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Broomfield senior Linnie Malkin, posing here for the 2016 BoCoPreps.com softball player of the year honor, was named the Gatorade Softball Player of the Year. 
Paul Aiken / Daily Camera
Broomfield senior Linnie Malkin, posing here for the 2016 BoCoPreps.com softball player of the year honor, was named the Gatorade Softball Player of the Year.Broomfield senior Linnie Malkin was named the 2016-17 Gatorade Colorado Softball Player of the Year on Monday morning, capping a standout prep career that has the third baseman headed to play at the University of Arkansas.
Malkin hit .603 with 35 RBI, 11 doubles and 11 homers this past fall, leading the Eagles to the Front Range League championship and Class 5A state runner-up accolades. Broomfield fell 1-0 to Cherokee Trail in extra innings of the title game.
Also a 2016 Denver Post 1st Team All-State selection and a four-time All-Front Range League honoree, Malkin is the first Eagles softball player to receive the award.
