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I agree. We also have a couple of highly touted freshmen joining the team

Angelina Eakman from Mercer, PA and Grace Swedarksy from Fishers, IN. These were my posts when they committed: Angelina is a right-handed pitcher from Mercer, PA. Her three year stats at Mercer are impressive: 545 strikeouts in 259.2 innings while limiting opponents toa .130 batting average. At the plate, she has a .512 career batting average with 25 home runs in 52 games. Line Drive Media has her at #21 in their Hot 100 player rankings and describes her as “is a big and strong athlete who has touched 70 mph on the radar gun but constantly throws 68-to-69 mph in games.” They quote a travel ball coach as noting that “she also has an exceptional bat and is definitely a 5-tool player.” Softball America has her ranked 43rd in their class of 2026 recruiting rankings. Welcome to the Hokie family, Angelina Grace is a right-handed pitcher who attends Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana. She helped the Royals win the state championship in 2024 and was named a second team All-American by Max Preps. Her career high school stats include a 1.24 ERA and 709 strikeouts in 367 innings pitched. She averages one walk every 5.7 innings and has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1:11.07. She was ranked #24 in the Class of 2027 by Perfect Game last year and #27 by Line Drive Media last month. She played travel ball for the Indiana Magic before switching to the Louisville Lady Sluggers Huecker-Norwood this summer. Extra Innings quoted one of her travel coaches as saying “her fastball …has a ton of natural movement and spin and she complements that with a drop curve, riseball and off-speed combination that keeps hitters guessing….one of Grace’s unique traits–it’s cliché, but she has ice water in her veins. No moment is too big, and she has supreme confidence in her ability to get batters out.” Welcome to the Hokie family, Grace,
Posted: 04/17/2026 at 09:04 AM ET
(In response to this post by william floyd)

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Hope our freshmen pitchers return next year and benefit from the article. **
william floyd 04/16/26 08:07 PM ET
I agree. We also have a couple of highly touted freshmen joining the team
VTChip 04/17/26 09:04 AM ET
Wow, very good news that these are incoming. Can’t have too many good
BEST2VT 04/17/26 11:23 AM ET
Yep, plus we will be losing two pitchers to graduation.
RJHokie 04/17/26 11:30 AM ET
Ice, ice baby!**
HokieAvalanche 04/17/26 09:45 AM ET
Hot Hot Hot -- Buster Poindexter**
william floyd 04/17/26 09:55 AM ET
Great. Great. Great. I love it. Thank you for the post again.**
william floyd 04/17/26 09:10 AM ET