Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Halstead's Stephanie Drake to sign with Florida State

Halstead head softball coach Jason Wilson reports that senior shortstop Stephanie Drake will sign a letter of intent to play softball at Florida State University. She has been verbally committed for awhile now, but will make it official Wednesday, April 8 at Halstead High School at 3 p.m.

Drake was recruited by the likes of Marshall, Southern Mississippi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Syracuse and Troy but settled on Florida State because of its strong softball tradition, good academic programs and warm weather location.

Last season, as a junior, Drake was a first team All-League MCAA selection and tabbed an All-Area player by the Hutchinson News after helping lead Halstead to a 14-8 overall record. She finished with a batting average of .838, with 60 hits in 94 at bats. She scored 47 runs and stole 38 bases on 39 attempts. In the field, Drake had 97 putouts in 100 opportunities at shortstop. She will look to make a switch from shortstop to third base when she gets to FSU in the fall.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

THAT IS AWESOME for a small town girl to make it big. Congratulations on your hard work and effort!!!!

Anonymous said...

How did Florida State find a Kansas treasure????

I wonder why KU didn't snatch her up.

Good luck and make KANSAS proud!!!!