Effingham High School senior Kaylee Tonn recently inked a letter of intent to play softball at Southeastern College in Harrisburg next season. She'll be joining teammate Madison Weis who signed earlier in the year.

"Kaylee is a good hitter and will be our RBI person this season," said EHS Coach Jerry Trigg. "That's what she'll continue to do at the college level. She has been the leader of our team the last couple of years. The biggest thing about Kaylee is her knowledge of the  game. She catches for us and she's good with the pitchers and she's good as a hitter in all situations."

"Coach Trigg told me about Kaylee," said Southeastern Coach Donn Gines. "She can catch, play third and pitch plus she is a good hitter for average and power. I did not get to see her play last season. I have heard great comments on her softball ability, academics andn persona llife.

"She will fit in our program very well as a defensive and offensive threat. We plan on her catching, pitching and hitting for power as well as average."

Southeastern finished with a 28-38 record for the fall and spring season last year.

"We've shown improvement over the last five seasons," said Coach Gines. "We are looking forward to an even better spring this year as we finished 12-9 in the fall and Region 24 seems to be a tossup between nine teams. We have six returning players, eight freshmen and one transfer from Murray State University."

"Kaylee has been our catcher but she was injured last year and had foot surgery," said Coach Trigg. "Hopefully she'll be fine. She can play first, third and is a very good fielder with good technique. She'll be an asset to Southeastern.

"She probably needs to work on a little quicker release to play at the college level and footwork but she continues to work on those anyway. She understands what pitches to call with runners on. Her overball arm strength can be better. She needs to work on a quicker release and get rid of the ball.

"Hitting-wise she's always been a good baserunner, smart on the bases. She recognizes when a ball hits if it's going to be caught or a line drive in the gap.

"She's a very good student and has been a joy to coach. I never have to tell her to get her head in the game because she's always ready to play."

Tonn is the daughter of Jeff and Tracey Tonn.