Daylynn Penner has been dedicated to the Sierra High softball program since she stepped foot on campus nearly four years ago. Penner’s dedication paid off as she was awarded a partial scholarship to attend college at the Oregon Coast Culinary Institute and play softball at Southwestern Oregon Community College.
Penner will be a full-time student at the culinary institute, while competing in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges for the Lakers. Penner became aware of the opportunity through a friend and shortened her list of colleges when she made the trip to Coos Bay, Ore. to visit both campuses.
“I am very pumped to go there,” Penner said. “I’ve been working all of my life to do this and I have been working really hard to get to this point.
“As soon as I went up there I knew it was a perfect fit.”
Penner held down the shortstop position for the Timberwolves, closing her junior season with a spot on the VOL’s all-defensive team. Penner was also top two in nearly every offensive category for Sierra, including home runs, batting average, plate appearances and RBI, while leading the team in hits and doubles.
“I absolutely thought she would become a college player,” Sierra head coach Nick Olmo said of Penner when she joined the program. “That is something that she has always looked to do so we worked her in that direction.
“You could see her talent from early on as a freshman.”
Penner’s softball skills leave little room for doubt, but she definitely is going to have to prove herself in the classroom and around the stove. Penner is going after schooling that is dear to her heart, hopefully returning to the Manteca area ready to open a business.
“I love cooking and I love baking,” Penner said. “I am mainly focusing on baking and pastries, and I want to make those beautiful wedding cakes.
“I’m also thinking about sailing around the world on those cruise ships and making deserts after I finish college.”
Penner will try and lean the Timberwolves back to the postseason, pushing both Oakdale and East Union for one of the VOL’s postseason berths.
Penner will be a full-time student at the culinary institute, while competing in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges for the Lakers. Penner became aware of the opportunity through a friend and shortened her list of colleges when she made the trip to Coos Bay, Ore. to visit both campuses.
“I am very pumped to go there,” Penner said. “I’ve been working all of my life to do this and I have been working really hard to get to this point.
“As soon as I went up there I knew it was a perfect fit.”
Penner held down the shortstop position for the Timberwolves, closing her junior season with a spot on the VOL’s all-defensive team. Penner was also top two in nearly every offensive category for Sierra, including home runs, batting average, plate appearances and RBI, while leading the team in hits and doubles.
“I absolutely thought she would become a college player,” Sierra head coach Nick Olmo said of Penner when she joined the program. “That is something that she has always looked to do so we worked her in that direction.
“You could see her talent from early on as a freshman.”
Penner’s softball skills leave little room for doubt, but she definitely is going to have to prove herself in the classroom and around the stove. Penner is going after schooling that is dear to her heart, hopefully returning to the Manteca area ready to open a business.
“I love cooking and I love baking,” Penner said. “I am mainly focusing on baking and pastries, and I want to make those beautiful wedding cakes.
“I’m also thinking about sailing around the world on those cruise ships and making deserts after I finish college.”
Penner will try and lean the Timberwolves back to the postseason, pushing both Oakdale and East Union for one of the VOL’s postseason berths.
