University of North Carolina Athletics
Lilly Parrish Wins Florida Gulf Coast League MVP
July 9, 2025 | Softball
SARASOTA, Fla. – Lilly Parrish has been named the MVP of the Florida Gulf Coast League the league announced Wednesday morning.
The rising sophomore dominated both in the circle and at the plate this summer. She led the league in innings pitched and in strikeouts as a pitcher with 65 innings pitched and 71 strikeouts. With a 9-1 record, she pitched to the tune of a 1.62 ERA.
At the plate she hit .326 with a .415 on-base percentage driving in 13 runs and belting two home runs.
In a standout game earlier in the summer, Parrish threw a complete game shutout and helped herself out by hitting a walkoff home run to deep left field.
The Mechanicsville, Va. native looks to ride this momentum into her second season in Chapel Hill where she hit .500 in eight at bats and threw 40.2 innings as a pitcher earning a 4-1 record and one save as a freshman.
Her team, the Manatee Impact opens the playoffs Thursday at 2 p.m. as the four seed against the winner of the 5/12 matchup.
Fellow Tar Heel Skylar Young is also in the playoffs with the two seed Aquanauts. They play following the 2 p.m. game against the winner of the 7/10 matchup.
The rising sophomore dominated both in the circle and at the plate this summer. She led the league in innings pitched and in strikeouts as a pitcher with 65 innings pitched and 71 strikeouts. With a 9-1 record, she pitched to the tune of a 1.62 ERA.
At the plate she hit .326 with a .415 on-base percentage driving in 13 runs and belting two home runs.
In a standout game earlier in the summer, Parrish threw a complete game shutout and helped herself out by hitting a walkoff home run to deep left field.
The Mechanicsville, Va. native looks to ride this momentum into her second season in Chapel Hill where she hit .500 in eight at bats and threw 40.2 innings as a pitcher earning a 4-1 record and one save as a freshman.
Her team, the Manatee Impact opens the playoffs Thursday at 2 p.m. as the four seed against the winner of the 5/12 matchup.
Fellow Tar Heel Skylar Young is also in the playoffs with the two seed Aquanauts. They play following the 2 p.m. game against the winner of the 7/10 matchup.
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