Gravette duo earn All-NWADG honors
Gabbi Scott chosen Division II Softball Player of the Year
Gabbi Scott of Gravette is the All-NWADG Division II Softball Player of the Year.
■ SCHOOL: Gravette
■ CLASS: Sophomore
■ HEIGHT: 5-5
■ POSITION: Outfield
■ THE SCOOP: Scott put together one of the most prolific seasons in virtually every offensive category ever this season in leading the Lady Lions to conference and regional tournament championships, and to the Class 4A state semifinals. … Her staggering offensive numbers this season included a .598 batting average with 56 hits, 59 runs scored and 26 RBIs. … Scott was the table-setter for Gravette out of the leadoff spot and impacted the game by turning walks into triples with a staggering 50 stolen bases. … Scott stole five bases in a state quarterfinals win. … With fellow sophomore Callie Kildow out for the season in a freak basketball injury, Scott and several others took over and led the team to a stellar season.
■ DID YOU KNOW: Scott comes across as somewhat shy but, actually, she is the player who keeps her teammates loose in the dugout as the team’s jokester. Scott helps keep the mood in the dugout light but is not a believer in the choreographed chants that many softball teams use, calling those “sort of cheesy.”
■ QUOTABLE: “Whenever we found out that Callie’s leg was broken and she wouldn’t be playing with us this season, it kind of gave us the idea that we had to pick ourselves up and play like she’s not gone and like we had been playing,” Scott said.