Stella Weaver of Tennessee ties LLWS girl record with four hits in tournament

Stella Weaver took Williamsport, Pennsylvania by storm throughout this yr’s Little League World Collection, and that continued Wednesday. 

The 12-year-old made historical past in Tennesee’s 5-3 elimination bracket semifinal loss to California when she recorded a second-inning single, tying the all-time document for hits by a lady within the Little League World Collection.

The 25-year-old document was set again in 1998 by Japan’s Sayaka Tsushima.

One Tuesday, she recorded a success in Tennesee’s 8-1 win over Nevada to develop into the primary American woman to have three hits within the LLWS. 

“That’s loopy to me,” Weaver told The Tennessean after Tuesday’s sport. “Me and Coach Randy [Huth] made a bucket listing. We did what number of hits has a lady ever had within the U.S. I assumed it was a lot enjoyable. Getting that hit was simply loopy.”

Regardless of her staff’s elimination from the match, Weaver additionally accomplished one other little bit of historical past Wednesday.

She joined Texas’ Ella Bruning in 2021 as the one women to attain a run within the LLWS since Guam’s Brielle Meno did so in 2008.

Throughout her time in Williamsport, the younger star even bought to fulfill the Phillies’ Bryce Harper.

“He talked to us, just a few baseball,” she told The Tennessean. “It was actually, actually cool.”

Equally as spectacular as her abilities on the plate was her work on the mound. 

Weaver was recorded throwing as excessive as 68 mph throughout the match, which is roughly equal to 89 mph from a serious league pitcher.

Through the regionals, Weaver threw an impressive seven-strikeout shutout in opposition to Alabama.

Along with her look within the match, she turned the twenty second woman to compete within the LLWS.