• Jessica Rodriguez, Watsonville, Sr.: Rodriguez will enter her final high school softball season at Watsonville High having recorded incredible back-to-back campaigns.
As sophomore, the star pitcher posted a 0.80 earned run average, while also leading the Central Coast Section in strikeouts (253) and wins (22). Among players in the CCS last spring, she finished second in ERA (0.58) and wins (20) and fifth in strikeouts (185).
She has been named the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division’s Pitcher of the Year each of the last two seasons and also has league and CCS titles on her mantel.
Editor’s Note: 20 athletes in 20 days is a daily series that will highlight one local high school athlete per day leading up to the start of 2018-19 school year.
