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Here’s our TFP for Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025:

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THE FINAL PITCH: PAIGE STANFIELD

Alabama-Bound 3B/1B/C Paige Stanfield, #15 in the 2026 Line Drive Hot 100, recently talked to Line Drive Media about Fury Platinum X-Higdon, Alliance Nationals, Kansas players, multi-sport athlete, Athletics Mercado, moving, athletic family, Alabama, kinesiology, anatomy, Chipper Jones, “Outliers,” “Time of Our Lives,” “Young Sheldon,” “The Great Gatsby” and color and drawing.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Paige Stanfield

Hometown: Overland Park, KS

High School: Shawnee Mission East High

Club Team: Fury Platinum X-Higdon 18U

Graduation Year: 2026

Height: 5-10

Position/s: 3B/1B/C

Nickname: “Pogde,” when playing on my local 8U softball team, my coaches always called me this and now people would always say, “Let’s go Podge”!

Social Media: @Paige.Stanfield on Instagram, @Paige_2026 on Twitter and @paige.stanfield on TikTok

Honors: #15 in the 2026 Line Drive Hot 100, All-Sunflower League for basketball, softball and track, Defensive MVP for softball, leading rebounder in the Sunflower League, record holder for rebounds, four-year varsity starter in basketball and softball and 6A state champion in javelin.

High School Spring 2025 Stats: .425 AVG, .505 OBP, 10 HRs and 39 RBIs.

Travel Ball Summer 2025 Stats: .398 AVG, .475 OBP, 12 HRs and 30 RBIs.

Travel Ball Fall 2025 Stats: .324 AVG, .361 OBP, 4 HRs and 17 RBIs.