We conclude our look at the top 100 players in the 2017 class after spotlighting 10 each day on our countdown from 100 to No. 1. These current sophomores were chosen based on input and feedback from college and club coaches who’ve seen them play all across the nation.

Criteria for choosing and ranking the players including performances at the club and high school levels and projecting how they will play at the collegiate level.

Today we feature players No. 10 to No. 1 with standout players from Alabama, California (5), Florida, Indiana, Minnesota and New Jersey.

Check out more of 2017's HOT 100: 100-91, 90-81, 80-71, 70-61, 60-51, 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11

No.	Player	Position	Club	College
10	Mary Iakopo	C	So Cal Athletics - Richardson	Oregon
		Many coaches feel Mary is the best defensive catcher in the country because of her quickness and athletic ability behind the plate, but it is her arm strength that makes her a franchise backstop. The ball explodes out of her hand and goes to the base on a frozen rope. Opponents now know she will nail any runner who wanders too far off base. Mary's offense is solid as she hit over .400 for the So Cal A's 14U team this year and batted .308 at PGF Nationals before jumping up to the 18U team this fall. She lit up the Surf City and Sun Classic showcases in 2013 and had Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten programs after her before she committed to Oregon last January.
9	Gabby Sprang	P	Georgia Impact - Jeffreys	Tennessee
		Gabby is a 6-foot-1 lefty pitcher from Minnesota who is not overpowering, but has unbelievable movement and mound presence. Her upside is tremendous and Gabby is the type of player who could be better in college than at the club/high school level. She locates the ball very well and has great spin as her ball seems to fall off the table at the plate or bend around a corner. Her greatest asset, though, may be that she doesn't get rattledÉ her mental toughness is beyond her years. Gabby has started on the varsity since the 7th grade and was All-Section in 8th grade. She lit up the Atlanta Legacy Showcase in 2013 where Tennessee saw her and quickly offered.
8	Alexa Schultz	OF	So Cal Athletics - Richardson	Oklahoma
		Alexa is another one of the players from the talent-laden So Cal Athletics - Quarles team that won ASA 14U Nationals and, in one prolific day at the San Diego tournament, had four home runs. At PGF Nationals she helped the A's finish second and led the team in walks (8), tied for most runs scored (8) and compiled a .438 on-base percentage. Alexa does everything well, she'll be a power hitter in college and is a great outfielder who is the perfect model of a softball player who does everything well. The words used most about her are "steady" and "consistent." She's really elevated her game this fall and has emerged as one of the top new faces on the 18U level.
7	Lauren Mathis	P	Wichita Mustangs	Georgia
		Lauren is the consummate pitcher, she won't blow you away as she throws in the 58-60 mph range, but spins the ball better than anyone in the country. She produces more "swings and misses" than any flamethrower because of her dominating screwball and rise combo. Lauren took her 16U team to the ASA championship game playing for the Windermere Wildfire coached by her father, Wes Mathis, and had 21 strikeouts in a semifinal game. Lauren's stock has exploded over the last six months and she had originally committed to the Univ. of Florida, but has now given a verbal to Georgia.
6	Eliyah Flores	3B/OF	Firecrackers - Rico	Oklahoma
		Eliyah is a phenomenal hitter who is even feared by rival coaches because of the damage she can do at the plate. Her aggressiveness is her strength-she can take balls out of the zone and drive then 220 feet even when she's not supposed to be able to handle them. Eliyah hit .515 with 11 home runs at the high school level and is fearless offensively; the harder the pitcher throws, the better she likes it. She has a tremendous work ethic and drive that makes her a coach's favorite. Eliyah was the Sunkist League MVP and hit a walk-off home run the last week of the season to help her team win the league title.
5	Alex Wilcox	P	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Mississippi State
		Alex is the top two-way player in the 2017 class as she can beat you in the circle and at the plate. She had over 30 D1 offers because she has tremendous pop in her bat, hitting 28 home runs over the summer and fall for the Thunderbolts coached by Jay Roberson, and she is a dominating, shut-down pitcher who was the Alabama Class 1A Pitcher of the Year after throwing 366 K's in 207 innings. In club ball, she has also been outstanding against top competition: at PGF 14U Nationals she led the Bolts with a 3-0 pitching record, a 1.87 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 18.2 innings. She also hit .385 with a team-leading seven RBI in eight games. Alex will star at whatever position she plays at in the SEC.
4	Kyra Lockhart	1B	Jersey Intensity	Alabama
		Kyra is a power-hitting machine who also can hit for a high average. She is not just a slugger who swings or misses, she is a finely-tuned hitter who knows the art of how to find a pitch to hit and take it to where it should be. Kyra comes from a baseball background and picked up great fundamentals and mechanics in her three years in that sport. She began playing 18U Gold ball as a seventh grader and hasn't looked back since. Kyra hit .481 and had an on-base percentage of .593 to go along with 35 RBI and 13 extra-base hits as a freshman. Her pitch selection is so good, she didn't strikeout once all year. Kyra went to an OnDeck Futures Camp in the eighth grade and once seen there became one of the most coveted players in the country.
3	Briana Perez	SS	Sorcerer Gold	UCLA
		Brianna, nicknamed "Bri," is the second player in her family to make the Top 5 in a Hot 100 list: Kylee was one of the best players in the 2014 class and was a key reason UCLA had the No. 1 recruiting class that year. Bri, who's playing her second year at the highest level of club ball, anchors the Sorcerer Gold team in the middle infield and is a smooth, flawless infielder with range and a great arm. She's equally outstanding on offense as she does what it takes to do to get on base and drive in runs. At PGF Nationals she hit .559 and has the versatility to knock a ball over the fence or drop a sneak bunt. Bri is a franchise infielder, passionate about the sport, a team leader and player you build a program around. For her Northern Calif. high school team she hit close to .400 and didn't make an error all year. A 4.0 student, she is also the starting point guard on her varsity basketball team.
2	Taylon Snow	2B	OC Batbusters - Haning/Stith	Washington
		Taylon is a clutch hitter who had a record-setting freshman year when she tied a CIF Southern Section record with 72 hits while batting .567 for a team that reached the Div. 2 semifinals. A MaxPreps Freshman All-American, Taylon reached base 78 times and scored 39 runs in 34 games, but, most impressively, she had multi-hit games in her last 16 contests including four playoff games. The So Cal star is a natural hitter who keeps the bat in the hitting zone and is blessed with the ability to take her hands to the ball. The sky is the limit for her and the game just comes more simply and easily to Taylor. She runs better than average and is good defensively. She has the physical tools in place, now it's just a matter of getting experience and seeing how high her talent can take her.
1	Alexis Holloway	P/UT	Beverly Bandits	Notre Dame
		Alexis had a dominant year and rates as the top player in the 2017 class, but would you believe she's not even the starting pitcher on her high school team? That's right, the Notre Dame-bound sophomore backed up Miranda Elish, a Full Count Softball 1st Team All-American, the Gatorade State Player of the Year and the No. 2 rated player in the 2016 Hot 100, on their Crown Point (Ind.) High team last spring. The two star hurlers seemed joined at the hips as they played together at the 10U and 14U levels and will be reunited on the Beverly Bandits 18U Premier team after Alexis pitched at the 16U level this summer. She led her team to the PGF National title game where it lost 2-1 but one run came on an error and the other when a throw from an outfielder hit a runner in the head and rolled away. In that championship week, playing the best players and teams in the nation, Alexis was on fire going 6-2 with a no-hitter, a 0.93 ERA and 65 strikeouts compared to only eight walks in 52.4 innings. She obviously didn't pitch as much for her high school team behind Elish, but when she did pitch limited opposing batters to a .101 average with 99 K's in 47 1/3 innings. Her fantastic summer was a springboard for an untouchable fall as she only gave up one run in 15 games pitched since September. So what about Alexis makes her so dominant and worthy of the top ranking in her class? Coaches marvel at her intelligence and knowledge of the game that is well beyond her years allowing her to call her own game. She understands what she can and can't do and, though not tall at 5-foot-5, the more you see her the more amazing she appears. Alexis has a terrific change and rise and has added a great dropball. She's also still improving her velocity which a year ago was in the high 50's and now touches 63 mph. Alexis can spot the fastball where needed and can throw inside on the knees. She can also now bring a screw and curve as a change of pace. A great teammate with high energy, she's a perfectionist and has intangibles you can't quantify. Ironically, as she must be patient backing up Miranda on her high school team, the same holds true for the Bandits three-pitcher rotation which includes Washington signee Taran Alvelo, who may not be around next summer as she's trying out for the Women's Jr. National team and may also take the Huskies bridge program. With her possibly out, that would allow Alexis to eat up more innings for Head Coach Bill Conroy who says "none of them will be the No. 3, I will find a way use all of them." Unlike most teams which have a clear ace, Conroy has the luxury of bringing in the hot hand so Alexis will have to continue to bide her time which she's more than willing to do to help her teams win. The No. 1 player in the country in her class and she has to wait for her chance to shine--surprising, perhaps, but you can count on one thing: that time is coming up fast.