Texas high school softball strikeout leaders: Dartmouth pledge Jensin Hall of Heritage tops leaderboard

Junior pitcher Jensin Hall leads Texas in strikeouts but it's a close race with two other standout hurlers.

The right-hander from Heritage (Frisco) has 298 strikeouts in 132 innings to edge Katy Sanders, a junior from Hamshire-Fannett (Hamshire), and La Joya freshman Arlette Hernandez, who have 295 and 293, respectively.

Hall, a Dartmouth commit, is 24-1 with a 0.53 ERA and 45 hits allowed and 40 walks. She's struck out at least 10 batters 16 times, including her last five outings. Her high strikeout game was 17 in a 10-0 win over Centennial.

Sanders is 23-3 with a 0.97 ERA over 165.2 innings. She's struck out at least 10 batters 14 times with a high of 16. She's also quite a hitter with a .477 batting average (42 of 88) with seven home runs, 14 doubles and 43 RBI.

Likewise, Hernandez is a star on the mound and the plate. She's 22-3 and a 1.33 ERA in in 163.2 innings. She opened the season by strikeout a season-high 23 in a 4-0 10-inning win over Mission. She's also hitting .511 (47 of 92) with eight doubles, five triples and six home runs.

MaxPreps compiles leaderboards from statistics supplied by high school coaches from throughout Texas and the country.