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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - Wisconsin

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SOFTBALL

Karly Meredith

Right-handed pitcher
KAUKAUNA HS
KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.46

ERA

90.1

Innings Pitched

.592

Batting Average

5

Home Runs
“Karly Meredith is not only the best pitcher we faced in 2024, she’s probably the best high school pitcher I’ve seen in 20 years of coaching. Her velocity and movement is next-level. She’s very tough to score on. Karly maintains top-level confidence, demeanor and mindset on the mound, which translates to her teammates. They know they only need a run or two to win when she’s pitching. Not only can Karly pitch, she’s also one of Kaukauna’s best hitters. She’s a threat every time she steps to the plate.”
Chad Mix
Head Coach head coach at Kimberly High
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 5-foot-7 junior right-handed pitcher had led the Galloping Ghosts to a 30-0 record this season and the Division 1 state tournament quarterfinals. Meredith compiled a 17-0 record and a 0.46 ERA in 90.1 innings through 30 games, striking out 148 batters. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year and the anchor of a program that had won 107 straight games entering the postseason round of eight, she reached the quarterfinals with a .592 batting average along with five home runs and 41 RBI, fanning just three times in 49 at-bats. In the process, she recorded a .643 on-base percentage and an OPS of 1.957.

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Academic Achievement

Meredith has maintained a 3.92 GPA in the classroom. She has verbally committed to play softball on scholarship at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2025.

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Exemplary Character

Meredith has volunteered locally in association with Holy Cross Church and has been a member of the CYO basketball program for three years. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach and instructor.