After a freshman season in which she picked up 26 hits in only 60 at-bats and drove in 27 runs, there was no way Olivia Stites was going to be even better her sophomore season, right? Wrong. Stites found her groove with the Platteview Trojans and then some to the tune of a .506 batting average with 44 hits, 38 runs scored, 20 RBIs, seven doubles, four home runs, and three triples. Her speed has been a problem for opponents, and that’s putting it lightly. Combined with her stats from travel ball during the summer, Stites has stolen 32 bases in 2026 alone. Perhaps her greatest attribute is simply putting the bat on the ball. At the Van Metre Viking Classic in September, she tomahawked a pitch over her head down the left-field line for a double. She is an impressive hitter and an exciting player to watch.