High school softball: Florida star Jasmine Francik tops national strikeout leaderboard with 329 in 141 innings

Jasmine Francik of Melbourne (Fla.) leads high school softball nationally with 329 strikeouts this season. The junior Florida State commit has a 0.15 ERA and is coming off a 12-strikeout performance in a 2-0 shutout win over nationally-ranked Lake Brantley that has the Bulldogs (17-3) likely to re-enter next week's MaxPreps Top 25.

Twice this season Francik has struck out more than 30 batters. In a 14-inning battle against Doral Academy — the No. 5 team in Florida — she pitched a complete game with 36 Ks. The game was scoreless until Francik hit a walk-off home run to win 1-0 in the bottom of the 14th.

Alyssa Faircloth of Tuscaloosa County (Northport, Ala.) is second in the country with 312 strikeouts. The left-handed senior is headed to Troy and has struck out at least 10 batters on 18 different occasions. Faircloth is 17-4 on the season with a 0.40 ERA for the Wildcats.

Kynzee Anderson of Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.) is fourth in the country with 292 strikeouts and is the leader nationally among freshmen.



In a five-game stretch from Feb. 20-28, Anderson had 64 strikeouts as the Cavaliers went 5-0.

Read on for a complete look at the nation's strikeout leaders.