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Gatorade 2017 - 2018: Player of the Year

Softball - Illinois

Gatorade Player of the year

Bailey Dowling

Shortstop
ST. JOSEPH-OGDEN HS
ST. JOSEPH , ILLINOIS
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

.657

Batting Average

21

Home Runs

0.728

On Base Percentage

1.529

Slugging Percentage
“Bailey is one of the most powerful hitters I have seen at the high school level and she hits for average. She is a game-changer.”
Corey Pullin
Head Coach at Danville High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 sophomore shortstop produced a .657 batting average with 21 home runs and 70 RBI this past season, leading the Spartans (32-4) to the Class 2A state quarterfinals. Dowling cranked 20 doubles, scored 67 runs and compiled a .728 on-base percentage and a 1.529 slugging percentage. A First Team All-State selection as a freshman, she is ranked as the No. 14 recruit in the Class of 2020 by FloSoftball and concluded her sophomore year with 42 home runs and 136 RBI in her prep career.

Academic Achievement

Dowling has maintained a 3.38 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at the University of Alabama beginning in the fall of 2020.

Exemplary Character

Dowling has volunteered locally as a youth softball and basketball coach.