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Here’s our TFP for Monday, June 24, 2024:

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THE FINAL PITCH: PAIGE BETTERMANN

Uncommitted RHP/1B Paige Bettermann recently talked to Line Drive Media about Santa Fe Inferno 09-Donalson, Team1 Elite Club Summer Invitational and PGF Show Me The Money, USA Softball All-Americans and USSSA Select 30, Bishop Verot High, Tampa Mustangs-Pynes, physical challenges, business, math, Kinzie Hansen, “The Upside of Falling,” Bishop Briggs, “Gilmore Girls,” “Dodgeball” and cooking.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Paige Bettermann

Hometown: Cape Coral, FL

High School: Bishop Verot High

Club Team: Santa Fe Inferno 09-Donalson

Graduation Year: 2027

Height: 5-10

Position/s: RHP/1B

Nickname: “Niner,” teammates, team parents (it’s my number and I was born on 1/9/09) and nine days before my older sister’s birthday.

Social Media: @PaigeBettermann on Twitter and @PaigeBetter9 on Instagram

Honors: 12U USA Softball All-American, USSSA Select 30, USSSA Direct Select All-American Games Player of the Tournament, Select 30, Several PGF Players of Tournaments and 2024 PGF Show Me The Money Pitcher of the Tournament.

Travel Ball Fall Stats (80 percent vs. 16U & 18U): Pitching — 79 IP, 114 Ks, 1.34 ERA, .165 BAA; Batting — .326 AVH, 20 RBIs.

High School Stats: Pitching — 38 IP, 6-0, 50 Ks, 1.66 ERA, .167 BAA.

Travel Ball Summer Stats (Three tournaments so far): Pitching — 63.2 IP, 2 earned runs, 94 Ks, 0.22 ERA, .153 BAA; Batting — .333 AVG, .442 OBP, 8 RBIs.