The 5-foot-8 junior right-handed pitcher led the Monarchs to a perfect 36-0 record and the Class A state championship this past season, posting a 27-0 record with a 0.15 ERA. Bahl surrendered just 27 hits and issued 24 walks in 139 innings pitched, while striking out 299 batters. Captain of both the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State team and the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska team, she also batted .581 with 59 RBI, tying the Class A single-season record with 22 home runs. Bahl is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2021 by Softball America and Extra Inning Softball.
Bahl has maintained a weighted 4.33 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Bahl has volunteered locally on behalf of Open Door Mission, a food bank, the Salvation Army and youth softball clinics.