ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Kassidy Millar came home from Anaheim, Calif. without a trip to Disneyland — but that might be the only souvenir she was lacking.

The 8-year-old from Marysville won her age division at national Pitch, Hit and Run competition in front of the FanFest crowd during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Weekend, July 12. The contest was held just before the MLB Home Run Derby.

“I didn’t really hear the loudness that much,” Millar said of the sellout crowd that was piling into Angel Stadium for the derby.

Obviously the tens of thousands of fans didn’t bother the Cougar Creek Elementary School student, as she scored 679 points, bettering her mark at the regional.

More than 600,000 kids participated in the preliminary Pitch, Hit and Run contests around the country, with the top scores earning a spot to compete at a local MLB stadium. Then, the winners of those Team Championships would throw their score in with the winners from the other 29 stadiums. The top four earned an all-expenses-paid trip to the All-Star game and to play for the championship.

Kassidy, her father Mike and mother Stacy were given the All-Star treatment in Anaheim, as they met former and current players and were given priority status at FanFest.

Before the competition, Kassidy met New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who she admits was still a stranger.

“I don’t really know that many baseball players because I play softball,” she said. “I know Ichiro.”

Rodriguez told her to read a lot and listen to her parents.

More her speed, Millar also met USA Olympic softball team pitcher Jenny Finch, played in the Legends/Celebrities softball game.

“That was really cool,” Millar said.

Through this contest, however, Millar got to meet her favorite player, former University of Washington pitcher Danielle Lawrie, who was there with the rest of the Huskies during the first round of the competition about a month ago. She was able to take a warm-up job with the two-time collegiate player of the year and even throw one pitch from the mound at Husky Field.

Competitors were able to take three swings off a tee from home plate to see which traveled the furthest, then see who could run from second base to home the fastest and finally throw six pitches to see how many strikes they could throw.

Millar once again shined in the pitching portion of the competition in Aneheim, throwing four pitches for strikes.

She’ll get to show off her pitching prowess again July 22 as the Mariners have invited her to throw out the first pitch before their game against the Boston Red Sox.

After the contest, she was stationed in right field to shag balls hit by the Home Run Derby contestants, of which she was able to keep one — hit by Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart.

“It was so amazing how well (Major League Baseball) ran everything,” said Stacy Millar. “We didn’t have to worry about a thing.”

After the whole thing was over, Millar was given a duffle bag full of mementos, including a USA softball jersey signed by the whole team, a number of autographed baseballs, a set of baseball instructional videos and a shirt signed by some of the original members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from the 1940s.

But she didn’t go to Disneyland. Not to worry, however, as she’ll accompany her club softball team, the Blaze, to the Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida after July 22nd’s Mariners game — and a stop off at Walt Disney World.