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SOFTBALL

Sage Mardjetko

Right-handed pitcher
LEMONT HS
LEMONT, ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.00

ERA

125.1

Innings Pitched

.386

Batting Average

5

Home Runs
“Sage is definitely one of the best pitchers I have seen in a long time. She knows how to throw the ball inside, outside, high or low. To me, that’s the definition of a great pitcher.”
Vince Brow
Head Coach - head coach of Thornton Fractional North High
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Athletic Excellence

Entering today’s Class 3A state semifinals (June 9), the 5-foot-10 senior right-handed pitcher owned a 21-0 record and a 0.00 ERA, leading the Indians (33-1) to the final four. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, Mardjetko struck out 303 batters while allowing just 16 hits and 18 walks in 125.1 innings over 34 games. She fired 11 no-hitters, including two perfect games in that span, and allowed just three unearned runs all season. Ranked as the nation’s No. 10 recruit in the Class of 2023 by Extra Inning Softball, she also batted .386 with five home runs and a .754 slugging percentage.

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Academic Achievement

Mardjetko has maintained a weighted 4.30 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of South Carolina this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Lemont High Athletic Council, Mardjetko has volunteered locally with Young Hearts for Life, a heart-health screening program, and as a peer tutor.