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Makenzie Stiles

Right-handed pitcher
DEPOSIT HS
DEPOSIT , NEW YORK
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.06

ERA

0.433

Batting average

26

RBI

15

Career perfect games
“Makenzie Stiles is far and away the most dominant softball player around. The no-hitters and perfect games speak for themselves, but she’s not a one trick pony; she’s also strong at the plate.”
Kurt Spangenberg
Head Coach Head coach at Delaware Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 senior right-handed pitcher had led the Lumberjacks to a 17-0 record and the sectional quarterfinals at the time of her selection. Stiles compiled a 17-0 record with a 0.06 ERA and batted .433 with 26 RBI through 17 games. The state record-holder for career perfect games (15), she surrendered just 21 hits and seven walks in 111 innings, fanning 269 batters entering the sectional round of eight. She has captured State Class D Player of the Year honor four times.

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Academic Achievement

Stiles has maintained an A average in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Stiles has volunteered locally on behalf of youth softball programs and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.