Barton inks top softball player in South Texas
The Barton County Community College softball team signed a prize recruit this past weekend, nabbing the South Texas MVP in pitcher Camille Cruz. Cruz is a graduate of Gregory-Portland High School in a suburb of Corpus Christi, where she helped her school to the Region semifinals this past season.
Barton inks top softball player in South Texas
The Barton County Community College softball team signed a prize recruit this past weekend, nabbing the South Texas MVP in pitcher Camille Cruz. Cruz is a graduate of Gregory-Portland High School in a suburb of Corpus Christi, where she helped her school to the Region semifinals this past season.
Cruz turned in an impressive senior season, going 27-6 for the Cats this past season. At one point, Cruz tossed 35 straight scoreless innings. She averaged 14 strikeouts per contest this past season. Her junior season, Cruz went 22-3, giving her a combined record of 49-9 her final two season at Gregory-Portland. Just this past week, she was named the MVP of South Texas by the Corpus Christi Caller.
As a junior Cruz was named the Pitcher of the Year by the Caller, posting that 22-3 record with an impressive ERA of just 0.56. She threw 4 no-hitters among her 25 complete games, 13 of which were shutouts. Cruz walked just 22 batters in her 150 innings of work. Gregory-Portland also made it to the regional semifinals her junior season as well. She was a 2nd team All-State pick in Class 4A her junior year.
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