Stangel earns national player of year honor

| June 28, 2013 9:00 PM

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Lake City High senior pitcher Casey Stangel has been named National High School Softball Player of the Year by MaxPreps.com, a high school sports website.

This season, Stangel led the Timberwolves to a 28-0 record and their second state 5A championship in three seasons. The left-hander posted a 28-0 record with an 0.73 ERA and 208 strikeouts in 143 innings pitched.

She also batted .640 with 16 home runs, 20 doubles, 54 runs scored and 65 RBIs. She had a .705 on-base percentage and a 1.393 slugging percentage in 2013.

Stangel and her Lake City teammate, junior second baseman Vanessa Shippy, were named to the West Region first team this season by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

The announcement of this year's All-American team has been delayed from earlier this week.

Stangel was a third-team All-American last year as a junior, as well as a West Region first-team selection.