Silver Lake Regional High School super softball star Maddy Barone from Halifax has added yet another title to her impressive collection – she’s been named the Massachusetts 2016 Gatorade Softball Player of The Year!
This has been a year full of recognition for Barone, who closed out her senior year with the Lakers June 12, when her team’s perfect season record fell to King Phillip Regional in the Division 1 South Championship.
Barone is a four time Patriot League All Star and was named to the Boston Herald All Scholastic.
She signed a letter of intent earlier this spring to play for the University Southern New Hampshire. .
Barone hoped to lead her team to the Division 1 South Championship, but were unable to bring it home after King Phillip Regional’s win June 12 5 -2.
At 25-1, their season was still one for the books.
In addition to play on the ball field, basketball court, and in the gymnasium, Barone is an excellent student, maintaining a weighted 4.26 GPA, and also donates her time as a youth softball instructor and umpire.
An active member of her community, she volunteers in the Holidays in Halifax Committee among others.