Stella Weaver took Williamsport, Pennsylvania by storm during this year’s Little League World Series, and that continued Wednesday.
The 12-year-old made history in Tennesee’s 5-3 elimination bracket semifinal loss to California when she recorded a second-inning single, tying the all-time record for hits by a girl in the Little League World Series.
The 25-year-old record was set back in 1998 by Japan’s Sayaka Tsushima.
One Tuesday, she recorded a hit in Tennesee’s 8-1 win over Nevada to become the first American girl to have three hits in the LLWS.
“That’s crazy to me,” Weaver told The Tennessean after Tuesday’s game. “Me and Coach Randy [Huth] made a bucket list. We did how many hits has a girl ever had in the U.S. I thought it was so much fun. Getting that hit was just crazy.”
Despite her team’s elimination from the tournament, Weaver also completed another bit of history Wednesday.
She joined Texas’ Ella Bruning in 2021 as the only girls to score a run in the LLWS since Guam’s Brielle Meno did so in 2008.
During her time in Williamsport, the young star even got to meet the Phillies’ Bryce Harper.
“He talked to us, just some baseball,” she told The Tennessean. “It was really, really cool.”
Equally as impressive as her skills at the plate was her work on the mound.
Weaver was recorded throwing as high as 68 mph during the tournament, which is roughly equivalent to 89 mph from a major league pitcher.
During the regionals, Weaver threw an impressive seven-strikeout shutout against Alabama.
With her appearance in the tournament, she became the 22nd girl to compete in the LLWS.
