Deer Park is coming off a year that saw them go 29-8 overall and reach the Area Round of the playoffs. Amy Vidal-Bush enters her fifth year of leading the program and has a 141-31 overall record and the 2021 UIL Class 6A State Championship in that time.
Six starters return for Vidal-Bush including Texas Tech-commit Braelynn Jones, the District Pitcher of the Year in 2024, Texas State-commit Camryn Plocheck (firstteam, all-district), and Temple College-commit Madi Alvarado.
Other key returners include first-team, all-district picks Izzy Mendoza, Kayla Barras, and Mia Montemayor (Texas Southern-commit) and secondteamers Aleena Carrizales (Texas Southern-commit), Mariah Ramirez and Zoie Powell (San Jac-commit). Other players to watch include Caitlyn Wade and Reily Hernandez.
Keys to success for Vidal-Bush’s crew include being more efficient offensively, pitching, and “learning from our lack of success last season and becoming the toughest, most competitive versions of ourselves”.
