Biography
AT SARALAND HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered five seasons in softball at Saraland High School in Saraland, Ala.
• Helped lead the Spartans to five area championships, a fifth-place finish at the 2021 AHSAA state tournament and a runner up finish at the 2025 state tournament
• Four-time AL.com Coastal High School Terrific 20 selection
• Four-time ASWA First Team All-State selection
• Named the ASWA 6A Player of the Year
• Selected as the AL.com Fan’s Player of the Year (2025)
• Named the 2025 Lagniappe 6A-7A Player of the Year
• Chosen as the 2024 Lagniappe Best Female High School Athlete Nappie Award winner
• In her 721 prep career at-bats, she recorded 320 hits, scored 279 runs, drove in 273 runners, drew 125 walks, had 163 singles, 81 doubles, 14 triples and 62 home runs
• Did not strike out in 153 at-bats during her senior season
• As a junior, batted .390 with 51 RBI, 14 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs, 55 runs scored, 37 walks and struck out just eight times
• Competed in 2024 AHSAA North/South All-Star Game
• Hit .446 in 2023 with 48 runs scored, 62 hits, 69 RBI, 15 doubles and a region-best 23 home runs, which was also a new single-season record for Saraland
• In 2022, she batted .455 and tied for region-best 71 RBI, while posting 20 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 56 runs scored
• Walked 17 times and struck out just five times
• Competed at the 2020 USSSA All-American Fastpitch program
• Also lettered two seasons in volleyball for the Spartans
• Played travel ball for the SoCal Athletics where she was named to the Alliance Fastpitch Open Nationals all-tournament team, the 2025 Alex Wilcox Atlanta Legacy Invitational and the 2025 PFF Show Me the Money all-tournament squads
• Ranked as the ninth-best outfielder by Extra Innings and was a Class of 2025 Academic Athlete National Honor Roll selection by the organization
• Over her final five combined summer and fall sessions with So Cal, she hit over .432 each time, and recorded a combined 39 doubles, nine triples, 22 home runs, scored 124 runs and 91 RBI
PERSONAL
• Full name is Gracie Lane Dees
• Born in Mobile, Ala.
• Daughter of Marion “Thomas” and Crystal Dees
• Has a younger brother, Brock
• Uncle, Tyler Dees played football at Troy (1996-99) and then also played rugby for the USA Classic Eagles
• Graduated with an advanced honors diploma and was Cum Laude after finishing with a 4.29 GPA
• Majoring in health sciences
