The Pacific Coast Fastpitch League (PCFL) is excited to spotlight Victoria Guzman as the August Co Player of the Month. The California native is an outfielder for Athletics Mercado Tidd.<\/p>\n
In August, Guzman showed up at the dish with a batting average of .609, a 0.679 OBP, 1.592 OPS and an impressive .913 slugging percentage. Guzman tallied 7 RBIs with 10 singles, a double and 3 triples!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0How did you get started? <\/strong><\/p>\n At\u00a0the\u00a0age\u00a0of\u00a03 years old watching my older sister play softball, made\u00a0the\u00a0game more and more interesting for me.\u00a0The\u00a0game just stuck with me and knew I was born to be a softball\u00a0player. As I started getting older, my love for\u00a0the\u00a0game kept on increasing and still hasn\u2019t stopped till this day. I started playing in t-ball with an all-boys group, so going up against boys made me gain more competitiveness for\u00a0the\u00a0game. I always grew up tough and would hate when I failed. Moving up to softball was an easy switch for me, at\u00a0the\u00a0age\u00a0of\u00a08 I was playing with 12-year-olds. This made me get mentally and physically tough on myself from such a young age. I had many successes at a young age from getting MVP to best stats so I knew it was time to level up\u00a0the\u00a0competition for me. I started playing in a travel ball team at\u00a0the\u00a0age\u00a0of\u00a012 years old and our team wasn\u2019t\u00a0the\u00a0best, so I would get frustrated at myself. I started to understand I\u2019m not going to be at my best all\u00a0the\u00a0time. As I went through many failures, sadness, anger, and\u00a0the\u00a0want it wanted to be perfect. All\u00a0of\u00a0that made me realize I needed to push myself more and more to stop all\u00a0of\u00a0that. I made great friendships from\u00a0the\u00a0softball world which one\u00a0of\u00a0them helped me get to where I\u2019m at now. She was from\u00a0the\u00a0valley but was playing with my team now \u201cAthletics Mercado\u201d. She put her faith and trust on me to take me to a team tryout. From\u00a0there, my competitiveness and IQ for\u00a0the\u00a0game completely changed. I started playing with Athletics Mercado for almost 2 years now and since\u00a0then softball has been a success for me as an athlete. When I first joined\u00a0the\u00a0academy, I had many failures but that didn\u2019t stop me from wanting to be\u00a0the\u00a0best I can be. I started becoming more observant and understanding about taking\u00a0the\u00a0game to a whole different level. As I started developing as an athlete, I was pushing myself to get better and to not give up. I started getting noticed by other coaches which changed everything for me. I joined \u201cTidd Dark team\u201d and knew I had to put in\u00a0the\u00a0work to stay on\u00a0the\u00a0lineup. I was able to work on myself more physically and mentally by just being coached by\u00a0the\u00a0best. After dark season, I got my opportunity to play with Athletics Mercado Tidd 2025. I saw this as a great accomplishment because I knew if I\u2019m on this team, I\u2019m going to really have to push myself. I was able to create more friendships on a personal level as well as play with top athletes. I had to work my way into\u00a0the\u00a0lineup because from day one nothing was given to me. I was\u00a0the\u00a02nd batter and starter left fielder for my team, but I still wanted more accomplishments.\u00a0The\u00a0reason I loved being coached by Tidd was because if I had a bad day, he would push me and take me out when needed. By him doing that, it helped me mentally and I never wanted to make\u00a0the\u00a0same mistake again. During summer season, I was tested physically and mentally by handling wins and losses. I was able to get more accomplishments by getting ranked, all tournament plaques, and winning first place with my squad. With that being said I knew my job wasn\u2019t done I had one more tournament to be\u00a0the\u00a0best I can and prove everyone wrong. As alliance started, my team was doing great and went into championship day.\u00a0The\u00a0day before\u00a0the\u00a0championship, I had to talk to myself mentally to not psych myself out\u00a0of\u00a0anything. During\u00a0the\u00a0championship game, I had many successes but also failures. As an athlete I learned how to accept\u00a0the\u00a0failures and instead\u00a0of\u00a0complaining to do something about it. Ending\u00a0the\u00a0season\u00a0off I\u2019m glad I got to have life lessons along\u00a0the\u00a0way. I\u2019m proud\u00a0the\u00a0way I ended my 14u season as an individual. I\u2019m proud to say I\u2019m now on Athletics Mercado Hoovermale, to start\u00a0of\u00a0my 16u season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Favorite softball memory – <\/strong><\/p>\n My favorite softball memory was just being able to experience playing on a College Softball field with\u00a0the\u00a0girls I love\u00a0the\u00a0most. I loved every single moment with\u00a0them and\u00a0there isn\u2019t no other group\u00a0of\u00a0girls I\u2019d wanted to do it with. Even if we didn\u2019t have\u00a0the\u00a0outcome we wanted, we were all\u00a0there for each other day after day. Having\u00a0them push me to my limits and cheer me on to get my job done on\u00a0the\u00a0field is\u00a0the\u00a0reason why I choose this as my favorite memory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Coach feedback – <\/strong><\/p>\n Vicki was a large catalyst to the success of our season. She put the work in to be a starter on a very talented team and earned everything she accomplished. Her softball IQ went from good to elite this summer. Offensively she hit over .500 for the summer competing against the best teams and best pitchers in the country. She has every tool needed to succeed as a leadoff or 2 hitter with quick hands, 2.6 speed, short game and pop. Defensively she has great speed in the outfield with a great arm. She was awesome to coach as she wanted to learn and get better every day. I love her for what she brought to the field every day, she made me better and our players better. I look forward to seeing her growth and what she will accomplishes in our academy in the next few years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is the Alliance Fastpitch Player Recognition Program?<\/strong> 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 Pacific Coast Fastpitch League (PCFL) is excited to spotlight Victoria Guzman as the August Co Player of the Month. The California native is an outfielder for Athletics Mercado Tidd. 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\n<\/strong>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