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Notre Dame (Belmont) junior Alexa Couto voted the best softball player in the Central Coast Section by fans

Couto hit .492 with eight home runs for the CCS Division 1 semifinalist.
Lance Smith, SBLive Sports|
Notre Dame (Belmont) junior Alexa Couto voted the best softball player in the Central Coast Section by fans
Notre Dame (Belmont) junior Alexa Couto voted the best softball player in the Central Coast Section by fans

Alexa Couto, a Notre Dame (Belmont) junior UTIL, has been voted by the fans as the top softball player in the Central Coast Section. 

The candidate pool came straight from SBLive's All-Central Coast Section Softball Team. With nearly 1,100 votes, Couto ran away with the top spot, and Los Gatos pitcher Anna Bean came in second.

Couto, who plays catcher, shortstop, and outfield, batted .492 with eight homers, 17 total extra-base hits, 31 RBIs, and a huge OPS of 1.679. She also stole 16 bases on her way to scoring 39 runs to help lead the Tigers to the CIFCCS Division 1 semifinals.

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Lance Smith, SBLive Sports
LANCE SMITH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Lance Smith is a veteran high school sports reporter who worked previously with SBLive Sports covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section and has returned as contributor to High School On SI in 2025. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.

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