Last spring, Cali Deal pitched Quitman High School to the Division V  “non-select” state championship in softball. As result, the Jackson Parish phenom and LSU signee was voted the Class B Outstanding Player of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA).

Local fans know that Deal is without question one of the best, if not the best, softball players in north Louisiana. Now you have the opportunity to express that opinion by voting for Deal  in the 2025 Shreveport Times Fan’s Choice Softball Preseason Player of the Year ballot.

To make your selection visit shreveporttimes.com to vote for one of the 34 athletes on the ballot. Voting will conclude Feb. 28 with the winner announced March 3 at shreveporttimes.com.

The top vote recipient will be presented a sports duffel bag with a Raising Cane’s boxed lunch gift card courtesy of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics and The Times.

There is no limit to the number of times you can vote, so VOTE EARLY and VOTE OFTEN for Cali Deal, North Louisiana Preseason Softball Player of the Year.