The Louisville Slugger Hit Club starts today and it will be a full day for the 10 players who made this elite event to take place in Southern California. The event runs today through Monday evening.

The athletes check in at 8 am PST this morning and after breakfast will make an appearance at the PGF Camp/Clinic in Irvine, Calif. where they will be presented to the nearly 200 young campers.

Next, the athletes will get to hear Sue Enquist do a unique presentation on the “Hitting Mindset,” sure to be one of the highlights of the Hit Club this weekend.

Then, comes the competitive part of the weekend sure to get the 10 athletes excited; each will participate in the six drills/tests of the Louisville Slugger Hit Club Competiton listed below and at the end of the event an MVP will be named.

*** CLICK HERE to sign up/log in to see the Louisville Slugger Hit Club competition today from 1-3 pm PST and find out who the MVP will be!

Brentt Eads, GM of Softball for FloSports, and Jennie Ritter, the Grassroots Manager for Softball at Louisville Slugger, will do the commentating during the event.

Itinerary for Saturday’s LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HIT CLUB COMPETITION:

[all times Pacific Standard Time]

• 1:00 to 1:10 pm:  home-to-first timed
• 1:10 to 1:30 pm:  bunt competition (each hitter will get 7 bunt attempts to hit cones)
• 1:30 to 1:40 pm:  bouncing ball on bat (player will bounce a ball using bat… 2 attempts)
• 1:40 to 2:00 pm:  target practice using tee (player must try and hit inside nets, 7 swings)
• 2:00 to 2:30 pm:  home run derby (7 outs)
• 2:30 to 2:55 pm:  Zepp bat speed testing
• 2:55 to 3:00 pm:  wrap-up and MVP named!

The Hit Club athletes include:

Player First	Player Last	Pos	Club Team	ST	College	Closer Look
Cherish	Burks	OF	All American Sports Academy	CA	Oregon	1st Team All-State (CalHiSports), Modesto Bee POY, hit .550 with 31 RBI in leadoff spot, Hot 100 #16
Reagan	Dykes	C	Birmingham Thunderbolts	MS	Alabama	1st Team All-State, hit .656, threw out 10 runners, 7 HRs at Boulder IDT
Morganne	Flores	C	OC Batbusters Haning/Stith	CA	Washington	Elite defensive catcher, 1st Team All-Orange Co. Register, hit .439, Hot 100 #8
Shay	Knighten	MIF	Corona Angels	CA	Oklahoma	1st Team All-State (CalHiSports), hit .494 with 30 RBI, only 2 strikeouts in 102 at-bats, Hot 100 #5
Aubrey	Leach	MIF	Impact Gold	TX	Tennessee	FloSoftball 1st Team All-American, speedy leadoff threat, hit .594 with 49 steals in 34 games, Hot 100 #22
Amanda	Lorenz	OF	OC Batbusters Haning/Stith	CA	Florida	FloSoftball 1st Team All-American, hit .592 for career, only 10 K's in 405 varsity at-bats, Hot 100 #1
Lily	Mann	OF	Gold Coast Hurricanes	FL	Florida	FloSoftball 1st Team All-American, led Florida Class 7A in four offensive categories including batting (.652)
Tannon	Snow	3B	OC Batbusters Haning/Stith	CA	Washington	FloSoftball 1st Team All-American, MaxPreps National Player of the Year, owns Calif. state career records with 60 HRs, 212 RBI
Alex	Sobczak	3B	Finesse	MI	Michigan	FloSoftball 1st Team All-American, Michigan "Miss Softball," .525 career ave. with 40 HRs, 18 intentional walks this year
Brooke	Vines	OF	So Cal A's	CA	Tennessee	Outstanding slapper with track speed, All-Area pick, set several school records, Hot 100 #7