Stephanie Schoonover to return to Vicksburg on Monday

Stephanie Schoonover is making her way back to her hometown of Vicksburg on Monday, August 12. The former University of Kentucky standout pitcher will attend the St. Aloysius vs. Tensas Academy softball game at Bazinsky Park to watch her former team.

A decade ago in 2014, Schoonover was a seventh grader at St. Aloysius where she became the starting pitcher. In her lone year with the Lady Flashes, Schoonover led the team to a 14-9-1 record as she threw 84 strikeouts as well as having a .393 batting average with 24 hits and 16 RBIs. 

After the 2014 season, Schoonover’s family moved to Dothan, Alabama where she continued her softball career at Rehobeth High School where they finished as runner-ups in the AHSAA State Championship Softball Tournament in 2016 and 2019. She also was the 2019 5A Pitcher of the Year in the state of Alabama and received All-Area and All-State honors.

Eventually signing with Kentucky, Schoonover went on to receive the national pitcher of the week award twice as well as being a 3x SEC pitcher of the week. She also set a Kentucky record for single-game strikeouts with 18 against #24 North Texas and a single-game strikeout record against Missouri with 15 strikeouts.

Schoonover also became a team captain and is one of Kentucky’s all-time strikeout leaders. 

Next month, Schoonover will be attending Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama where she will be pursuing her Doctorate Degree in Physical Therapy.

Monday’s game will begin at 5:30 p.m. and Schoonover will throw the first pitch.