The 5-foot-7 senior right-handed pitcher competed for the St. Louis Chaos in several prestigious tournaments last summer and fall. The 2019 Co-Division 1 Player of the Year, Gardner was a two-time First Team All-State selection and led the Cardinals to the 2018 Division 1 state championship. She concluded her prep softball career with 71 wins, a 0.14 earned run average, four no-hitters and 739 strikeouts in 459.1 innings pitched.
Gardner has maintained a 3.92 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of South Florida.
Gardner holds state Department of Natural Resources licenses in boating, snowmobiling, hunting and bow hunting & trapping. She has volunteered locally as an elementary school mentor and as a youth softball coach.
