Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - Ohio

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SOFTBALL

Sydnie Watts

Right-handed pitcher
AUSTINTOWN FITCH HS
AUSTINTOWN, OHIO
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.53

ERA

133.1

Innings Pitched

.479

Batting Average

13

Home Runs
“There are plenty of adjectives to describe Sydnie Watts, but I will simply say she’s the absolute best I have ever competed against. It’s not just her pitching either. She’s a feared hitter by opposing pitchers. Her softball IQ is uncanny as well.”
Fred Mootz
Head Coach - head coach of Boardman High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 junior right-handed pitcher led the Falcons to a 23-1 record and a second straight Division 1 state championship this past season. Watts posted a 23-1 mark in the circle with a 0.53 earned run average, striking out 279 batters while allowing just 27 hits in 133.1 innings pitched. She fired a perfect game in the state semifinals and followed that with a two-hit shutout in the title game, blasting a home run in each game as well. At the plate, Watts hit .479 with 13 home runs, 48 runs batted in and a 1.141 slugging percentage this spring. She is ranked as the nation’s No. 12 recruit in the Class of 2025 by MaxPreps.

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Academic Achievement

Watts has maintained a 3.68 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at Georgia Tech beginning in the fall of 2025.

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Exemplary Character

Watts has volunteered locally with Someplace Safe, a haven for people exposed to domestic violence. She has also donated her time at the Mahoning County Dog Pound & Adoption Center and as a youth softball coach.