The UPDATED 2030 Line Drive HOT 100 will begin a WEEK from MONDAY (Mar. 16) and that means the deadline for HOT 100 nominations is THIS Monday (Mar. 9) at 9 pm PST/6 pm EST!

This is Brentt Eads of Line Drive… I’ve produced over 50 classes of player rankings and THIS class has more nominations than ANY CLASS I’ve ever compiled!!!

Certainly there’s a LOT of talent in the 2030 class but there’s room for still more of the best so don’t miss Monday’s deadline if you area a coach, trainer, etc. who works with outstanding ’30 talent!

• Click HERE to access the NOMINATION form.

Here’s the schedule for the Monday, March 16 launch when we will profile the HOT 100 prospects each weekday for a two-week period via our countdown of 10 numeric slots each day:

• #’s 100-91 (Mon., Mar. 16, 2026)
• #’s 90-81 (Tue., Mar. 17 2026)
• #’s 80-71 (Wed., Mar. 18, 2026)
• #’s 70-61 (Thu., Mar. 192026)
• #’s 60-51 (Fri. Mar. 20, 2026
• #’s 50-41 (Mon., Mar. 23, 2026)
• #’s 40-31 (Tue., Mar. 24, 2026)
• #’s 30-21 (Wed., Mar. 25, 2026)
• #’s 20-11 (Thu., Mar. 26, 2026)
• #’s 10-1 (Fri. Mar. 27, 2026)

Following the Class of 2030 rankings, the Classes of 2029, 2028 and 2027 will follow.

Here’s the complete schedule for the rest of this year (2026) involving the upcoming classes still to be honored:

• 2029 Line Drive HOT 100: May 11 to May 22, 2026
  • nominations officially open on Apr. 1
• 2028 Line Drive HOT 100: Aug. 17 to Aug. 28, 2026
  • nominations officially open on July 1
• 2027 Line Drive HOT 100: Oct. 5 to Oct. 16, 2026
  • nominations officially open on Sept. 15

The Line Drive HOT 100 is spearheaded by Line Drive Softball Executive Editor Brentt Eads, who began the softball player and team rankings format 20 years ago.

Each class is updated several times leading up to the players’ high school graduation and transition into college.

For more information, contact Brentt at Brentt.Eads@LineDriveMedia.com.