It’s always fun to meet and learn about players who come from areas that don’t normally produce (a lot) of softball talent and today we head to West Virginia to meet one such star-in-the-making.

Today’s profile is a rising standout who recently made a big jump to one of the elite programs in the country and you can expect her recruiting stock to take off!

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Name: CAMRYN MICHALLAS
High School: Huntington
City: Huntington
State: 
W.V.
Nickname: Cam
Grad year: 2018
Club: Beverly Bandits DeMarini 14U
Position(s): SS/3B
GPA: 3.7

Stats: 2014 summer—hit .463 with POS of 1.067 and hit 11 home runs in 67 games while only striking out 11 times in 220 plate appearances playing for her father’s WV Dusters team.
Honors & Accomplishments: led her team to a 5^th place finish at Triple Crown East Nationals, final 8 finish at Scenic City Fall.

College Recruiting: has visited Marshall and will visit James Madison in March

Interesting Note I: From eighth to ninth grades, grew in height from 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-7 and in weight from 120 pounds to 148 pounds!

Interesting Note II: According to her father, Rod Michallas, “Through the help of Tim Fouts, father of Montana Fouts, [editor: star 2018 pitcher committed to Alabama and also from West Virginia], Cam recently got an invite to Banditfest and on January 15—two weeks after Banditfest—she got a call from Bill Conroy (head of the Bandits’ organization) invited her to join the Bandits and team up with Montana in 2015.”

Measurables: At Banditfest, reportedly tested #63 best of all time by OnDeck Softball in their athletic index; also posted a bat speed of 83 mph.

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Front page photo: Camryn (right) celebrates after hitting an inside-the-park home run during the West Virginia Little League State Softball Tournament on July 15, 2013. Photo by Bishop Nash/The Herald-Dispatch