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NATIONALLY
Played for Texas Glory Gold out of Dallas/Fort Worth for head coach Kevin Shelton ... led team to ninth-place finish in 2011 Premier Girls Fastpitch Nationals ... team captured the title at the 2011 DeMarini Invitational ... helped squad place fourth at the 2012 ASA Gold Nationals.
BEFORE TEXAS
A four-year starter for Plano East High School and head coach Karen Kalhoefer ... nationally, stood 32nd in the 2012 ESPN High School 100 Softball rankings ... tabbed by ESPNHS as the second-best pitcher in Texas, the fifth-best recruit in the state, the eighth-best prospect in the Midlands region and the eighth-best high school hurler in the nation ... earned a place on the ESPNHS First Team All-America squad ... named to the 2012 MaxPreps All-American First Team ... selected as the 2012 Dallas Morning News Softball Player of the Year and the District 8-5A Most Valuable Player ... ended senior campaign with a 33-4 overall record and 193 strikeouts during the regular season ... hit .365 with 10 home runs and a team-best 47 runs batted in as a senior ... lifted Plano East to an appearance in the University Interscholastic League 5A state tournament semifinals after capturing the 5A Region 1 championship in 2012 ... semifinal appearance was just the third in program history ... featured as one of the top five high school pitchers in the country in Softball Today magazine's March 29, 2012, issue ... three-time most valuable player for Plano East ... member of the 2011 and 2012 Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State First Team ... as a junior, went 20-6 with 131 strikeouts and hit .427 ... named the 2010 District 8-5A MVP ... starter at first base on the 2009 Plano East team that made it to the state semifinals ... selected as the squad's Big Stick award winner following freshman campaign.
PERSONAL
Full name is Holly Michelle Kern ... daughter of Michael and Candy Kern ... has two younger brothers -- Steven (15) and Ben (10) ... an undergraduate studies major ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (Fall 2012).
