We've posted the first half of the outstanding players in the 2021 Hot 100 and halfway through are looking at some interesting developments.

Here's what we're seeing so far with the first week of the elite group revealed:

*** Colleges who have the most commits so far (players ranked 51-100... only six players committed to this point, but at least 15 more will be coming this week!):

• Penn State (2)
  
• Cal, Louisville, South Florida, Virginia Tech 

*** Top club organizations with players listed so far (may include different teams within the program):

• Beverly Bandits, East Cobb Bullets, Impact Gold (4)
  
• Explosion, Georgia Impact, OC Batbusters, Texas Glory, Texas Sudden Impact (3)
  
• Athletics-Mercado, Firecrackers, Ohio Outlaws, So Cal Choppers, Tampa Mustangs, Tennessee Mojo, Tulsa Elite, Universal Fastpitch (2)
  

*** In terms of states producing players, California leads the way with 18 athletes calling the Golden State home of all those released to date. The list so far goes like this: 

• California (18)
  
• Georgia (11)
  
• Texas (7)
  
• Illinois (5)
  
• Florida, Oklahoma (3)
  
• North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia (2)

*** 18 states have been represented so far--which is three short of the all-time high of 21 for our Hot 100 lists: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

*** It's often hard to pinpoint a player's primary position--some may be a shortstop primarily while another may call herself a middle infielder--but here are the top primary positions as they were given to FloSoftball:

• Pitcher (24)
  
• Middle Infielder (9)
  
• Shortstop (8)
  
• Catcher (7)
  
• Outfielder (6)

*** Here are the most common first names from the first week of Hot 100 honorees:

• Madison/Maddie/Madi (4) 
  
• Olivia (3)
  
• Abby, Emma, Hayley/Haylie, Lexi, Rebecca/Rebekah, Samantha (2)

*** Finally, here's our subjective list of the most cool, uncommon or unusual first names:

• Boo, Easton, Erna, Jaycie, Kelby, Korbe and Raelin