{"id":854873,"date":"2026-09-21T00:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T00:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854873\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T00:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T00:50:17","slug":"breaking-news-texas-longhorns-get-minnesota-pitcher-lauren-schellhammer-ranked-no-4-overall-in-the-2028-hot-100-sept-20-2026-line-drive-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854873\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Texas Longhorns Get Minnesota Pitcher Lauren Schellhammer, Ranked No. 4 Overall in the 2028 HOT 100 (Sept. 20, 2026) \u2013 Line Drive Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike White\u2019s Univ. of Texas program was looking for an excellent pitching candidate and locked one down today when Lauren Schellhammer committed on her official visit to the SEC school\u2019s Austin, Texas campus.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Top Gun 16U \u2013 National team coached by Joe Sciara,\u00a0Lauren was <a href=\"https:\/\/linedrivemedia.com\/news\/the-2028-line-drive-media-hot-100-player-rankings-at-the-top-10-with-s-5-to-1-sept-7-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranked No. 4 in this month\u2019s release of the Line Drive Media 2028 HOT 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-82535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bob_Turner_Top_Gun-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/>Bob Turner, Director of the Top Gun National Program.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Turner, the Director of the Top Gun National Program, said this today about the talents of his two-way player:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLauren is a 5-foot-11 power pitcher out of the state of Minnesota with elite stuff.\u00a0 She works vertically through the zone, with velocity verified at 72 mph, and a change-up that is challenging for opposing offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffensively, Lauren\u2019s a tough out in the box who swings it with tremendous power.\u00a0 An elite two-way competitor who can get it done on both sides of the ball, we couldn\u2019t be more excited for her to learn and grow under Coach White and the terrific Longhorn staff!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hard throwing 2028 standout was also considering other top programs such as Stanford, Duke, Arizona and Northwestern.<\/p>\n<p>In the classroom, Lauren has a 4.0 GPA in honors courses and plans to be a doctor when her playing days are over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the junior\u2019s bio read when the Top 5 player rankings were released earlier this month:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-98858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-Lauren-Schellhammer-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>T-4\u2014Lauren Schellhammer, P, Top Gun 16U \u2013 National<br \/>Lauren is one of the top velocity kids in the country as the right-handed was verified at 70 mph by Showtime Sports, who ranked her as the No. 2 overall player in the Class of 2028. Breakdown Sports USA recognized her as one of the Top Power Arms in Minnesota while playing for the Catalyst 16U National team previously. From Lakeville, Minn., Lauren is 5-foot-11 and will spin her rise ball at multiple levels, along with a drop ball and knee-buckling change up. \u00a0While playing for Top Gun 16 National this summer, she was outstanding with 40 K\u2019s in 22.1 innings, a 1.88 ERA, a .173 BAA and a 15.54 swing-and-miss percentage. Also a very accomplished hitter, Lauren batted .394 with two home runs, five doubles, and drove in 16 in only 33 at bats. \u00a0Her performances helped the 2028 standout secure All Tournament honors at the Triple Crown National Championships in St Louis. Her softball accolades already include being named All-State, All Section, and All Conference. \u00a0Lauren is receiving strong recruiting interest nationwide from all the major Power 4 conferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0Brentt Eads\/Line Drive Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike White\u2019s Univ. of Texas program was looking for an excellent pitching candidate and locked one down today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-854873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}