Hello: Alex Sobczak
Coach Hutch and the Softball Team received a NLI on Friday from Alex Sobxzak. Alex played her HS ball at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills.
Sobsczak is a catcher and bats right-handed. While a Junior at Mercy, she batted .613 with 23 extra-base hits and 35 runs batted in over the 30-game season. She has an On-Base percentage of .733 and a slugging percentage of 1.163. As a Sophmore, she hit 17 HRs (the state record is 18).
Alex plays travel ball with High-Profile Finesse Fastpitch Organization and her 18U Gold squad finished in the top-16 at the 2014 Premier Girls Fastpitch Tournament in California. Throughout her high school career, she has earned a first team All-State citation, two all-region honors, and three all-district awards. Academically, she is a member of the National Honor Society.
I had the pleasure, or dis-pleasure as it were, of playing against Alex in a Tourney a few years ago. It did not end well for me or my team. This is another 5 Star recruit and especially since she played her High School and Travel Team ball in Michigan, says a lot about her talents. Not many top-Quality Players play in the state of Michigan.
Three other players signed NLI's as well. I will profile them these in the coming days as each deserves their own "Hello:" post.
Welcome to the family Alex. Good luck in your studies and on the field.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:54 PM ^
For those that don't know this was the early signing period. I don't know if they have plans of adding a few more to the class but they can starting April 15 if there are spots open.
Also they probably don't have the whole name on a jersey or anything but "High-Profile Finesse Fastpitch Organization" is one heck of a mouthful for a travel club.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
In the softball world, we just call them "The Finesse". This Team is well known in the state of Michigan for delivering 4 and 5 star talent.
November 17th, 2014 at 4:38 AM ^
would like her autograph.
November 17th, 2014 at 6:26 AM ^
Doubt it, since he's a troll, not a Michigan fan.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
Let it be pronounced "Sobchak," as in Walter Sobchak. My buddies didn't die face down in the muck to not have a player called Sobchak!
November 16th, 2014 at 8:01 PM ^
the announcer pronounced her name as "Sob-check".
November 16th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
how should it be written?
November 16th, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
This is a very important recruit as she will likely have to play right away..they will be in desperate need for catching as top 2 catchers on team are both seniors.
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November 16th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
are Seniors this year. This leaves Lauren Connell who is a Jr and Morgan Swift who is a Fr. It never hurts to have an extra catcher or two.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^
No big deal, but any chance you could put the word "softball" in the thread title?
November 16th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^
Hitting live pitching in a cage about a month ago. Highly skilled. Not a "big" girl and ball just explodes off of her bat.
BTW, thanks mgosoftball for these updates. My daughters and I love keeping up.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
MGoSoftball: Question for you. I have an 11 year old daughter who plays travel. Our town travel team is not very successful, and the same goes for our high school program. If my daughter had aspirations to play in college, what path would you recommend for her? I have very little knowledge of the high school to college system, so any info would be great. She currently plays catcher.
November 16th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
email me at [email protected].
November 16th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
Will do - thanks!
November 17th, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
One more thing in common. My kids are also 11. But they (sadly) gave up softball last year. Now it's all soccer.
November 17th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
My kids played soccer only briefly. My son is 14 and plays only baseball now, with the exception of taking on his 11 year old sister in backyard basketball. It's helped her game tremendously!
November 17th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
Your M hamburger avatar is one of the classics. The cat fits with the overall theme of the blog, but I'll miss your hamburger.
November 17th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
I'll go back to the burger soon. The general tenor on the board lately called for a super kitten.
November 16th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
.613...holy shit. Is that normal in softball?
November 16th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
is between 2 and 3 sigma. So, ya, pretty damned good.
November 17th, 2014 at 12:42 AM ^
Nice profile, always good to get an advance-look at the incoming talent. The season's still months away, but I'm getting more & more excited for what lies in store. Great to see Hutch stockpiling more talent for the future.
November 17th, 2014 at 2:14 AM ^
Please precede the "Hello" with "Women's SB" so most will know not to waste time clicking on this.
November 17th, 2014 at 4:28 AM ^
I would also like to make this request so I know to click on the post right away, because Michigan softball, unlike some other Michigan sports, is nationally competitive and wins championships year after year.
November 17th, 2014 at 11:24 AM ^
So I know to down vote you right away.
November 17th, 2014 at 1:22 PM ^
He deserved to be trolled. You all know the rules here. Don't flout them to pretend all sports on here are equal.
This is vague board thread titling to get people to click. Not allowed.
November 17th, 2014 at 1:31 PM ^
What rules were broken here?
November 17th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
People are negging you for your disparaging comment on a UM women's sports team, not because you are seeking more informative title threads.
November 18th, 2014 at 3:13 AM ^
You get a clue douche. You and justindouche need to learn to read. It's a click bait post by not putting the sport when it's not football/basketball. Don't play dumb. You Nancies can neg all you want. Why would I expect less on a softball thread?
November 18th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
You know, I woke up this morning feeling a little off... not so fresh inside, if you know what I mean. Then I read your well-reasoned and insightful posts, and I realized what the problem was. Now I feel as fresh as a springtime rain with a just hint of lavender. Thank you so so much.
(((hugs))),
Nancy
November 17th, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
Does she play on Shabbas?