a former standout High School softball pitcher from our area is having success at the next level Grace Leto starred at Eaton Rapids four years ago and is now making a name for herself at the college level she is Fred human's subject in tonight's of human interest Grace lato was a dominant pitcher in high school a career record at Eaton Rapids of 81-9 with 750 strikeouts a two-time first-team all-state pitcher now in the final weeks of her junior year at Central Michigan lato is leading the chipp
ewas into this week's Mid-American Conference tournament as the Ace of the chip staff definitely when I got here it was a home type feel so it was my number one choice why do you like it here so much at first I chose it because the coaching staff I really like them and that's been the same they're really great they're here for me through softball through school through everything just the people here felt like home and it still is like that so it's just been an overall great experience and the b
est people are here Grace's definition of competitor Grace is someone who has the intangibles as far as from being a great pitcher but she's also a great teammate wants to do the team to be successful and do whatever she can on her end to help in that area great student great person and those are people that we want to recruit to play softball here at Central Michigan not easy by the way to be a great student in Grace's curriculum you said your major is what biochemistry I'm pre-med that sounds
too hard it's pretty it's a struggle but we get through when Grace lato arrived on campus here at CMU she had a number of adjustments to go through social life Campus Life tougher academics and one adjustment that she may not have been ready for it's called failure I don't think I had to fail a lot in high school so I had to fail a little bit but that just made my love for It Grow deeper I guess and I just think that it means a lot more to me now that I can fail and get through that if you're pr
acticing more than you've ever played and you're failing more than you've ever failed later Was Won 14 games for the chips this season with 188 strikeouts and recently tossed a no-hitter against Bowling Green honestly it was like one pitch at a time so it didn't feel very different than other games it was fun to celebrate with my teammates afterwards like everybody was very happy for me so I'm grateful to have great teammates that can celebrate me the no-hitter is a result of her hard work she's
confident on the mound she trusts her stuff I just think it's just fruits of her labor she's not dominant at the college level yet but she's getting there in Mount Pleasant Fred human news den Sports Grace lato has helped the chippewas to a 28-win season and they finished in third place in the Mac in the regular season Central begins postseason tournament play Thursday with late Hope on the mound
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She sure was awesome in high school as well!