July 30, 2024
Former Eustis High Softball State Champion Ainsley Perdicaris Commits To Clarion University
By Kyle Coppola
Former Eustis High Softball State Champion Ainsley Perdicaris Commits To Clarion University
EUSTIS, Fla. – Ainsley Perdicaris, a 2022 graduate of Eustis High School, has committed to Clarion University to continue her softball and academic career. Perdicaris played a pivotal role in Eustis’s remarkable state championship run in 2021. She and fellow pitcher Libby Levendoski lead the team to a 27-1 record and the 2021 Class 4A State Championship.
During her junior year, Perdicaris boasted the highest batting average on the team at .462. In her senior year, she maintained her impressive performance with a .405 average, 30 hits, and 16 RBIs. As the backup pitcher to Libby Levendoski, one of the top pitchers in college softball who currently plays for NAVY, Perdicaris pitched 29 innings, achieving an outstanding 64 strikeouts and only seven walks. Her ERA was an impressive 0.97.
Perdicaris joins Clarion University located in Pennsylvania. The University competes as part of NCAA Division II. Perdicaris competed with Saint Leo University in 2024. As a freshman at Saint Leo, she made five appearances, including two starts, finishing the year with a 2-0 record. In 16 innings pitched, she struck out 10 batters and maintained a 1.31 ERA.
Congratulations to Perdicaris, her family, coaches, and all who have supported her. Best of luck at Clarion University!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
