After three weeks of focusing on the talented 2028 class, we will wrap it up on Saturday with a look at the Regional Rankings … rankings players by where they are from: 

• Northeast
• Southeast
• Midwest
• West
• Southwest/Mountain

Here are the previous postings we’ve done this month if you want to look back over the 2028 HOT 100:

• #’s 100-91 (Mon., May 12, 2025)
• #’s 90-81 (Tue., May 13, 2025)
• #’s 80-71 (Wed., May 14, 2025)
• #’s 70-61 (Thu., May 15, 2025)
• #’s 60-51 (Fri. May 16, 2025)
• #’s 50-41 (Mon., May 19, 2025)
• #’s 40-31 (Tue., May 20, 2025)
• #’s 30-21 (Wed., May 21, 2025)
• #’s 20-11 (Thu., May 22, 2025)
• #’s 10-1 (Fri. May 23, 2025)

And other lists honoring these great 2028’s:

• Players Ranked 101+ (those on the verge of making the HOT 100)
• Position Rankings 

Sometimes I get so involved in the process and work it takes to research, identify and honor these talented and hard-working players that I lose sight of what it means to the players to be recognized.

Today (Friday, May 30), I received this wonderful email from a talented freshman who shared her thoughts on how the rankings motivate her.

I’m leaving her name out as I didn’t get her permission to ID her, but this could be many softballers across all ages who appreciate the recognition they get for working hard to better their skills in the game they love so much. 

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