Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week (3/11/2024)?

Here are 10 candidates for your voting consideration
Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week (3/11/2024)?
Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week (3/11/2024)? /

We have 10 players nominated this week for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week from March 3-9 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, March 16 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.

Here are this week's nominations:

Jaidyn Devore, Barnwell

The junior pitcher fired a two-hitter with no earned runs and 16 strikeouts as the War Horses beat Williston-Elko 11-3 to open the 2024 season. Devore was also 2-for-4 with an RBI. The junior standout was also 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs in an 8-6 loss to Colleton County. In the circle, she allowed two earned runs and struck out 12.

Aubrey Holland, Greenwood

Holland delivered a two-run walkoff single, lifting the Eagles to a 4-3 win over Ninety Six.

Annie Ruth Eliason, West Florence

Eliason threw a five-inning one hitter with the maximum of 15 strikeouts as the Knights beat Myrtle Beach 5-0.

Grace Beacham, Hammond School

Beacham was 3-for-5 with a home run, double and 3 RBIs as the Skyhawks outlasted Irmo 11-10 in 9 innings. She also homered in a 12-5 win over Providence Athletic Club.

Savannah Owens, Hannah-Pamplico

Owens had two doubles and an RBI as the Raiders beat East Clarendon 3-1.

Autumn Fisher, Chapman

Fisher was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs in the Panthers’ 4-3 victory over Boiling Springs.

Kaysen Warehime, Carolina Forest

The freshman right-hander threw a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts and also contributed to the offense with an RBI as the Panthers beat Waccamaw 7-0.

Jesse Cartrette, Loris

Cartrette, a freshman, threw a two-hitter with seven strikeouts as the undefeated Lions beat St. James 6-1. At the plate, she was 3-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs.

Jaden Ekovich, White Knoll

Ekovich smashed a three-run homer in the Timberwolves’ 12-2 victory over Westwood. She was 1-for-3 with a double in an 8-6 loss to Westwood.

Olivia Lieb, Fountain Inn

Lieb was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and 3 RBIs in the Fury’s 12-2 win over Wade Hampton. Then she went 4-for-5 with three doubles and 2 RBIs in a 16-14 loss to Laurens. Finally, she was 3-for-4 with a double and RBI as the Fury lost 8-7 to Wren in eight innings.


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MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.