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Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Softball - Rhode Island

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Haley Venturini

Pitcher
SCITUATE HS
NORTH SCITUATE , RHODE ISLAND
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.1

ERA

173

Strike Outs

.486

Batting Average

3

Home Runs
“Haley is without a doubt the best pitcher in Rhode Island this season and she can hit, too. She has solid velocity, but what makes her even tougher to face is the command she has of all her pitches. It makes her almost unhittable.”
Henry Coleman
Head Coach - head coach of Mount St. Charles High
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Athletic Excellence

The 2018-19 Gatorade State Player of the Year, the 5-foot-9 senior right-handed pitcher had led the Spartans to a 11-1 record and a berth in the Division II state quarterfinals at the time of her selection. Venturini compiled an 11-0 mark in the circle with a 0.10 earned run average through 12 games. She had allowed just seven hits to go with 173 strikeouts in 71 innings pitched. At the plate, the two-time First Team All-State selection posted a .486 batting average entering the quarters with three home runs, 14 runs scored, 14 runs batted in and a .800 slugging percentage. She began the 2021 postseason with 742 strikeouts in her prep softball career.

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Academic Achievement

Venturini has maintained a weighted 4.13 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball on scholarship at Hofstra University (N.Y.) this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Venturini has volunteered locally with the Scituate Senior Center, preparing and delivering meals to seniors during the pandemic. Also a peer tutor, she has donated her time as a youth softball coach as well.