REBEKAH SELECTED AS COUNTY'S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Rebekah Inman swung for the fences this season for Elkmont and Limestone County coaches have taken notice. Inman was voted as the 2016 Most Valuable Softball Player, by the county's six head softball coaches.  She was also selected for the
2016 Huntsville All-Region Softball Team and the 2016 Al.com Super All-State Softball Team.

Although she played center field for the Red Devils, Inman was selected as a designated hitter on the Class 4A All-State team earlier this month. It's a position any team would be happy to have her, after the senior hit a county-best 17 home runs this season.

“She really came on as a senior,” said Elkmont head coach Mary Jane Hobbs. “She worked hard in the offseason and made her mind up that she wanted to go out on top.”

Inman led the Red Devils to the Super Regional tournament last month in Huntsville. She finished the season with a .504 batting average, 73 RBIs, 53 runs and struck out only 14 times all season.
“I don't know if I've ever had (a players) that had that many home runs,” said Hobbs. “When you can put together 17 home runs in one season, you are going to win a lot of games. And she saw the ball well enough that she only struck out 14 times. She had the mindset that every time she went to the plate, she was going to try to hit a home run”

Inman really came on for the Red Devils in the Limestone County Tournament in April. In the opening game against Clements, she had a double, two home runs and five RBIs. After that outing, no one in the county wanted to face her. Against East Limestone later in the tournament, Inman was intentionally walked six times.  “That was a disadvantage for us, because we couldn't put enough runs on the board,” said Hobbs. “I surrounded her with hitters to try to keep people from doing that.”

This year was one of the strongest senior classes Hobbs has had at Elkmont.

“Bekah has been to enough hitting classes, that she was another set of eyes on the field,” said Hobbs. “She helped critique people and increase their opportunities to hit the ball. She and all my seniors will be missed. They've worked as hard as any group I've had."

Despite several collegiate softball scholarship offers, Inman has decided to pursue a degree in nursing.  She married Justin Kesler a few weeks ago and will be starting the next chapter in her life in South Carolina. 

source: Athens News Courier
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