MD Chill player  

Thompson named  

Athlete of the Week
 
She hurls a softball almost perfectly, or at least, this high school softball pitcher has two perfect outings and a one-hitter on her record so far this season.  

She's Megan Thompson, who throws from the circle for the Delaware Military Academy Seahawks. You also will find her working out all year long on Maryland softball diamonds and the travel-ball tournament circuit tossing her “junk pitches – outside, inside”, as she says, wearing Ellicott City's  Maryland Chill uniform. (Click here for Megan's PDF travel-ball profile.)
 

Megan Thompson. Click on photo to enlarge.

This week, The News Journal, Delaware's largest daily newspaper, has named her “Athlete of the Week”. No one deserves the recognition more.
 
Two years ago, during summer tournament season, a line drive smashed against her forehead and put her in the hospital for stitches. It didn't stop her. Megan took almost no time off before she was right back in the game again throwing the softball at travel-ball batters intent on somehow catching up with her pitches.
 
Megan is a star on the field and in the classroom. Selected as an All-Conference high school player last year, her plans for the future are to play college softball, major in Communications, and become a reporter eventually.

Wearing their high school uniforms, Megan (on left) poses earlier this season with good friend HarfordXtreme Showcase pitcher Lily Engel (on right), who also plays for the Polytech High Panthers.