Eatonville's Hailey Rath Is An All-Star

As if all the awards and praises she has already received this year weren’t enough, the accolades keep coming for Eatonville High school's Hailey Rath.

Earlier this year for fastpitch she was named the 1A Evergreen Conference Player of the Year, named Scorebook Live’s 1A Senior Athlete of the Year, led the entire state for the 2nd year in a row in home runs, received the Tacoma Athletic Commission’s Clint Names Multi-Sport Excellence Award scholarship, broke many school records, and was named the Eatonville High School Senior Athlete of the Year.

Hailey can now add being an Alliance Fastpitch All-Star to that long list of accomplishments this past school year.

Rath was selected as one of forty other girls from across the country to play in the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch/Under Armour All-Star Game in Indianapolis on Sunday, July 24th.

A blessed Rath talked about how she learned of her selection.

“When my coach called me and told me I was selected, I was on the bus to go to our graduation practice and I was in awe. It was a blessing to be named one of the top softball players in the nation.”

“I couldn’t be more thankful than I am now. It truly is a blessing to be where I am today.”

The game was televised on ESPNU so Rath was on the big stage so to speak for the entire nation to see.

With 20 players on each team, the coaches chose to bat their entire rosters so Rath was limited to only one at-bat and played a couple of innings in the field.

Rath had a very large cheering section rooting her on in Indiana. Her club team, the Ai Bandits were also there playing in a tournament so they were all able to go and cheer her on.

“It was amazing having all of my teammates there supporting me and I know that the Bandits were the loudest ones there! My teammates mean the world to me and thankful to call them family! I am also blessed to have all the fans back at home cheering me on!”

Rath ended with, “My experience this weekend was definitely something I will always remember. It was fun meeting all the other great senior softball players in the nation.”

This game was the culmination of Rath’s high school/club team career as she will move on and play at Western Washington University next season.

For more information about the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch/Under Armour All-Star Game, please visit this link: https://thealliancefastpitch.com/2022-all-stars/