NSD25: Lillie-Faye McWhorter

Lillie-Faye McWhorter, RHP, 5-9, Woodlawn HS, Birmingham Thunderbolts 18 Premier-Thompson, Warren, Ark.

Time Signed: 7:23 a.m.
McWhorter comes to the Razorbacks from Woodlawn High School in Rison, Ark., where she has had a standout career under head coach Matt Huitt … Posted a 1.00 earned run average with an astounding 164 strikeouts in 82.2 innings of work in the circle as a junior in 2024 … Fanned 205 batters in 120.1 innings pitched while compiling a 1.69 earned run average as a sophomore in 2023 …  As a freshman, she was one of two in her class to be named to the SBLive All-State softball first team after compiling a 0.45 earned run average and striking out 230 batters in 107 innings while holding opponents to a .098 batting average … Plays travel ball for Birmingham Thunderbolts 18 Premier-Thompson which she helped lead to a PGF Platinum National Championship in 2021 in addition to a PGF Premier National Championship in 2024 … Also plays basketball, having earned all-conference honors as a junior and lettering four times.

Chose Arkansas because…
“I chose Arkansas because of the atmosphere. It is a family environment while making their athletes the best.”

Coach Deifel on McWhorter…
 “Lillie-Faye is really deceptive in the circle and has flown under the radar in the 2025 class. She is incredibly talented and a Razorback through and through. She is incredibly competitive and we are glad she is staying home in Arkansas.”