Hillsboro's Camryn Spruell signs letter of intent to play softball at Div. I Ball State
(Photo courtesy of Brett Prince)
Hillsboro High School senior Camryn Spruell has signed her national letter of intent to play softball at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.
Spruell is the ace for a Lady Indians team that has won four consecutive Frontier Athletic Conference titles, 40 consecutive FAC games and two consecutive sectional titles.
During her junior season, Spruell reached the 500-strikeout milestone for her career. She has been named All-FAC three times, FAC Player of the Year twice and All-Ohio twice. Spruell’s career at HHS also includes multiple perfect games and no-hitters.
For her junior season, Spruell finished with a 0.67 ERA, pitching 148.1 innings. She finished with 338 strikeouts, facing 554 batters and allowing just 14 earned runs, plus she had one save. Spruell also held opponents to a .123 batting average.
Spruell has been equally dominant at the plate, with stats from her junior season including batting .493 with 71 at-bats (94 plate appearances), collecting 33 runs, 35 hits, 41 RBI, six doubles, 11 home runs, a .617 OBP and 1.659 SLG.
Ball State is a Division I program that competes in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
“Congratulations, Cam,” Hillsboro athletic director Brett Prince said. “The Cardinals are getting themselves a great one.”
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