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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - South Carolina

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SOFTBALL

Ansley Bennett

Right-handed pitcher/utility
SUMMERVILLE HS
SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.16

ERA

89

Innings Pitched

.533

Batting Average

13

Home Runs
“Bennett is just really in a class of her own right now. Her ability to thrive on the mound, in the field and at the plate is unlike anything I’ve seen at this level in high school. You see quality kids, but no one that is as successful as she is as a true utility player.”
Alecia Robinson
Head Coach head coach at Oceanside Collegiate Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-6 junior right-handed pitcher and utility player led the Green Wave to a 30-0 record and their second consecutive Class 5A state championship this past season. Bennett compiled a 16-0 record in the circle with a 0.16 earned run average over 89 innings pitched. She struck out 180 batters against just 11 walks, surrendering only 23 hits. Bennett also batted .533 with 13 home runs, 41 RBI and an OPS of 1.706. Ranked as the nation’s No. 8 prospect in the Class of 2025 by Extra Innings Softball, she is a two-time Class 5A Player of the Year and three-time Region 7-5A Player of the Year. 

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Academic Achievement

Bennett has maintained a 3.68 GPA in the classroom. She has verbally committed to play softball on scholarship at the University of South Carolina in the fall of 2025. 

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Exemplary Character

Bennett has volunteered locally with Lowcountry Orphan Relief, a nonprofit that provides goods and services to children removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. She has also donated her time to Hearts For Summerville, a local charity serving youth in their community.