Mariah Bell of Cape Fear Christian Academy was seated with her parents, Michael and Briana Bell, and her sister, Baylynn Bell, as she signed to play softball at Mount Olive on Tuesday. Standing from left are travel coach Bethany Turner, headmaster Kevin Cloud and CFCA softball coach Sterling Holmes. (Photo/Al Myatt)

Cape Fear Christian Academy softball center fielder Mariah Bell signed with Mount Olive during a ceremony at the school on Tuesday.

Bell was an NCISAA 1-A all-state selection in softball as a junior in 2021.

This season, she has a .610 batting average with 37 runs, 20 RBIs, nine doubles, one triple, two home runs and 33 stolen bases. The Eagles are 14-4 this season and are ranked No. 2 by MaxPreps in the NCISAA 1-A classification.

She also has played volleyball and basketball at CFCA.

Bell will join a Mount Olive program, coached by Mandy Sansbury, that has gone 39-13 in 2022 with an 18-6 record in Conference Carolinas.

She is the daughter of Michael and Briana Bell of Clinton.