The Atlantic Coast Fastpitch League is excited to announce the ACFL\u2019s November Junior Player of the Month: Maddie Murphy!<\/p>\n
Murphy, an outfielder from Clayton, NC, competes for the Williamsburg Starz Gold National 14U team. She compiled a .500 batting average during the month of November with an OPS of 1.483.<\/p>\n
COACH FEEDBACK: MEET MADDIE:<\/u><\/strong> Q: What is your favorite softball memory? ———————–<\/p>\n What is the Alliance Fastpitch Player Recognition Program?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Player Recognition Program was built to recognize and spotlight our individual players in each Member League. Each month, registered Alliance Fastpitch coaches can nominate a player from their age division. League Leadership will review nominations and a monthly stats report from AthletesGoLive (AGL) to determine the League\u2019s Player of the Month.<\/p>\n Following the announcement of each League\u2019s Players of the Month, the Alliance Fastpitch will recognize a National Player of the Month.<\/p>\n To be considered for Player of the Month, your team must score League games in AGL so your stats will be included in the League\u2019s monthly report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Atlantic Coast Fastpitch League is excited to announce the ACFL\u2019s November Junior Player of the Month: Maddie Murphy! Murphy, an outfielder from Clayton, NC, competes for the Williamsburg Starz Gold National 14U team. She compiled a .500 batting average during the month of November with an OPS of 1.483. COACH FEEDBACK: \u201cMaddie is a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":19352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,75],"tags":[86,87],"class_list":["post-19291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acfl","category-acfl-junior-player-of-the-month","tag-maddie-murphy","tag-williamsburg-starz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>\u201cMaddie is a special talent who is very explosive,\u201d said Coach Tom Bunn. \u201cShe is one of our most powerful hitters and one of our fastest base runners. She is a very coachable kid who plays the game with great energy and enthusiasm. We are lucky to have her and I have really enjoyed coaching her. Maddie is going to achieve at a very high level and I am looking forward to watching her do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nQ: Can you share a little bit about your softball story?
\nMurphy: I started playing softball at four years old on a local Rec ball team, then switched to travel ball at the age of eight. I started as an infielder, then in 10u I was transitioned to the outfield. My favorite part of playing in the outfield is running balls down, and throwing out base runners.<\/p>\n
\nMurphy: My favorite softball memory is my first travel ball home run. I had two strikes and we were down by two, I hit a home run to tie the game and we went on to win.<\/p>\n