Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Softball - California

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SOFTBALL

Tiare Jennings

Shortstop
ST. ANTHONY HS
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

.710

2020 batting average

18

Runs scored

1.483

Slugging percentage

No. 2

Extra Inning Softball Recruit Ranking
“Tiare Jennings delivers in all facets of the game. Offensively she is the most feared power hitter in her class and defensively she carries a forceful presence on the dirt. She is the adult on the field at all times.”
Mike Stith
Head Coach - Jennings’ summer ball coach with the OC Batbusters
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 senior shortstop returned from an injury-plagued junior year to spark the Saints to an 8-0 start in 2020 before the season was cancelled. Jennings posted a .710 batting average with 19 runs batted in, 18 runs scored, six home runs and a 1.483 slugging percentage this spring. The 2017 Southern Section Division 6 Player of the Year as a freshman, Jennings is ranked as the nation’s No. 2 recruit in the Class of 2020 by Extra Inning Softball. She led the OC Batbusters to a fifth-place finish at the PGF National Championships last July, then hit 16 home runs over 36 games for the Batbusters during this past fall.

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Academic Achievement

Jennings has maintained a weighted 4.25 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Oklahoma.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s campus ministry, Jennings has volunteered locally as a youth softball coach.