Ally Frei is one of the top pitchers in the country and the only place you mind find matching her softball success is in the classroom where the High Point (N.J.) senior has a 4.43 GPA and scored a 30 on the SAT.

A Boston College signee, she has won every type of honor and accolade—from 1^st Team All-State to Gatorade State Player of the Year to Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” not once but twice.

Her stats tell the reason why the 6-foot pitcher with great spin on her pitches is so highly touted: her career record includes 61 wins (through last week) and she’s a strike-out machine with 362 K’s as a sophomore and 393 last year.

Ally, who pitches for the Jersey Intensity during club season, also has pulled off the rare “perfect perfect” in which she struck out all 21 batters she faced in a contest last April.

Bad weather has postponed many of her games this spring, but in her first 32.2 innings the senior standout has recorded 80 strikeouts and only allowed one earned run to for a 0.22 ERA and 2.48 strikeouts per inning mark.

Here’s the latest on the pitcher who perfectly defines the term “student-athlete:”

 

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StudentSportsSoftball.com:  You were listed in our Top 40 of the Hot 100 seniors in the country… has that come up with teammates or opponents at all? Is it a source of pride or, sometimes, embarrassment when you’re on the field?
Ally Frei: It has come up before with people saying congratulations, and it’s something that I’m really proud of. I feel proud that I’m able to represent my current team and future college team on that list.

 

SSS.com:  Where are you in your season and how do you feel it’s going both individually and for your team?
AF: We’re about halfway through our season right now and just beginning our county tournament, right now my team is 11-2. We have a big mix of experienced seniors and very young girls that are just starting to get comfortable playing with varsity, but our team gets along great and is really starting to mesh well together which I think is really important. I feel like it’s going well for me individually too, I’m trying to work on getting comfortable with a lot my newer pitches so that I’ll have a lot of confidence in them going into this summer.

 

SSS.com: I stopped counting at 15 school season and career records you’ve set… which one carries the most meaning to you?
AF: My sophomore year I set the record for winning percentage when I went 27-0 on the mound. That easily means the most to me because it was the first year my high school’s softball team has had success like that and was kind of a dream season for everyone. We won our first ever state championship that year, so when I look back to that record a lot of great memories come along with it.

 

SSS.com:  The competition isn’t as strong in high school as it is in club… how do you stay focused and not let yourself get into bad habits?
AF: That’s actually something that I find difficult about high school softball, to be successful with high school batters I have to throw a little differently than I would to club batters. Typically they don’t like to swing very often and umpires aren’t too generous about giving me called strikes.. so it can be challenging in it’s own way. I generally just try to figure out the umpire’s zone and focus on getting my balls to break as much as possible into that spot.

 

SSS.com:  Walk us through the rest of your season, end of school, the summer and beyond…
AF: We have the second half of the season coming up which means we’ll play in our county tournament and then be starting the state tournament in a few weeks. Hopefully we’ll make a good run in both this year, but it’s bittersweet to be playing my last games with the girls I’ve been with since t-ball. Intensity’s first tournament is early June, so I’ll be traveling and playing while I finish up my senior year. I’ll get to play all around the country this summer with some of my best friends which is what I’m most excited about before heading off to college in August.

 

SSS.com:  You’re going to BC… how far are your from Boston and do you get up there at all to visit your future school?
AF: The drive is a little under five hours, so it’s close enough that I can do day trips there if I want. For me, it’s the perfect distance. Since I committed earlier last year I’ve been back to visit about five times and I fall in love with the school even more every time I go back.

 

SSS.com:  What’s been the accomplishment you’re most proud of in your athletic career?
AF: I was chosen as New Jersey’s Gatorade Player of the Year last year, which I felt was such an incredible recognition to receive as a junior.

 

SSS.com: And idea what you’re going to study this fall in college?
AF: I want to be a doctor so I’m going to study biology on the pre-med track.

 

SSS.com:  Finally, what’s one piece of advice you’d give to younger players coming up?
AF: I would tell younger players to have confidence in yourself but to always remain humble. I think that to be successful you have to go out there and believe that you can beat anyone you go against, but also know that there is always someone out there better than you and working harder.