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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - Nevada

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SOFTBALL

Talia Tretton

Right-handed pitcher
DOUGLAS HS
MINDEN, NEVADA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1.31

ERA

216.2

Innings Pitched

.459

Batting Average

8

Home Runs
“Talia is an absolute game-changer, both in the circle and at the plate. She has the ability to throw multiple pitches at a very high level, and offensively, she can hit and hit for power. Talia’s name appears throughout the boxscore with impressive numbers in several categories.”
Brian La Torre
Head Coach - head coach of Reno High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-11 senior right-handed pitcher posted a 31-6 mark with a 1.31 earned run average this past season, leading the Tigers (32-6) to the Class 5A state championship game. Tretton struck out 373 batters in 216.2 innings pitched. Ranked as the nation’s No. 25 recruit in the Class of 2024 by Extra Inning Softball, she posted a .459 batting average with eight home runs, 14 doubles, 45 RBI and a .807 slugging percentage.

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Academic Achievement

Tretton has maintained a weighted 4.06 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Iowa this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Tretton has volunteered locally with Douglas High’s Block D, an athletics-sponsored club that provides Thanksgiving dinners to those in need. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach.