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Tatum Clopton

Right-handed pitcher
LAWRENCE FREE STATE HS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.52

ERA

212

Strikeouts

0.357

Batting average

0.541

On-base percentage
“Tatum is a fierce competitor. When she’s in the circle there’s not a hitter she doesn’t feel she can’t beat. She has tremendous control and confidence in all of her pitches.”
Lee Ice
Head Coach - Head coach of Lawrence Free State High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 sophomore right-handed pitcher led the Firebirds to a 23-2 record and a second-straight Class 6A state championship this past season. Clopton finished with a 16-1 record, a 0.52 ERA and 212 strikeouts in 107 innings pitched, issuing just 15 walks. A First Team All-State selection as a freshman, she batted .357 with 30 runs scored, 21 RBI, a .541 on-base percentage and a .679 slugging percentage during her sophomore campaign. Ranked as the nation’s No. 11 recruit in the Class of 2021 by Softball America, she fired three shutouts in three postseason games.

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Academic Achievement

Clopton has maintained a weighted 3.76 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at Oklahoma State University beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Exemplary Character

Clopton has volunteered locally as a youth softball and volleyball coach.