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Perfect Performance Softball Academy is an elite level training program which enhances the player’s ‘five tools’ of softball that scouts and coaches use to judge the overall skill and strengths of prospects.
PP Softball places their training focus on:
PP Softball places their training focus on:
- Hitting for Power and Average
- Fielding
- Throwing Velocity
- Strength, Speed and Agility
OUR LEADERSHIP
Susannah Griffiths Coach |
Professional Experience
Susie Griffiths is a Northern Virginia Softball standout with experience playing at both the collegiate and professional levels. Her career began at the age of 10 with the Vienna Girls Softball League, where she developed into an elite softball player that showed promise at multiple positions. While attending James Madison High School, Susie made varsity as a freshman and quickly became one of the stars of the team. Because of her success on the field, Susie was invited to compete as a starting pitcher for the Shamrocks Girls Fastpitch Travel 14U team, with whom she spent two years playing and traveling to tournaments across the country. At 16, she was recruited to play for the 18U Shamrocks under Hall of Fame coach Tommy Orndorf. Under the helm of Coach Orndorf, Susie spent two years as team captain and led the team to place 7th and 14th in the ASA National Championships in California. Due to her success on the field, Susie earned a scholarship opportunity to play for Penn State, where she specialized as a center fielder and lead off lefty slapper. During her time at Penn State, Susie was named to multiple Offensive Player of the Year awards and broke multiple school records, including most stolen bases in a season and most stolen bases in a game; a record that still stands today. While at Penn State, Susie also played for and captained the British Olympic Softball Team where she competed in the Olympic Trials in Turin, Italy. Following her 4 year collegiate and professional career, Susie was offered the opportunity to play in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) League, but instead chose to pursue a career in marketing. She now plays USTA tennis and lives with her two children in Middleburg, VA. |
Carly Martin Coach |
Professional Experience
Carly Martin is a local standout from the DMV area. She began playing competitive travel softball at the age of 9 and developed the skills of a well-rounded Fastpitch athlete, with a passion for competing on the mound. Carly worked with two men’s Fastpitch hall-of-famers, Jim Rinehardt and Jack Crandall, who developed her pitching skills to compete at the highest level. Earning the number one pitching spot as a freshman when she entered high school, she competed in the Maryland IAAM A conference all four years. Pitching for Seton Keough High School, Carly led her team to the championship game her junior and senior year, winning the conference championship her senior year in 2007. Throughout her high school career, she was named All-City and All-conference all four years, as well as All-Metro her last 3 years. Carly was recruited up and down the east coast for collegiate level Fastpitch, but ultimately decided to take the scholarship offer to attend Howard University in Washington, DC, as she was determined to play Division 1 close enough for her father to continue watching her games. Here, she earned accolades throughout every season, such as being named conference player of the week numerous times and defensive MVP of the year. She is now a personal trainer placing an emphasis on the importance of nutrition and hopes to educate Fastpitch players leading into their collegiate or Olympic careers. She specializes in developing pitchers to perform at the highest level, and focuses on enhancing the performance of defensive and offensive skills. |
Yoli Manzo Coach |
Yoli Manzo is a Northern Virginia native who has been playing softball for over 18 years. Growing up, Yoli played for several Northern Virginia Teams before taking her talents to to play College softball at NCAA D1, Radford University. Yoli Graduated from Radford with a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise, Sport, & Health Education with a concentration in Exercise Science.
In 2013, Yoli began coaching alongside her father as his assistant coach. This experience showed Yoli how she could help young softball players, and made it a point to be a role model to all of the girls she coaches! She then went on to coach at W.T. Woodson High School for 2 years, and now she is focusing her coaching on Travel softball. She is excited to continue coaching and developing players through Perfect Performance Yoli continues coaching because of her passion for overcoming challenges and inspiring young softball players to do the same. Her goal as a coach is to inspire every athlete to unlock their fullest potential on and off the field. |
Alumni and Current Athletes
Bella Norton- Indiana University
Rylee Schaar- Baldwin Wallace University
Maria Urban- Lehigh University
Rylee Schaar- Baldwin Wallace University
Maria Urban- Lehigh University