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Hope Straight

Left-handed pitcher/First baseman
MOUNT VERNON HS
MT. VERNON, OHIO
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.494

Batting average

14

Home runs

30

RBI

0.59

On-base percentage
“Hope has zero weaknesses at the plate. In my nearly 20 years as a high school and travel ball coach, she’s the best hitter I’ve ever seen and it’s not even close.”
Tim Niswander
Head Coach - Head coach of Madison High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-4 senior first baseman and left-handed pitcher batted .494 with 14 home runs and 30 RBI this past season, leading the Yellow Jackets (23-1) to the Division I, Columbus Regional championship game. Straight scored 51 runs and drew 18 walks while posting a .590 on-base percentage, slugging at a rate of 1.169. In the circle, Straight posted a 12-1 record with a 1.64 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 76.2 innings pitched. She graduates with state career records in home runs (60), runs scored (191) and RBI (149).

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Academic Achievement

Straight, who has already earned an associate’s degree through the Central Ohio Technical College, has maintained a 3.60 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the Ohio State University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Straight has volunteered locally at a nursing home and rehabilitation center. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach.