Hot 100 2015's (#60-51)
Hot 100 2015's (#60-51)
We continue our look at the top 100 players in the 2015 class… we’re spotlighting 10 each day as we countdown from 100 to No. 1. The juniors were chosen based on input and feedback from college and club coaches. Criteria for choosing and ranking the playe
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We continue our look at the top 100 players in the 2015 class… we’re spotlighting 10 each day as we countdown from 100 to No. 1. The juniors were chosen based on input and feedback from college and club coaches. 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. 60 to 51 with standout players from California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Check out more of Round 1 of 2015's HOT 100: 100-91, 90-81, 80-71, 70-61
| #60... Fale Aviu (OF, OC Batbusters-Haning)--Oklahoma Fale is an excellent outfielder who, though not big in stature, is very athletic and can hit for power. For example, in a high school game last year while just trying to move the runners along she took a low, outside pitch and drove it over the opposite field wall for a home run. The San Diego area junior is a gap hitter last season recorded a .473 batting average with 22 RBI, 25 doubles and 31 stolen bases. Fale was named the Player of the Year in the Avocado West League. |
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| #59... Brittany Edmondson (OF, Tennessee Ballhawks)--Tennessee Brittany is a dangerous triple threat slapper with 2.60 home-to-first speed and is the prototype centerfielder/lead-off hitter who makes you defend the whole field. Perhaps the fastest 2015 softball player in Tennessee, she has been a high school starter since the eighth grade and last year had a dominating season, hitting .610 with 72 hits, 31 RBI, a .683 onbase percentage and 25 steals, to lead her high school team to the state title while being named 1st Team All-State. |
| #58... Asea Webber (SS, Tulsa Elite)--Oklahoma State Asea is a great study in dedication and perseveranceshe tore her ACL, MCL and half of the meniscus and had surgery in January 2012, but five months later was back on the field on her way to making a full recovery. A dangerous lefty-hitting shortstop, she has great pop in her bat shown by her 38 home runs for the Tulsa Elite over the 2013 club season. She also led her high school team in home runs and earned All-Conference Offensive Player of the Year. |
| #57... Abby Lockman (C/IF, Corona Angels)--Tennessee Abby is a strong, versatile player who can play multiple positions and is a dangerous power hitter. She's the younger sister of Emily Lockman, a former Gatorade State Player of the Year and pitcher who helped Nebraska make it to the 2013 WCWS, and as a freshman Abby got to play with her star sibling. Abby has been with the Corona Angels since 10U and has won Triple Crown Sports Nationals titles at the 14U and 16U levels. She started at first base last year for Norco (Calif.) High, the CIF Southern Section Div. I champs and earned 2nd Team All-State honors as she hit .420 with 30 RBI and eight home runs. |
| #56... Taylor Rowland (1B, So Cal Athletics)--Tennessee Taylor is a sweet-swinging lefthander who was on the OC Batbusters-Myers team that made it to the 16U PGF Nationals championship game last summer. She moved over with Coach Doug Myers to the A's organization and will help the team make a try for its fifth 18U PGF title in a row. Taylor hit .415 over the summer with a .780 slugging percentage--very close to the .407 she hit in high school where she also flashed her defensive skills, committing only one error in 206 chances. |
| #55... Kourtney Shaw (P, Firecrackers-Rico)--Cal Kourtney throws in the low 60's but it's her movement on the ball and deception that makes her so difficult to hit. Throwing a screwball that breaks inside to right-handed hitters, the San Diego product dominated local competition and was named to the All-State Underclass 1st Team by CalHiSports.com. She's poised and exudes confidence in the circle and also a coach's dream player as she's fun in the dugout and well liked by her teammates. |
| #54... Alexis Mack (2B, Beverly Bandits)--South Carolina Alexis was one of the main contributors on the Beverly Bandits 16U team that won the PGF Nationals last summer. She's speedy and has excellent hands defensively. In the championship win, Alexis used her 2.6 home-to-first speed to get an infield hit and drive in the first run of the 2-0 win. She exploded onto the high school scene as a freshman when she hit .509 and set single-season school records with 55 hits, 54 runs scored, 13 doubles and 57 stolen bases and had another stellar season in 2013 to earn 1st Team All-State honors. |
| #53... Kylie Lundberg (1B, So Cal Athletics-Quarles)-- Oklahoma Kylie is a big, strong power-hitting first baseman with quick hands and outstanding defensive skills. She was a first team All-Moore League selection last year and at the PGF Nationals she hit .308 in five games with two home runs and five RBI in 13 at bats. She's one of five Oklahoma players to make the Hot 100 2015 list and all are in the Top 60 rankings. |
| #52... Shemiah Sanchez (SS, Atlanta Vipers-Loveless)--LSU Shemiah has an advantage very few players her age have--she's played at a high international level of competition. Shemiah helped lead the Puerto Rican Junior National Team to at fifth place finish at the Jr. Worlds last summer and was the leading hitter on the team. At the high school level, Shemiah earned All-Coweta County honors after hitting .464 with 35 RBI. She's a clutch player and when you need a key hit she'll come through. Shemiah has helped lead her club teams to Top 5 finishes at the 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U levels. |
| #51... Lexi DiEmmanuele (OF, Gold Coast Hurricanes)--Boston College A great all-around athlete, Lexi is a two-time Broward County (Fla.) 1st Team selection in softball and also is one of the top long-jumpers in the state, making it to the 4A finals last year. One of the best baserunners around, she has great speed and does a lot of innate things that can't be taught. Lexi is aggessive at the plate and on the basepaths putting a lot of pressure on the pitcher and the defense. A ball-hawking centerfielder, she gets to balls many players can't reach. |