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Gatorade 2016 - 2017: Player of the Year

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Montana Fouts

Right-handed pitcher/First baseman
EAST CARTER HS
GRAYSON, KENTUCKY
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.587

Batting Average

10

Home runs

39

Runs scored

56

RBI
“Montana has been phenomenal this year. She is tough to go up against. She just attacks the strike zone and dares you to beat her. Which most can't.”
Scott Ingram
Head Coach at Ashland Blazer
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Athletic Excellence

The state's returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-2 junior right-handed pitcher and first baseman had led the Raiders to a 31-3 record at the time of her selection. Fouts owned a 24-2 mark in the circle to go with a 0.30 earned run average. She amassed 372 strikeouts in 163 innings pitched through 34 games. She had allowed 40 hits and issued just 15 walks en route to 10 no-hitters, including five perfect games. At the plate, Fouts owned a .588 batting average with 13 doubles, 10 home runs, 39 runs scored, 56 RBI and a 1.029 slugging percentage.

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Academic Achievement

Fouts has maintained a weighted 3.66 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at the University of Alabama beginning in the fall of 2018.

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Exemplary Character

Fouts has volunteered locally with the Wounded Warrior Project and as a youth softball coach. "Montana has been phenomenal this year," said Scott Ingram, head coach of Ashland Blazer High. "She is tough to go up against. She just attacks the strike zone and dares you to beat her. Which most can't."