2026 Softball Roster
Lily Palko
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Transfer, Pa.
- High School:
- Sharpsville
Prep
• Graduated from Sharpsville High School (2025)
• Named the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association's 2025 Class 2A Player of the Year
• Three-time PaHSSBCA All-State first team honoree at shortstop (2023, '24, '25)
• Also a three-time all-region and all-district first team selection
• In 2022, named the District 10 Freshman Softball Player of the Year
• Boasted a career .534 batting average with 125 hits, 136 runs scored and 149 RBI; boasted 75 extra-base hits, including a Pennsylvania state-record 40 career home runs
• Helped Sharpsville capture a District 10 championship (2023)
• Played travel ball with the Ohio Outlaws
• Two-time USA Softball High Performance Program selection and national selection top performer
• Two-time USSSA All-American (2018, '21); USA Softball All-American for Region 2 Blue (2019, '20)
• Also lettered in varsity volleyball and basketball
• Two-time all-region and all-district first team honoree; became Sharpsville sixth player to reach 1,000 points in school history
• National Honor Society; Honor Roll
Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Born on March 20, 2007
• Daughter of Ed and Mandy Palko
