Mya McGowan #14

High School Information

Graduation Year: 2025
High School: Poway
HS Address / City / State: 15500 Espola Road, Poway CA
GPA: 3.90

Travel Team Experience

Direct Email: Myamcgowan14@gmail.com

2024 - Present: Power Surge 18U Wallling Gold
2021 - 2023: Power Surge 16U Berndes/Trammell
2020-2021: Firecrackers Brashear Brunetti
2019-2020: Athletics Mercado Price

Highlights & Achievements

Softball Highlights:
Twitter: @mya_mcgowan

Individual:
-Extra Innings:
2023 Extra Innings Class of 2025 Regional Rankings Region 6 - Ranked 4th Overall Player
2023 Extra Innings Class of 2025 National Extra Elite 100 - Ranked 8th Overall Player
2022 Extra Innings Class of 2025 Pitcher Rankings - Ranked 7th
2022 Extra Innings Class of 2025 National Extra Elite 100 - Ranked 14th Overall Player
2021 Extra Innings Class of 2025 National Extra Elite 100 - Ranked 19th Overall Player
2021 Extra Innings Class of 2025 Pitcher Rankings - Ranked 15th
-OnDeck:
2022 OnDeck Invite Only Jamboree (Rosetta Canyon)
2021 OnDeck Invite Only Anaheim Tryout

Team:
2024 CIF Open Division Champions (First Back-2-Back in history)
2023 CIF Open Division Champions
2022 CIF DIV II - 2nd
2021 PCFL Winter National Qualifier - 2nd
2021 TCS Presidents Day Challenge - 2nd
2021 Colorado Sparkler Power Pool 14U: Top 15 Finish
2021 TCS Nationals: 14U - 5th
2021 Alliance Nationals 14U: Elite 8 Finish
2019 Western National Champions (12U-Poway)

Academic Achievements & Extracurricular Activities :
Honor Roll: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior

High School Sports

Varsity Softball -
Individual:
- 2025, 2024, 2023 CA All State 1st Team
- 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 San Diego Section All CIF 1st Team
- 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 Palomar League 1st Team Award
- 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 High School MVP Award
- 2025 Jud Buechler Award Multi Sport Athlete of the Year (Senior)
- 2025 CIF San Diego Section Softball All Star Game Home Run Derby Champion (Senior) First round: 29 points in 2 Min., Second round 15 points in 1.5 Min.
- 2024 Palomar League Pitcher of the Year Award (Junior)
- 2024 Regional Rumble All Tournament Team (Junior)
- 2023 CA Sophomore of the Year
- 2023 San Diego Section All CIF Pitcher of the Year (Sophomore)
- 2023 Palomar League Pitcher of the Year Award (Sophomore)


Team:
- 2024 CIF Open Division Champions (Junior)
- 2024 Palomar Open Division League Champions (Junior)
- 2023 CIF SoCal Regional Division I Champions (Sophomore)
- 2023 CIF Open Division Champions (Sophomore)
- 2023 Palomar Open Division League Champions (Sophomore)
- 2022 Falcon Fiesta Tournament - 2nd (Freshman)
- 2022 CIF League Tournament - 2nd (Freshman)

Varsity Basketball
- 2025, 2024 Palomar All-Conference 2nd Team
- 2025, 2024 High School MVP
- 2023 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- 2023 Avocado League Champions
- 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Dec 2022 SoCal Holiday Classic Champions
KUSI Interview - Girls Basketball: Poway 39, Fallbrook 34
Union Tribune - Poway Girls Win SoCal Holiday Classic Title by Beating Fallbrook

- Jan 2022 Defensive Player of the Year Award
Freshman on Varsity Sports Teams (Poway Iliad)

Private Coaches

Pitching Coach: Jason luli-Kinsey (Powerhouse Mechanics)
(619) 453-8116

Previous Pitching Coach: Monica Fenton
(760)-443-8571

Athletic References

- Steve Walling, Head Coach San Diego Power Surge
- Scott Berndes, Head Coach and President of San Diego Power Surge
- Jim Bennet, Poway HS Varsity Coach

Awards & Articles

2025 (Click on Headers to see article)
- Best Friends, Teammates Ready for One More Playoff Push at Poway High School
- Poway duo Playing for Third Softball Title
- Softball: Poway 5, Otay Ranch 4

2024 (Click on Headers to see article)
- Poway Softball Pitcher Throws Two Shutouts
- Mya McGowan Announces Commitment to Play Softball at University of California - Berkeley
- Battery Sparks Poway's Softball Win Over Rival Rancho Bernardo
- Mya McGowan - Cal Softball Commit YouTube Podcast

2023 (Click on Headers to see article)
- 2023 California All State First Team
- Poway Two-Sport Standout Mya McGowan is SBLives's San Diego Section Athlete of the Year
- Mya McGowan led SoCal Division 1 Champion Poway High School with a 19-1 Record and 1.01 ERA; Titans Finished the Season 29-3
- One run enough for Poway High to win regional Division I softball title
- Oh, Mya: Poway’s McGowan homers, shines in the circle as Titans advance to SoCal Regional title game
- Poway Chieftain - Poway scores two in bottom of eighth to beat rival Rancho Bernardo for Open softball title
- KUSI.com CIF Opening game Poway vs San Marcos - Homerun Highlights
- Atheles of the week - architect of Dons’ no-hitter
- Player of the Month

2022 (Click on Headers to see article)
- Titans’ McGowan finishes stellar freshman campaign with 2.17 ERA, .426 batting average (San Diego Union Tribune)
- One Heartbeat - Freshman on Softball Varsity Prove They Belong (Poway Iliad)
- Softball Defeats Rival RB on Senior Night (Poway Iliad)
- Girls Softball Won't Fall (Poway Iliad)

2019 (Click on Headers to see article)
- Poway Captures Western National Championship (Mcall)
- Poway Captures Western National Championship (SD Union Tribune)
- Poway Girls Softball League 12U All Stars Win Championship (KUSI)

2016 (Click on Headers to see article)
- PGSL 8U Gold All-Star Team Wins District Title (Chicago Tribune)

Stats, Highlights & Videos

Fastball Velocity: 63-68 mph
Overhand: 59 mph
Shuttle Time: 5.13 sec
Batting Average: .466
Bat Speed: 61.4
Hand Speed: 19.8
On Deck ODM Numbers
Field Level
Sports Recruit Video Clips

Camps/Showcases

2022
-OnDeck Organizational Showcase
-PGF Zoom Into June 16U
-Triple Crown Showcase Colorado Sparkler 16U
-OnDeck Jamboree
-UCSD Fall Elite Camp
-CAL Softball Winter Elite Camp

2021
-UCLA Elite Invite Only Player Camp
-OnDeck Organizational Showcase
-Power Surge Showcase/Camp
-Cal State Fullerton Elite Softball Camp
-PGF Zoom Into June 14U
-Triple Crown Showcase Colorado Sparkler 14U
-OnDeck Jamboree
-Firecrackers Brashear Invitational College Exposure Camp (Rosetta Canyon and Colorado)

Extracurricular

PHS Varsity Softball - 4 years
PHS Varsity Basketball -4 years