Omaha Central softball player Ada Jantzen voted SBLive’s Nebraska high school athlete of the week
Omaha Central softball player Ada Jantzen was voted SBLive’s Nebraska High School Athlete of the Week for Sept 25-Oct. 1.
Jantzen totaled 3,878 votes. Braxton Glines, a Lincoln Lutheran sophomore quarterback, was second with 2,670 votes (36.6%).
Jantzen went 0 for 2 in her first game of the season but has hit safely ever since then. Counting two games last week, that makes it 19 games in a row in which she’s collected a base hit. Her batting average is among the best in the state at .591, her on-base percentage is a spectacular .640 and she’s scored 21 runs on 26 hits, six walks and 40 trips on base. Every other time she gets aboard, she’s guaranteed to score a run. Jantzen has also stolen 15 bases and has seven doubles, three triples and two home runs. She has struck out 34% of the hitters she has faced.
