Bishop Snyder student is Softball Player of the Year

Posted on July 17, 2013 By Editor Junior Residents

Sydney Wright of Bishop Snyder High School was chosen as the 2012-13 Gatorade Florida Softball Player of the Year. Wright is the first to be chosen from Bishop Snyder High School in The Gatorade Company’s 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes and is a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Wright as Florida’s best high school softball player. The 5-foot-9 senior right-handed pitcher posted a 27-5 record in the circle along with a 0.51 ERA this past season, leading the Cardinals (28-5) to the Class 3A state championship game. Wright struck out 288 batters and walked 47 in 220.2 innings pitched with 18 shutouts and three no-hitters. At the plate, the two-time Florida Times-Union Player of the Year batted .443 with 10 home runs, 46 RBI and an .821 slugging percentage.
Wright has maintained a B average in the classroom. She has volunteered locally at a nursing home, as a youth softball coach and as part of a fundraising campaign to assist the Wounded Warriors Project. Wright has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball on an athletic scholarship at the University of Arkansas this fall.