Danielle Williams – Amador Valley – Softball

Danielle Williams was the best pitcher in the East Bay as a freshman in 2015. So far in 2016, she’s making the case to be the best pitcher in the entire Bay Area. In a one week stretch from March 28-April 1, Williams pitched 18 no-hit, shutout innings with 42 strikeouts. She tossed four innings of a combined no-hitter in a 12-0 win over Monte Vista-Danville on March 29 before throwing back-to-back no-hitters against California-San Ramon on March 31 and Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland on April 1.

DANIELLE WILLIAMS

Amador Valley – Softball – Sophomore

She was the best pitcher in the East Bay as a freshman in 2015. So far in 2016, she’s making the case to be the best pitcher in the entire Bay Area. In a one week stretch from March 28-April 1, Williams pitched 18 no-hit, shutout innings with 42 strikeouts. She tossed four innings of a combined no-hitter in a 12-0 win over Monte Vista-Danville on March 29 before throwing back-to-back no-hitters against California-San Ramon on March 31 and Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland on April 1. She had 17 strikeouts in each of the full no-hitters. The no-hitter over O’Dowd also gave Dons coach Teresa Borchard her 100th career varsity win in just her fourth season at Amador Valley. Williams’ streak of no-hit innings ended on April 4 against visiting Benicia in the top of the third. The Dons would win that game 2-1 on the sophomore’s RBI double. Amador Valley is 7-1 overall as it heads to the Michelle Carew Tournament this weekend in Yorba Linda.

Honorable Mentions

Chandler Yu: The Menlo School-Atherton junior threw five shutout innings in a March 22 2in over Aragon and collected five hits in a pair of
games on March 24-25 as the Knights baseball team won three games to improve to 10-1.

Sabrina Ionescu: Almost certain to go down as Miramonte-Orinda’s greatest girls basketball player, Ionescu closed her career with a 24-10-10 triple double in the CIF Open Div. state final (an 80-71 loss) and then set the McDonald’s All-American game scoring record with 25 points.

Kenny Wooten: The Nevada-bound senior star for Manteca basketball was one block shy of a triple double in leading the Buffaloes to the CIF Div. III state championship on March 24. He finished with 26 points, 18 rebounds and nine blocks.