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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Softball - Mississippi

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Aspen Wesley

Pitcher/Outfielder
NESHOBA CENTRAL HS
PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.23

ERA

335

Strikeouts

0.409

Batting average

1651

Career strikeouts
“When Aspen is in the circle, she is the most focused player on either team. She is super-competitive and always believes she can make the pitch.”
Trae Embry
Head Coach - Head coach of Neshoba Central High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s three-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-3 senior right-handed pitcher and outfielder led the Rockets to a 33-2 record and a seventh-straight Class 5A state championship this past season. Wesley posted a 24-2 record in the circle with a 0.23 earned run average, striking out 335 batters and walking just 21 in 154 innings pitched. At the plate, Wesley batted .409 with four home runs, 36 RBI and a .624 slugging percentage. She concluded her prep softball career with 118 victories and 1,651 strikeouts.

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Academic Achievement

Wesley has maintained a 3.49 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at Mississippi State University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s Bible Club, Wesley has volunteered locally as a youth softball coach.