if she's very dedicated, and wants to have the best season experience, i would say go for 1, because she can get someone to sponsor her and lower the cost, and if you play with nice kids and coaches, you'll enjoy the season more.
In my league, synergy is very popular, along with stealth, but i have a Rawlings fastpitch Nemesis, (not miken), and i like it because its not too topheavy and i get good bat speed, and i have used synergy and stealth, but i didnt get much speed behind my swing.
I know this had to be upsetting for the us team, because it was upsetting for me, but i do hope this will help get softball back into the olympics, so that i might get to be on the team when the time comes.
As a player, i have my share of strikeouts in a season, but ive gotten used to it, i know that i tried, tell her just to let everything else go, and focus on the ball, swing hard, and even if she misses its okay, when i miss, or have a bad swing, i usually just step out of the box try and figure...