Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - Florida

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SOFTBALL

Jayden Heavener

Left-handed pitcher/First baseman
PACE HS
PACE, FLORIDA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.44

ERA

142

Innings Pitched

.434

Batting Average

.898

Slugging Percentage
“In the circle, Jayden is a bulldog. She sees holes in swings and attacks. She is not a player that will let you beat her mentally. She is by far the best I’ve seen at this level in the state, mentally and physically.”
Taryn Gray
Head Coach - head coach of Fort Walton Beach High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 senior left-handed pitcher and first baseman led the Patriots to a 28-2 record and the Class 6A state championship this past season. Heavener posted a 25-2 mark with a 0.44 earned run average in the circle, striking out 322 batters while allowing just 31 hits in 142 innings pitched. She compiled a .434 batting average with 12 home runs, 35 RBI and a .898 slugging percentage. She concluded her prep softball career with 70 victories and 1,174 strikeouts.

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Academic Achievement

Heavener has maintained a weighted 3.40 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at Louisiana State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Heavener has volunteered locally at the Santa Rosa and Escambia County Humane Societies. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach.