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Here’s our TFP for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024:

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THE FINAL PITCH: DAKOTA MCDANIEL

Uncommitted 2028 RHP/OF Dakota McDaniel recently talked to Line Drive Media about Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2028-Brashears, winning the PGF 14U Platinum national championship, Athletics Mercado-Iwai, pitching in the championship game, team size, future college, veterinarian, math, Maddie Penta, murder mysteries, in-between-innings music, Braves’ games, “Tangled” and writing.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Dakota McDaniel

Hometown: LaGrange, GA

High School: LaGrange High

Club Team: Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2028-Brashears

Graduation Year: 2028

Height: 5-7

Position/s: RHP/OF

Nickname: “Koda,” my younger siblings used to call me that and still do most of the time.

Social Media: @DakotaMcdanielz on Twitter

Honors: Made the JV high school team as an 8th-grader and earned the title of starting pitcher. She led the team in batting average for both JV and Varsity, batting .539 on the season. She had a total of 72 strikeouts in the 35 innings she pitched that season. She was honored as the MVP. This season, she made the Varsity team as the only underclassman on a team with 13 seniors. So far she has the highest batting average and the lowest ERA on the team.

Travel Ball Summer 2024 Stats: 150.1 IP, 155 Ks and 1.91 ERA.