excellent players from around the country who are have been—and will continue to be—closely watched as we will update the lists in the future.

These players are so close to being in the top group, it’s very likely that several will make the jump when the ’18 list is revised.

Until then, if players, parents and coaches want to refer to these athletes as making the “Full Count Softball Hot 100 rankings, 101-200,” we encourage that!

Players: if you’re on the cusp of making the Hot 100, keep working hard because we will watch you and consider you for inclusion in the next go round (and that DID happen with several seniors who made the revised 2015 Hot 100 list).

How Players are Chosen & Ranked

Full Count Softball has a database of thousands of players we track but, obviously, we can’t see and scout every player. We lean heavily on input from club coaches and college scouts get their input and feedback.

We canvass the nation doing our own research and then get with dozens of the top coaches and scouts to start getting opinions to help us narrow the list down and ultimately rank the players.

As we will freely admit, the process is basically taking a big list and filtering down to a consensus of top players which is an inexact science and we know we’re missing players or haven’t rated some high enough… remember: this is a first effort of listing the 2018’s; it will organically change as time goes on!

As always, e-mail your thoughts, corrections or criticisms to Brentt@FullCountSoftball.com

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Here then, is the list of the…

2018 Hot 100 “NEXT 100 IN”

(listed alphabetically)

These are the 100 freshmen who were finalists for the Hot 100 and are leading contenders to be included in the next 2018 Hot 100 revision to take place hopefully later this year…

First	Last	Pos	Year	Club Team	University
Madalyn	Alexander	P	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Sam	Alm	2B/OF	2018	Nebraska Gold	Creighton
Kloyee	Anderson	2B/OF	2018	Carolina Elite Team Mizuno	Alabama
Jazmyne	Armendariz	C/IF	2018	WTX Firecrackers - Estrada/Flores	uncommitted
Ryleigh	Aungst	3B	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Phoenix	Baez	P	2018	OC Batbusters - Briggs	uncommitted
Keaton	Barnes	1B/DH	2018	Huntsville Sparks Elite	uncommitted
Mason	Basdikis	P/SS	2018	Vienna Stars - Adkins	Longwood
Taylor	Bauman	P/UT	2018	Gold Coast Hurricanes - Fisher	uncommitted
Quinn	Biggio	2B	2018	Jersey Intensity	uncommitted
Brooke	Blackwell	P	2018	Texas Fusion Gold - Bryson	Texas Tech
Kayson	Boatner	P/IF	2018	EC Bullets - Kittrell	uncommitted
Kenzie	Bollin	SS/2B	2018	So Cal Athletics - TO	Utah State
Hailey	Bosley	C/IF	2018	Corona Angels	uncommitted
TeAnn	Bringle	OF	2018	Indiana Magic Gold	Indiana
Brianna	Butler	P/UT	2018	Atlanta Premier - Perkins	North Carolina
Riley	Cantrell	1B/3B/C	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Cameron	Cecil	MIF	2018	California Cruisers - AE	uncommitted
Larissa	Cesena	OF	2018	OC Batbusters - Briggs	uncommitted
Nikki	Cochran	3B	2018	Bulls Sox Academy	DePaul
Kaitlyn	Coffman	2B/OF	2018	Central Cal Dirt Dogs	Ohio State
Braelyn	Cooper	P	2018	Charlotte Starz Gold	uncommitted
Kaili	Crawley	C	2018	Tennessee Fury	Tennessee
Isabella	Curtin	OF/SS	2018	Stateline Fury Red	uncommitted
Hannah	Davis	MIF/OF	2018	Louisville Lady Sluggers	uncommitted
Olivia	DePew	P/1B	2018	Renegades Black	uncommitted
Alex	Echazarreta	P/1B	2018	Vienna Stars - Adkins	Central Florida
Dani	Ellis	C	2018	Explosion - Flores	George Washington
Ava	Fairbanks	C	2018	Firecrackers - Brashear	uncommitted
Kylie	Fraser	C/3B	2018	USA Athletics - Porter	uncommitted
Kendall	Fritz	P	2018	Impact Gold	Arkansas
Jordyn	Gasper	OF	2018	So Cal Choppers - Fausett	uncommitted
Kristin	Giery	P/1B	2018	Vienna Stars - Adkins	uncommitted
Lindsey	Gilbert	OF	2018	Birmingham Thunderbolts 01	uncommitted
Bianca	Gonzalez	C	2018	So Cal Athletics - Myers/McNee	uncommitted
Rachel	Gordon	P	2018	California Breeze	San Jose State
Mackense	Greico	P/SS	2018	Maryland Legends	uncommitted
Anna	Griffin	1B	2018	Tulsa Elite 00	uncommitted
Shelby	Grimm	C/IF	2018	Indiana Magic Gold	uncommitted
Frankie	Hammoude	C/SS	2018	Firecrackers - Blanco North	uncommitted
Karly	Heath	P/OF	2018	Carolina Elite Team Mizuno	South Carolina
Cheyenne	Horbuckle	2B	2018	OC Batbusters - Briggs	uncommitted
Lauren	Hurley	OF/1B	2018	Ohio Hawks	uncommitted
Reagen	Kanagawa	P/IF	2018	Originals - CK	uncommitted
Baylee	Klinger	2B/SS	2018	Aces Express Gold	Texas A&M
Kelli	Kufta	IF	2018	Firecrackers - Lutterloh	uncommitted
Kaitlin	Lampson	IF	2018	Oregon Breeze	Loyola Marymount
Madelyn	Libby	OF/IF	2018	Georgia Impact - Lewis	uncommitted
Madison	Lindsey	P	2018	Impact Gold	uncommitted
Makayla	Lopez	3B/IF	2018	So Cal Choppers - Fausett	uncommitted
Taylor	Marciniak	SS	2018	Wagner's 3N2	uncommitted
Mia	Marinakis	P	2018	So Cal Athletics - TO	Cal State Fullerton
Alex	Massie	IF/C	2018	Angels Premier - Soliz	uncommitted
Sydney	McKinney	UT	2018	KC Originals	Missouri
Lillian	Metsch	P	2018	Power Surge - Bachtell	uncommitted
Camryn	Michallas	SS/3B	2018	WV Dusters	uncommitted
Lexy	Mills	P	2018	Firecrackers - Redmond	Kansas
Annie	Moore	3B	2018	Victory USA - Moore	uncommitted
Carley	Morfey	IF/OF	2018	USA Elite	San Jose State
Gracie	Morton	OF	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Maeve	Nelson	SS	2018	Windmills Blue	Northwestern
Chloe	Nightingale	P	2018	Firecrackers - Ensey/Mesa	uncommitted
Morgan	Noah	SS/P	2018	Tampa Mustangs - Bell	Florida State
Shea	O'Leary	P	2018	So Cal Choppers - Fausett	uncommitted
Dariana	Orme	P	2018	NorCal Firecrackers 2K - Gables	uncommitted
Lexi	Osowski	1B/3B	2018	OC Batbusters - Campbell	uncommitted
Morgan	Overaitis	SS	2018	Beverly Bandits - DeMarini	uncommitted
Gracie	Ozbourne	C	2018	Southern Force	uncommitted
Savannah	Parker	1B/3B	2018	Jacksonville Storm	Florida State
Bailey	Pattison	P/1B	2018	Gold Coast Hurricanes - Cooper/Rodriguez	uncommitted
Alexandria	Petrof	P/UT	2018	Pittsburgh Power Gold	uncommitted
Emily	Piergustavo	MIF	2018	Rhode Island Thunder	uncommitted
Alyssa	Podhurcak	IF	2018	OC Batbusters - Campbell	uncommitted
Charlee	Pond	MIF	2018	California Raiders	Loyola Marymount
Kailee	Powell	1B/OF	2018	Victory USA - Moore	George Washington
Ariana	Quinones	SS	2018	OC Batbusters - Campbell	uncommitted
Bronte	Rhoden	P/1B	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Mariah	Rodriguez	MIF	2018	Victory USA - Moore	uncommitted
Jordyn	Rudd	C/3B	2018	Indiana Magic Gold	uncommitted
Maddie	Ruffin	OF	2018	Explosion - Flores	uncommitted
Sierra	Schultz	C/2B	2018	Texas Rage	uncommitted
Hannah	Schurz	MIF	2018	Iowa Premier Black	uncommitted
Abby	Settlemyre	SS	2018	Carolina Cardinals	North Carolina
Bailey	Smart	C/3B	2018	Huntsville Sparks Elite	uncommitted
Jordyn	Smith	OF	2018	Texas Firecrackers	Texas State
Melissa	Spencer	2B/SS/OF	2018	So Cal Choppers - Fausett	uncommitted
Savannah	Stewart	OF	2018	Georgia Impact - Lewis	uncommitted
Paige	Tamayo	OF	2018	Texas Glory	uncommitted
Tera	Testa	OF	2018	So Cal Athletics - TO	Central Florida
Teah	Thies	C	2018	OC Batbusters - Briggs	uncommitted
Emily	Tidd	OF/3B	2018	So Cal Athletics - TO	Utah State
Megan	Turner	SS/P	2018	Michigan Pride 00	uncommitted
Elena	Valenzuela	P/1B	2018	Firecrackers - Ensey/Mesa	uncommitted
Breanna	Vasquez	P	2018	So Cal Athletics - TO	Central Florida
Kati	Waalk	OF/IF	2018	Minneosta Renegades	uncommitted
Ashley	Waco	MIF	2018	Victory USA - Moore	uncommitted
Taylor	Watford	P/UT	2018	Carolina Elite - Fisher	uncommitted
Jillian	Weinstein	P/1B	2018	Long Island Bandits	uncommitted
Josey	White	C/IF	2018	Firecrackers - Blanco	uncommitted
Tate	Whitley	OF	2018	Aces Express Futures	uncommitted
Jessica	Williams	C/3B	2018	Arkansas Angels Elite	uncommitted
Cevana	Wood	C/IF	2018	South GA Lady Sharks	uncommitted
Morgan	Wynne	C/OF	2018	California Grapettes	Kansas
Allison	Yoder	C/3B	2018	Iowa Premier Gold	uncommitted