Bria Mann

Bria Mann is a sophomore at St. Catherine’s Academy and already the varsity softball ace after a dominant freshman season in which she went 18–4 with a 1.12 ERA and 198 strikeouts, earning All-Conference First Team and Conference Freshman of the Year honors. She also hit .298 with four home runs, proving she’s a threat on both sides of the ball. Outside of school, she competes year-round for Iowa Blaze Elite, helping lead them to a PGF Midwest Regional Championship and multiple national qualifier runs. Her success has made her widely respected and popular on campus, but she carries it with calm composure rather than arrogance. What truly defines Bria, though, is her deep faith and pursuit of holiness. She begins most mornings with prayer and scripture, journals reflections at night, and sees softball as a platform for character rather than personal glory. She avoids gossip, forgives quickly, speaks with intention, and strives for purity in both actions and motives. Before games she prays for integrity and composure, not just victory, and after wins she redirects praise to her teammates. Living just down the street from you, she often comes over to hang out, talk about life and pressure, or throw the ball sround—showing that beneath the competitive fire is a disciplined, compassionate, and deeply faithful friend who wants to live with purpose in everything she does.