As she steps up to the mound, her heart starts pounding faster and her palms sweat. There’s one strike to go until the batter is out. The pressure is on. Senior Katie Stock goes through a similar experience every time she steps up to pitch.

Although she originally considered playing different positions this year, she was still more than happy when she saw she was going to be the Varsity softball pitcher once again.
“I pitched last year for the team and I did OK,” Stock said. “I think since it’s my senior year I earned the right.”

Stock has been playing softball for nine years and has been pitching for seven. She quit pitching at the end of her junior year, but was still excited for this season.
“She was quite comfortable with pitching,” Varsity coach Bob Dunahue said. “She does it in the summer time. I think she knows what her talent is and positionally speaking she knows her strong points.”

Although Stock is not the only pitcher, she usually starts and finishes her games striving for her best. Despite
the nerves that come with not pitching at the end of her junior year, she still came back strong.
“It’s all been positive this season,” teammate Kati Vogt said. “She loves pitching. She is never down and she always has her head up and in the game. She is good, a very good pitcher and is good at striking people out.”