Get on board with Line Drive Media’s regular feature, The Final Pitch!

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Here’s our TFP for Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026:

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THE FINAL PITCH: MAKENNA BAREMAN

Uncommitted 2028 C/3B Makenna Bareman recently talked to Line Drive Media about Turnin2-Pezzoni, Alliance Nationals, Michigan players, illness, athletic family, future college, college camps, physical therapist, math, Tim Tebow, “Beauty and the Beat,” “Outer Banks,” “The Hunger Games” and gum-snapping skills.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Makenna Bareman

Hometown: Hudsonville, MI

High School: Unity Christian High

Club Team: Turnin2 National-Pezzoni 16u

Graduation Year: 2028

Height: 5-9

Position/s: C/3B

Nickname: “Kenna,” my family, short for Makenna and my softball team calls me “Decep,” because my coach called me deceptively fast.

Social Media: @makenna_bareman on Instagram and @mbareman22 on Twitter

Honors: All-Conference, All-District, All-Region and All-State.

Travel Ball Summer 2026 Stats: .480 AVG, .514 OBP, 1.554 OPS, 1.040 SLG, 48 hits, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 14 HRs, 44 RBIs, 39 runs, 8 BBs, 6 Ks and 10 SBs.