High School: Lettered four years for coach Jennifer Watson at Southmont High School ... Helped lead the Mounties to four straight county championships and a pair of sectional championships ... Led them to the 2014 regional championship, semi-state championships and the state title game (runner-up) ... As a senior she batted .540 with 34 hits, 26 runs, 33 RBI, 12 doubles and four home runs ... Recorded a .479 batting average in her career with 13 home runs among her 163 hits ... Scored 113 runs and registered 132 RBI ... 4-time all-county team selection ... 4-time all-Sagamore Conference honoree ... 2016 Journal Review Player of the Year ... 2016 and 2017 Paper of Montgomery County's Player of the Year ... Also lettered on the cross country team ... Academic honors include Scholar Athlete, Spanish Award, Business Award, Science Award, Sagamore All-Academic, and the Honor Award for Salutatorian in 2017 Class (2015-16) ... Plays travel ball for coach Keith Allen and Jack Fultz for the Texas Glory Adkins 18u Gold ...

Personal: Full name is Sydney Casteel ... Daughter of Mark and Kimberly Casteel ... Has one brother, Toby ... Born Sept. 18, 1998 in Crawfordsville, Indiana.