I have done this for quite a while. And rarely do you see a player have the kind of dominating season that Izzy Erickson just turned in. The Reeds Spring junior was phenomenal in the circle and at the plate.
In the batters box she hit for power and average. She hit well over .400 and tied Marley Harmon’s single season home run record, with 8. And, with a full year still to play is only one long ball away from the career mark.
But, as good as she was at the plate, it was in the circle where the right hander made the biggest impression. The 12-5 record is impressive, as are the three saves. But, how bout the fact that she struck out 230 batters in 117 innings? Want more? She walked only 22. That amounts to a 10.45 to 1 K to BB ratio, unheard of.
For those exploits she has been names the Big 8 Pitcher of the year.
Joining Izzy on the first team was her battery mate Maddison Cantrell. Cantrell not only did a great job behind the plate, she led the team in batting average.
Dusty Welch, Courtney Scobee, Brooke Davis, and Abby Rudd garnered second team recognition.
Reeds Spring finished the year 18-6.
