{"section":"player_profiles","title":"Player Profiles","appBadge":0,"contentTitle":"Berks Tigers Fastpitch | Player Profiles | Sara Hoover (23U-WL/T, 18U-Grad)","webUrl":"https://www.teamapp.com/player_profiles/485081?id=485081","barColor":"#000C66","navTintColor":"#FFFFFF","id":485081,"cacheKey":"1712504617-","rightNavButtons":[{"icon":{"material":"more_vert"},"title":"Additional options","onClick":{"controller":"actions/optionDialog2","buttons":[{"name":"Share","onClick":{"controller":"actions/share","url":"https://tigersfastpitch.teamapp.com/player_profiles/485081.html"}},{"name":"Cancel","cancel":true}]}}],"breadcrumbs":[{"text":"Home","onClick":{"controller":"detail/window","url":"https://tigersfastpitch.teamapp.com?_webpage=v1"}},{"text":"Player Profiles","onClick":{"controller":"list/window","url":"https://tigersfastpitch.teamapp.com/player_profiles?_list=v1"}},{"text":"Sara Hoover (23U-WL/T, 18U-Grad)","onClick":{"controller":"detail/window","url":"https://tigersfastpitch.teamapp.com/player_profiles/485081?_detail=v1"}}],"scrollable":false,"components":[{"type":"hamburger","scrollable":true,"components":[{"type":"imageWithTitle","title":"77","subtitle":"Sara Hoover (23U-WL/T, 18U-Grad)","subsubtitle":"CATCHER, RF, 3B/SS/2B","image":"https://image-assets.teamapp.com/uploads/images/f4f4cafc-4c84-4c94-926d-6d6c61c77f37?w=640\u0026h=640\u0026Expires=1780271999\u0026Signature=aTmXGLugTSG3wf-uQ5EKIdaDwWM-hs~6vQfjoqBzCXqjRZ-TTsmPPPMN2irOcUppSCXRJ0DZn80y-U0A9Uk2pkqgPXHmAwUOiC5MD0ho~wXR3rUBtTi08SKjBQYyvlOEj7mWwXYCv7hDewdSuw1RxUn5u38RCG0omtHtJRqpdJFv27YYs91Znviw1Z7FTt0cuGW6A5LVp5qWYDst8LdxcC2TfLOoABMwfw~ztzg4LS~Nhs07LDjd3JG7oyAiDHgSxByYxpS7eTxI2MRuiLdUB317d04A2U5U1j3cNgDGOOriA08TtHdrTwQQtK~BVX~MuzDk1e6dXL0caG~knlA0gw__\u0026Key-Pair-Id=APKAJFZWFRGCAFJEEKOA"},{"type":"html","text":"22 years old, Oley Valley HS '20, Millersville U. '24"},{"type":"html","text":"Sara was varsity softball player at Oley Valley high school every year since she was a freshman, and was named to the Berks County Division 3 all-star team in both her Freshman and Junior seasons.  She lost her senior 2020 season to COVID19.  She has gone on to continue her softball career at Millersville University, where she will graduate in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara excels in all facets of the game and shows off her softball IQ on the field along with one of the best throwing arms in the state.  She played everywhere for both her school and for Tigers 18U.  Interestingly, she was primarily at thirdbaseman for most of her youth career, and only carried catchers gear around in case she was needed in an emergency.  In her first season of 18U as a Tiger, we put her at catcher just for fun in a round robin game, and quickly realized we had a catching superstar on our hands and didn't even realize it.  She's been thriving behind the plate ever since.  You would have no idea that she's only been catching full-time since she was 17 years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara was 3rd on the Berks Tigers 18U team with (5) extra-base hits in the Summer of \u003ca href=\"tel:2020%20-%20(4\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e2020 - (4\u003c/a\u003e) doubles and (1) home run, and was 3rd on the team with (16) runs batted in.  Most impressively, she had the best strike-out to plate-appearance ratio on the team (77 times up to the plate, and only 3 K's!), and was the only player on the team that didn't strike out looking the entire season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara split her time between catcher and rightfield (and occasionally thirdbase) for the inaugural season of our Tigers Women's League team in the summer of 2021, playing in the Premier Pennsylvania Women's Fastpitch Softball League (PPWFSL).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe continued to be our starting catcher for our Tigers Women's League team in the summer of 2022.  When she wasn't catching, she was showing off her arm in RF.  She was an integral part of the team that went a near perfect 11-1 in the regular season, and finishing runner-up in the play-offs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter graduating out of 18U, she stayed on as an assistant coach for Tigers 18U in the summer of 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 2023, Sara was a mainstay on both our Berks Tigers Women's League team and our 23U Tournament Team.  She played in 27 games, batting .312 with a .397 on-base percentage.  She walked 9 times against just 8 strike-outs all season.  She was behind the plate for 104 innings out of 197-2/3 between WL and tournaments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara is also the \"Team Mom.\""},{"type":"fieldLabel","text":"Website"},{"type":"field","text":"https://www.facebook.com/sara.hoover.180","controller":"actions/openSafariDialog","url":"https://www.facebook.com/sara.hoover.180"}],"bottom":[{"type":"ad","purchasable":true,"units":[{"type":"dfp-adaptiveBanner","adUnitId":"/256416529/teamapp.banner.app.firstlook"},{"type":"dfp-smartBanner","adUnitId":"/256416529/teamapp.banner.app.smart"},{"type":"dfp-adaptiveBanner","adUnitId":"/256416529/teamapp.banner.app.pmp"},{"type":"dfp-banner","adUnitId":"/256416529/teamapp.banner.app.fixedsize","width":320,"height":50}],"mrec":false,"native":false,"adType":null,"clubId":468492,"id":468492,"latitude":40.446404,"longitude":-75.866876,"sport":"fast_pitch","admin":false,"governingBodyIds":[528792],"country":"United States","state":"Pennsylvania","targetingParams":{}}]}]}