YEAH posted the question......... [highlight]"My daughter is a freshman at Hoover this year and just wanted to know if we had to take 2 players from each team in the federal league to complete an All-Star roster : Who would you pick from each team ? Im not talking about position, just all around good players to represent the federal league.Let see how much knowledge you federal league posters have !!!!"[/highlight] They asked for 2, so I picked my 2.
Anotherdad..........You are right, VERY hard to pick just 2, not only from Hoover, but Jackson, Lake, Perry, and the rest of the Federal League as well.
You wanted my reason........well here THEY are......
Plain and simple, This should be the ONLY response needed, BUT I will elaborate just for you....I believe Alex is a better all around softball player. In my opinion, Alex is in the top 3 BEST softball players in the state, (not only in her 2010 class, which I feel she is the #1 player in Ohio).
So the following, I hope, will satisfy your question as to why I chose Alex, over the other players on Hoovers team........
1. She has size
2. She has power
3. She has speed
4. She can play a multitude of different positions (And be good at ALL of them)
5. She can catch and throw as good as anyone else on the team
6. She can run (not only can she move to field a ball but can run the bases as well.....AGGRESSIVE)
7. She can hit for average
8. She can hit for power
9. She can lay down a bunt and beat out the throw
10. She's a LEFT HANDED BATTER with POWER!!!
She is as good as ANY of the girls already going to D1 schools and she's ONLY a sophomore...... Want more???
11. She is a 4.0 student
12. She has a heart of gold, she CARES about her teammates not about herself
13. She is coachable
14. She has the desire to push herself to get better ... (that is a sign of a special athlete)
15. She has the ability to make the kids around her play at a higher level
16. She plays softball because she LOVES it......NOT because she wants her name on the internet or in the newspaper
17. She leads by example
18. She puts added pressure on herself to continually make herself better
19. She wants to win so bad she would sacrifice her personnal gains for ANYONE as long as they are striving for the ultimate goal....Championship(s)....OHSAA States or Travel ball States or Nationals....She wants to win and will do everything in her power to accomplish that dream!
20. Like I stated above......She wants the [highlight]TEAM [/highlight]to win first!!! That's what puts Alex at the TOP of [highlight]MY [/highlight]list....
There is absolutely NO DISRESPECT to any of the other players on Hoovers team, they [highlight]ALL [/highlight]deserve credit for their accomplishments in education and athletics...................and like YOU said.....
[highlight]"Pretty tough to pick only 2 when they have what, 5-6 D1 players on the roster but Marcantonio over Lilley (or maybe even a couple of others)? No disrespect to Alex but I'd love to hear the reasoning behind that choice."[/highlight]
You said, [highlight]"No disrespect to Alex but I'd love to hear the reasoning behind that choice." [/highlight]............... Well you know what, to me, that was disrespectful!
I think that Gerber should be on the list, Houtz should be on the list, Lilley should be on that list, Russ, Riccardi, and Linderman too.....BUT....The post only asked for 2, so I gave MY opinion................. I just hope my 20 reasons are good enough for you! If you don't like MY picks then post your own OPINION.....That's all the post was asking for!
I'm not sure if YOUR daughter goes to Hoover, but I'd take a wild guess that she does.....Be Happy she's on a team loaded with talent....Don't worry about who I think is the BEST player on the team. If they play together, Hoover has the ability to be the 2008 State Champs.......NOW......What a TEAM accomplishment that would be....... Good Luck!!!
Best of Luck to ALL the girls in the Federal League and around the State
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