TEMPE – The Arizona State University softball team added another to its 2015-16 signing class in the form of standout outfielder Skylar McCarty, who has signed her athletics grant-in-aid form and will compete for the Sun Devils and head coach Craig Nicholson next season.
The senior out of Centennial High School in Peoria, Ariz., is one of the elite hitters in the prep ranks in the state and a local product that can make an immediate impact in the Sun Devil lineup.
McCarty has a career .534 average for the Coyotes, responsible for 138 career runs and 123 RBI and a .592 career on-base percentage. McCarty will join her currently high school teammate, Avianna Davis, on the roster as part of next year’s signing class.
Potentially the best all-around player in the state, McCarty was named to Full Count Softball’s Hot 100 for the 2015 signing class. McCarty has a lot of speed and is a threat on the base path as demonstrated by her 23 career stolen bases, 14 career triples and 35 career doubles. The speed also makes her an asset in the outfield, giving her a chance to make a lot of plays once she gets a beat on the ball.
McCarty is a three-time AIA 1st Team All-Section and All-Division selection and earned All-Arizona honors as a sophomore. She was named a MaxPreps 2012 underclassman All-American in 2012 and to the Best of the West Top 100 Prep Play list in 2013 – the same year she notched her All-State selection.
McCarty plays for Coach Mike Repak at Centennial and for Bill Conroy for her club squad, the Beverly Bandits. She has appeared at the 18U Premier Nationals every years from 2011-14 with her club teams.
An avid member of the community, McCarty volunteers at numerous fundraisers and awareness events and plans to study sociology at Arizona State and notes that her life goals include having a “healthy family, a successful career and giving back to the community as much as I can.”
McCarty represents the seventh member of next year’s signing class, one comprised of standout prep stars INF Taylor Becerra (Whittier, Calif./La Serna HS), INF Taylor Blair (Concord, Calif./Carondelet HS), OF Avianna Davis (Peoria, Ariz./Centennial), INF Missy Eisen (Fairfield, Calif./Rodriguez HS) and INF Ulufa ‘Fa’ Leilua (Hawthorne, Calif./Hawthorne HS) and INF Ciera Schick (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS).