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July 11, 2004 - Shannon Smith, Mallory Cantler,
Brittany Barnhill, Jennifer Smith and Amanda Crabtree lead this awesome class of Texas pitchers.
Shannon Smith (right picture) pitches for Cinco Ranch and 16U Houston Power. She moved to Texas from California. Shannon
throws between 58 and 63 mph. At the U16 ASA Nationals in Bloomington,
Indiana,
Shannon was gunned at 62 and 63 mph.
Brittany Barnhill (left picture) or BB pitches for Northwest High School (Rhome, Texas) and
New York Beach Girls. Brittany is 6 ft. tall and 158 lbs.
College Sports Exposure gunned BB fastball between 63 and 66 mph and her screw
ball between 61 and 66 mph at the 2005 Louisville Slugger Independence Day
Tournament in Boulder Colorado. Brittany mixed in the screw ball and rise
ball with her fastball. At 16U ASA
Nationals, Brittany was gunned at 67 mph pitching for the Fort Worth Batbusters during the whole
tournament. Brittany has a rise ball, drop-curve, change-up and screw
ball. She batted in the fourth spot in the line-up for the Batbusters and
had 4 homeruns over the fence.
Amanda Crabtree is a tall pitcher for Kingwood High School and 18U Texas Eclipse
Gold. She can throw the rise ball,
inside curve ball, outside curve ball, screw ball and change-up.
College Sports Exposure radar Amanda throwing her fastball at 60 mph. She also hits homeruns.
Dyane Holmes form Kempner High School and Texas Challengers Gold is another good
pitcher. She throws in the low 60's.
Ashley Steinbach is from Liberty Hill, Texas. Liberty Hill is northwest of
Austin. Ashley throws a drop, curve ball, rise ball and
change-up. Ashley throws her fastball at 59 mph.
She also hits homeruns.
Mallory Cantler (right picture) is from Jarrell, Texas. Jarrel is north of Austin.
She has a has a 60 to 61 mph fastball. She also throws a change-up, screwball, curve
ball and drop ball. Mallory is a
right handed pitcher, but bats left handed. She probably hit 15 homeruns over
the fence during the filming of her College Sports Exposure skills video. Mallory
hit a grand slam homerun deep over the center field fence in the Katy
Express Showcase College Sports Exposure Tournament in Katy, Texas (June
17-20).
Jennifer Smith (left picture) is from Baytown and 16U Texas Storm. Jennifer is primarily a riseball pitcher.
She can also throw
a curve, screw ball and change-up. She throws her riseball at about 58 mph.
Ashley Jacobs is a 6'1" or 6' 2" pitcher from Cy-Creek High
School. She pitches for Sudden Impact. She throws her fastball at
about 60 mph.
Kris Keith is a pitcher for Cy-Creek High
School. She pitched Cy-Creek to their first ever high school play-off
win. I am sure we see more of Kris the next several years.
A pitcher that is a 2009 graduate to keep an eye on is Courtney Repka.
Courtney is 5' 9" tall and still growing. She reminds of a right
handed Cat Osterman. She throws about 60 mph and can throw a rise ball,
drop and curve. She lives in East Bernard.
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