Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - Arizona

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SOFTBALL

Lilly Goodwin

Left-handed pitcher/First baseman
DESERT MOUNTAIN HS
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.54

ERA

103.1

Innings Pitched

.554

Batting Average

5

Home Runs
“I like everything about Lilly. She is a bulldog in the circle, she has the ability to grind out at-bats and she hits the ball hard to all fields. Lilly is one of the most confident players in the state, probably in the country.”
Donnie Tizzano
Head Coach - head coach of Willow Canyon High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 sophomore left-handed pitcher and first baseman led the Wolves to a 29-4 record and a second-straight Conference 5A state championship this past season. Goodwin compiled a 16-1 record with a 0.54 earned run average in the circle, striking out 205 batters in 103.1 innings pitched. At the plate, the Conference 5A Northeast Region Offensive Player of the Year finished with a .554 batting average to go with five home runs, 29 RBI and a .918 slugging percentage. 

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Academic Achievement

Goodwin has maintained a weighted 4.57 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Goodwin has donated her time to Desert Mountain’s Ambassador’s Club and as a youth pitching coach.