Hannah Wells (Coahoma, TX) named Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year

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Gatorade has announced Coahoma (TX) senior right-handed pitcher Hannah Wells as its National Softball Player of the Year.

Wells, who stands six feet tall, led the Bulldogs to a 35-1 record and UIL 3A Division II state championship this spring, going 22-1 with a 0.44 ERA and 258 strikeouts in 127.2 innings. And she might've been even better at the plate, hitting .602 with 31 home runs, 75 RBI, and a 2.287 OPS. The 31 home runs was a state single-season record, and she also broke the state record in career home runs with 86 long balls.

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Across 10 playoff games, Wells hit 17-32 (.531) with 10 home runs, 20 RBI, and four walks. She went 9-1 in the circle with just seven total runs and four earned runs allowed, striking out 114 in 64 innings.

In a case of the rich getting richer, she has signed with Texas to join the newly-crowned NCAA champions in the fall. Wells has already been committed to the Longhorns for nearly two years.