Each Tuesday for the next several months Line Drive Softball is honoring top high school performances nationwide with a National Player of the Week and others who are named Runner-Up Players of the Week.

If you’d like to have a player considered, scroll down to see how to send in a nomination.

This week, a half dozen players could have been selected as the National Player of the Week including a pitcher who had TWO perfect games as well as a batter who hit a sizzling .737… but it’s hard to go against a state record setter…

Games are for Sunday, April 13, 2025, through Saturday, April 19, 2025…

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Line Drive Softball’s National High School Player of the Week (April 22, 2025)

*** Camryn Fisher, a senior pitcher at Ellington (Conn.) High, set a Connecticut state record with a remarkable 37 strikeouts in one game, a 14-inning performance that she won with a complete game two-hit 1-0 shutout victory over Hale Ray High.

Important to note that it was against opposing pitcher Lily Jahne, who herself had 33 K’s in the contest where the duo totaled 70 strikeouts.

That’s right: Lily would’ve set the state record if not for Cam’s record-setting performance! Amazingly, the 70 K’s is not even a national record: 20 years ago, on June 5, 2025, two pitchers for Central Cabarrus (North Carolina) High combined for 73 strikeouts in one game. 

For the week, Fisher, the Appalachian State-bound athlete, went 3-0 with no runs and just five hits given up in 24 innings pitched. In the three games, she had 63 strikeouts versus just one walk with a 0.00 ERA.

The 2025 grad, who also goes by “Cam,” has been a 1^st Team All-State at pitcher three times and also was a 1^st Team High School All-American.

In the Line Drive Softball HOT 100 for her class, Cam was ranked No. 35 overall and the No. 19 pitcher. On the club side, she plays for the Newtown Rock Gold – Garvey team and is a PGF All-American Game regional finalist.

This summer, she will compete at several top national club tournaments including the Boulder IDT, the Easton Invite and the PGF 18U Premier Nationals.

For the season, the senior has a 6-0 record with a 0.00 ERA and hasn’t allowed a run in 42 innings pitched. Cam has given up just six hits and a walk while striking out 114 – and average of 19 per game – and is allowing opposing hitters to bat just 0.41 against her.

So about that 14-inning, 37-inning game… how, we asked Cam, were you able to pitch so effectively and keep the intensity going?

“The game was something I had never experienced before,” she reflected. “I have gone into extra innings while playing but nothing like this. The intensity was high the whole game which really helped keep my adrenaline going after all those hours.”

What, we followed up asking Cam how she found out she had set the record…

“I didn’t even know I was close to breaking the record until my coach told me after the inning was over,” she remembered.

“I was so focused on the game I didn’t even register the fact that I set a record. After I took it all in–the win, the record, and calmed down–I was happy with myself and definitely want to continue to achieve more through out the season.”

Sharing the spotlight with her pitching teammate, Camryn concluded:

“I want to bring up Lily too, she broke the record as well (with 33 K’s in the game) and together we struck out 70 batters. That will definitely be a game I will always remember!”

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Runner-Up Line Drive Softball National Players of the Week

*** Kylee Hodson is a sophomore pitcher/infielder at Bath County High in Owingsville, Ky. and played in four games, pitching in three of them.

She won all three, but the jaw-dropping aspect is that in two of her games she pitched perfect games (on April 14 and 18).

In those games, she tossed 13 innings and gave up just seven hits and three earned runs overall with a 1.61 ERA and a BAA of .149.

In her two perfect games, Kylee also went 3-for-3 and 2-for-2 and in the second game had her 100^th career hit.

In the one game she didn’t pitch the Class of 2027 standout played first base and was perfect in six chances with five assists and a put-out.

Kylee told Lind Drive Softball today:

“I know the most important part of pitching is the mental game and I try weekly to assess my performance from the week prior and think about what I felt good with and what needs adjusting,” she said.

“Going into last week I definitely felt confident in my teams hitting performance and knew what I needed to do to dominate in the circle. I’m most successful when I get ahead in counts and really trust in my spins. I love to split the zone with my dropball that falls off the table and a rise ball that gets lots of swing and misses plus mixing in my change-up with a 15-mph speed differential and an effective drop curve.

So, we asked Kylee, was she aware of the two perfect games as they developed?

“I think it’s always in the back of a pitcher’s mind when they’ve got a perfect game going, at least for me but I don’t let that affect me. I just have the mindset of I’m better than any hitter that steps in the box and let my hard work I’ve put in prove that.”

“I tend to talk to myself while pitching and take control of the pace of the game, having a moment of reset in between pitches where I look past the center field wall, this helps me remain calm even in those high-pressure situations. I thrive under pressure especially after having a year of experience and throwing close games to take my team to the quarterfinals of regions last year.”

For the season, Kylee has tossed 74.1 innings over 18 games with a 2.01 ERA and 91 strikeouts. Also, out of 320 batters face in 2025, the pitcher has walked only 16.

She’s helped her own cause by hitting .407 in 59 at-bats with 19 RBIs.

Kylee’s older sister, Taylor Hodson, is a starting Freshman playing softball at the University of Charleston and the younger sibling lives in Kentucky and plays club ball for the Ohio Hawks National – King/Joseforsky team out of Cincinnati (a two-hour drive).

Her father tells Line Drive Softball:

“Kylee has been on the softball fields since she was two years old and has been playing since age five, always following her big sister.”

Last year she pitched for the Hawks in the PGF qualifier and helped her team win a bid to play in Southern California. 

Currently, she carries a 4.0 GPA and plans to attend law school after getting a four-year degree. Kylee even takes a class where she is one of the attorneys on her high school mock trial team!

*** Keelyn “MonKee” Constancio is a true lefty triple threat for the Lady Arrows of Clinton (Miss.) High and in two games last week the sophomore hit .667 with six hits in nine at-bats. She also reached on an error.

She produced a 1.444 OPS while driving in six runs and scoring six runs herself.

At the end of the regular season, “MonKee” has a .481 batting average and an OPS of 1.023. In district play alone, the 2027 grad hit .562. Overall, she had 50 hits and 22 RBIs with 35 runs and seven steals.

The explosive left-handed centerfielder has great speed and has been playing varsity since the 7^th grade. For her career, she has had 150 hits with 124 runs and 64 RBIs in 114 games.

She suffered two separate leg/ankle fractures in the 8th grade but returned her freshman season starting at centerfielder and leading off at the plate with her slapping skills.

*** Peytin Grindstaff, a freshman catcher/utility player at Garrett (Ind.) High, played in six games last week and hit a sizzling .737 as she went 14-for-19 and had a 2.085 OPS and a slugging percentage of 1.316.

Peytin had eight doubles and drove in 11 runs while scoring 10 runs and also reached base via five walks and once by HBP.

The standout 2028 grad also had nine steals.

Defensively, she’s had a strong season, catching 29 innings with 0 passed balls and only one steal given up. She also was the backstop in a complete game no-hitter this year against a previously undefeated team. In 51 total chances, she was flawless with six assists and 45 put-outs.

At the plate offensively this year, she has hit .640 with a .697 on-base percentage and an OPS of 1.937 in eight games. Peytin has also stolen nine bases and not struck out once.

Last week she and the team beat undefeated conference foe, Churubusco, who was 7-0 at the time. 

*** Avery Ramey, a Class of 2026 pitcher at Lakeway Christian Academy in White Pine, Tenn., went 2-0 last week giving up just one earned run and striking out 25 opponents.

Nominated as a 2025 PGF All-American regional finalist, her performances this year are even more impressive when you learn she missed travel ball last summer with a wrist injury.

This year, fully healthy, she’ll play for Team NC led by Keviin Hinde after finishing her strong junior prep season

Off the field, Avery has a 4.19 GPA and is a member of the National Honors Society.

*** Haley Lyons, a freshman outfielder and catcher for Northside (Newport, Ala.) High, went a perfect 8-for-8 at the plate with three home runs and 12 RBIs last week.

In one of her two games, she went 4-for-4 with five RBIs including a home run, double and two singles.

Last Thursday, she again went 4-for-4 with seven RBIs and two home runs.

Though just a freshman, Haley’s in her third year with her varsity softball team and is currently hitting .406 with 42 RBIs in 45 games. She’s scored 39 runs and on defense has been perfect with no errors in 63 total chances.

The 2028 grad is a three-sport athlete at Northside also playing volleyball and basketball. Haley also plays travel softball for the East Cobb Bullets org and even competes in travel volleyball, too.

*** Dawson Blue, a junior shortstop at Scotland County High in Laurinburg, N.C., played in four games last week and in 12 at-bats hit .583 with a .688 on-base percentage and a slugging percentage of 1.333. Of her seven hits, she had four doubles, a triple and a home run.

She also walked three times, was hit by a pitch and stole six bases while scoring 11 runs.

For the season, Dawson—an Oklahoma State commit—is hitting .520 with a .647 on-base percentage and has stolen 22 bases in 18 games played. She has three home runs, three triples and five doubles among her 26 hits.

Interestingly, Dawson is a Tik Tok creator and has over 54,000 followers and 7.9 million likes. She’s on the 2025 PGF All-American Watch list and also made Scotland High history as one of three female wrestlers to qualify for North Carolina state regionals.

A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, she will attend the IMG Academy for her senior year and carries a 4.0 GPA.

*** Marina Mason is a senior pitcher who has signed with Northwestern and plays for the Brentwood (Tenn.) High Lady Bruins.

Last week, she went 3-0 in the circle with only three hits allowed and no earned runs or walks in 20 innings while striking out 47—an average of 2.35 K’s per inning.

She also batted .500 going 6-for-12 and had two home runs and eight RBIs.

For the season, Marina is 12-3 with 101 innings pitched and 213 strikeouts. With the stick, she’s hitting .382 with four home runs and 22 RBIs and also has only struck out four times in 60 plate appearances.

*** Gabriella Shadek, a senior catcher at Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Twp., N.J), has had an explosive start to her season which is just two weeks started.

The Duke commit hit .750 with four home runs, four doubles and was walked twice intentionally. Her slugging percentage was 2.083 and she had two home runs in one game against a D1-bound pitcher.

Behind the plate, no opposing base runner tried to test her arm, and she is dominating defensively, not having given up one steal this season and also not allowing a passed ball.

The athletic 2025 grad also played ice hockey and when not playing sports can usually be found giving catching and hitting lessons.

*** Callee Leffler, a junior centerfielder at Pine Grove Area (Pa.) High, had eight hits in 11 at-bats last week and along the way recorded her 100^th career hit.

The Florida State commit who was a 2024 PGF Futures All-American, went 3-for-3, 1-for-2, 2-for-3 and 2-for3 in her four games and hit a two-run home run and had three triples (two coming in one game).

For the season (13 games), Callee is hitting a strong .649 with a .740 on-base percentage with a 1.324 slugging percentage, a 2.064 OPS and she has eight triples of her 24 hits and two home runs.

She’s walked 11 times and hasn’t struck out at all in her 50 plate appearances and 37 at-bats.

*** Raelyn Mancias, is a sophomore pitcher/third baseman at Pharr San Juan Alamo North in Pharr, Texas, and helped lead her Lady Raiders to a big win in a 31-5A District game.

One of the top young two-way impact players in the Lone Star State, she hit her third home run of the season going 3-for-5 with four RBIs in a 10-1 victory.

At the plate, Raelyn holds an outstanding .607 batting average with 43 hits in 75 at-bats, including 25 singles, 16 doubles, two triples, and the trio of home runs. She’s scored 23 runs and driven in 36 RBIs, with a .650 on-base percentage.

In the pitching circle, Raelyn has a 1.22 ERA, six wins, and 80 strikeouts, holding opposing teams to a .101 batting average and a .166 on-base percentage.

When not pitching, she holds down third base maintaining a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and recording 26 total outs as a defensive anchor for her team.

Academically, Raelyn is ranked No. 1 in her class while taking all AP and college courses.

*** Ilyssa Foisy, a senior outfielder at Midland Christian School in Midland, Texas, went 5-for-5 with two singles, a double, triple and a home run—a grand slam

On offense, she also drove in nine runs and scored five herself and stole a base.

For the season, Ilyssa—who is headed to Oklahoma Panhandle State to play softball—has a .528 batting average with 32 RBIs, 30 runs scored, eight steals and three outfield assists.

** Ellie Nguyen is a freshman for the Eagleville (Tenn.) Eagles and last week hit .571 with eight singles and eight doubles.

She drove in 13 runs, scored 14 herself and had an on-base percentage of .625 and an OPS of 1.482.

For the season, Ellie is hitting .500 with a .529 on-base percentage and has 32 hits of which 11 are doubles with one triple. The standout 2028 grad has also driven in 20 RBIs and scored 22 runs.

*** Brooke Donofrio is a sophomore pitcher/infielder at Ramsey (N.J.) High and had a tremendous week in the circle and at the plate.

She struck out 29 in 12 innings pitched with a 0.00 ERA thanks to only two hits and two walks allowed while recording two shutouts—one of them a no-hitter.

The East Coast standout also went 7-for-10 at the plate with a hit-by-pitch and two walks to give her a .769 on-base percentage.

For the season, Brooke has tossed 25 innings with 54 strikeouts (more than two per inning) with a 0.84 ERA and a .135 BAA. On offense, she has gone 12-for-24 for a .500 average with 12 RBIs and a .586 on-base per centage.

Brooke has been a USA HPP Top Performer (top 3 pitcher) and on the school level was 1^st Team All-Country last year and helped her team win the North 1 Group 2 Sectional State Sectional in 2024.

*** Kamryn Rhoton, a sophomore middle infielder/outfielder from Hamilton Heights (Cicero, Ind.), played in three games last week including two against No. 1 ranked Western High and batted .875, with seven hits in eight at-bats.

The Class of 2027 standout had an on-base percentage of .900 thanks to two walks and of her hits, two were doubles and she smashed a grand slam to give her six RBIs in the trio of games.

She also had nine chances in the infield with seven putouts and two assists.

For the season, Kamryn is hitting .739 with a 2.106 OPS and a 1.348 slugging percentage in eight games and 23 at-bats. In the 6-hole, she has a .958 fielding percentage.

The athlete only played in one event this past fall with her travel club, TN Mojo 2027 – Fox as she was diagnosed with an L4/L5 vertebra fracture and was shut down all fall and had to rehab into the winter. 

Kamryn is a two-sport athlete, and this injury also affected her high school basketball season.  Her goal was to be 100 percent going into the high school softball season this Spring, make up for time lost competing and she’s more than done that with her sensational sophomore campaign.

*** Audrey Cathey, a junior shortstop at Summit High in Spring Hill, Tenn., had a very busy week, helping her team go 7-2 as she hit .680 for the week with a .750 on-base percentage.

In 33 plate appearances and 25 at-bats, she produced a 2.070 OPS and a 1.320 slugging percentage thanks to seven doubles, three triples and a home run.

Also impressive, Audrey scored 17 runs, had six walks and drove in 13 runs—all as the leadoff hitter.

For the season, the Tennessee standout is hitting .525 with a .629 on-base percentage and has double digits this season in doubles with 14, RBIs with 30, runs with 43, walks with 18 and steals with 10.

Audrey is a Mizzou commit and has recovered from an ACL/MCL meniscus tear last year to show why she’s a Power 4 player.

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2025 Line Drive Softball National High School Player of the Week

• Apr. 15: Madi Doty (Grandview, Texas)
• Apr. 8: Ava Phillips (Fullerton, Calif.)
• Apr. 1:  Mia Hemenway (Tallahassee, Fla.)
• Mar. 25: Norah Jacques (McLean, Va.)
• Mar. 18: Gracyn Needle (West Palm Beach, Fla)
• Mar. 11: Anna Hinde (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Mar. 4: Hannah Jo Sullivan (Brandon, Miss.)
• Feb. 25: Molly Davi (Hilo, Hawaii)
• Feb. 18: Lulu Adrian & Finlee Williams (Melissa, Texas)

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Nomination Process

Each week during the spring and summer high school seasons, Line Drive Softball is honoring a National High School Player of the Week.

Honorees are announced every Tuesday and the cutoff for submitting the nominations is each Monday at noon EST/9 am PST.

We’re looking for standouts who excelled in the circle, at the plate or in the field so be sure to nominate your favorite performance(s) by submitting the following:

• Player Name
• Grad Year (example: Class of 2025 or Senior)
• Position(s)
• High school team name with city/state
• Stats for the week (be as detailed as possible!)
• Up-to-date season stats if possible
• Recruiting information (if applicable)
• Any interesting background on the player
• Action and/or head shots
• If possible, contact info if we’d like more info or quotes

Email info and photos (1-4 as available) by the cutoff of Monday at noon EST/9 am PST to: Brentt.Eads@LineDriveMedia.com

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