Pictured: infielder Paige Smith, one of 18 in the first 50 of the 2019 Hot 100 who are uncommitted at this point.We’ve posted the first 50 of the outstandin
Jan 30, 2016 by Brentt Eads
Pictured: infielder Paige Smith, one of 18 in the first 50 of the 2019 Hot 100 who are uncommitted at this point.
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Pictured: infielder Paige Smith, one of 18 in the first 50 of the 2019 Hot 100 who are uncommitted at this point. We’ve posted the first 50 of the outstanding players in the 2019 Hot 100 and are using the halfway point to look at some early trends.
If you missed this week's rankings, you can see 100-91, 90-81, 80-71, 70-61, and 60-51 exclusively on FloSoftball!
It’s always fun to look at where things stand one week in with this week’s Top 50 yet to be revealed. Here are some interesting developments so far… we’ll see how it goes when all 100 are revealed!
*** College-wise, where players ranked 51-100 are headed: • Uncommitted (18) • Oregon (3) • Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee (2)
*** Top club organizations with players listed so far: • Beverly Bandits, Firecrackers, OC Batbusters, So Cal Choppers, Texas Glory (3) • Birmingham Thunderbolts, Corona Angels, Gametime Stars, Georgia Impact, Texas Blaze, Texas Bombers (2)
Kamryn Raya, one of 10 Californians so far.*** In terms of states producing players, California leads the way as usual with 10 players being from the Golden State of the 50 players released to date. The list so far goes like this: • California (10) • Texas (9) • Georgia (5) • Florida, Tennessee (3) • Arkansas, Hawaii, Ohio, Oklahoma (2)
*** 20 states have been represented so far: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas. And along with the USA, Canada does have a player in the first half of the 2019 Hot 100.
Karsen Ochs, one of the many pitchers to be honored.*** It’s often hard to pinpoint a player’s primary position—some may be a shortstop primarily while another may call herself a middle infielder—but here are the primary positon breakdowns of the first 50 as they were given to FloSoftball:
• P (16) • 1B (6) • C (6) • OF (6) • SS (6) • 3B (4) • 2B (3) • MIF (2) • IF (1)
*** Finally, on the lighter side, here are the most common first names from the first week of Hot 100 honorees: • Kate/Katie • Maddie/Madelyn • Madison/Madisyn • Paige • Sydnee/Sydney • Taylor
