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SUN BELT conference softballFebruary 6, 2012 preseason releaseContact: Christiana Johns (johns@sunbeltsports.org)601 Poydras Street, Suite 2355, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 www.sunbeltsports.org.org 504.299.9066, ext. 220PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOFTBALL STANDINGSteamLouisiana-LafayetteSouth AlabamaFlorida AtlanticFIUTroyWestern KentuckyNorth TexasULMMiddle TennesseeSBC ALLW-L PctStreakW-L 00-0.0000-0.0000-0.0000-0.000Christi Orgeron Louisiana-LafayetteStreak-LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE PICKED TO TOP SUN BELT ONCE AGAINNEW ORLEANS - Four-time defending Sun BeltConference champion Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to winanother league title, receiving eight first-place votes by theleague’s nine head coaches, as announced by the conferenceoffice on Monday.Headlining the 2012 Preseason All-Sun Belt ConferenceTeam are ULL’s Christi Orgeron, selected as the Preseason Playerof the Year, and South Alabama’s Hannah Campbell, who wasselected as the Preseason Pitcher of the Year.The Cajuns received 80 total points with eight of thenine first place votes. South Alabama narrowly edged FloridaAtlantic for the second spot with the Jaguars receiving 64 pointsto the Owls’ 62. FIU came in fourth with 49 points, followed byTroy and Western Kentucky tied for fifth place with 40 pointseach. WKU also received one first place vote. Rounding out thepoll was North Texas (29), Louisiana-Monrore (26) and MiddleTennessee (15).ULL enters the season having won 10 of the past 11 SunBelt Conference regular season and tournament championships,including the past four. The Cajuns posted their seventh50-plus victory season in 2011 under co-head coaches Stefniand Michael Lotief. Last season, Louisiana-Lafayette made its13th straight NCAA Regionals appearance since 1999 and the21st in the last 22 years. The Cajuns rank ninth in total NCAAappearances with 21, 10th with 50 NCAA Tournament victoriesand 11th for consecutive NCAA Regional appearances.Orgeron, a utility player from New Orleans, wasrecognized as a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10Finalist last year and is on the 2012 USA Softball Top 50 WatchList. As a junior, Orgeron was named the Sun Belt ConferencePlayer of the Year and Sun Belt Tournament Most OutstandingPlayer after leading ULL to its tenth Sun Belt Conference regularseason championship and 11th conference tournament title.She finished the year batting .414 with 23 home runs and aSun Belt Conference and ULL single-season record of 101 RBI - amark that led the nation in 2011 and ranks third all-time in theNCAA record books. Orgeron is one of only four players in NCAADivision I to surpass 100 RBI in a season. Orgeron also led theSBC in slugging percentage (.886), and recorded the secondmost hits (87) and total bases (186) in Ragin’ Cajuns singleseason history. She ranked third in the NCAA in home runs pergame (0.37) and second in total home runs, second in runsper game (1.21), fifth in slugging percentage (.886), and 21stin doubles per game (0.32). She was named to the LouisvilleSlugger/NFCA First Team All-Region, was All-American ThirdTeam, and helped team USA to a gold medal in the PanAmerican Games in October 2011.Campbell earned 2011 Sun Belt Conference Freshman ofthe Year honors for her work in the circle last season. Campbellfinished the year with a 2.51 ERA and a 19-7 record whileleading the league in saves with four - a mark that ranks third inthe SBC single season record books and is the fifth highest totalin a career. She was named to the NFCA All-Region team andwww.sunbeltsports.orgto the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team. She was fourth inshutouts (5) and wins (19) and eighth in strikeouts per game(5.16).Joining Orgeron on the Preseason All-Conference teamare teammates Nerissa Myers and Katie Smith to give the Cajunsthe most on the team. Myers led the nation in runs per game(1.24) last season and reached base in 58 of 62 games in 2011.Her 77 runs scored tied a ULL and SBC single-season recordand she broke the SBC Tournament record for most runs scoredin a tournament with seven. Smith has started in 176-of-178games in her career. The swift moving outfielder batted .352and was second on the squad swiping 20 bags in 22 attemptslast season. Smith has a career .369 batting average and isfourth all-time in school history with 68 stolen bases.South Alabama and Troy each put two players on thePreseason All-SBC team. USA’s Brittany Fowler joined Campbellas the other Jag on the team, and Nikki Hollett and HaydenGann represented the Trojans.Fowler is a two-time all-conference player who ended2011 batting .340 and led the team in hits (53), RBI (52), sacflies (5), triples (3) and slugging percentage (.571).Gann earned Second Team All-Sun Belt honors a seasonago after starting all 59 games for the Trojans in 2011, whilehitting .318 with seven home runs and 31 RBI. Senior sluggerHollett earned NFCA All-Region honors, and her 20 home runsplaced her seventh in the nation and helped her post a .795slugging percentage, the 19th best mark in the country. Shealso batted a team-high .354 and started every game for theTrojans.FIU’s Ashley McClain was also named to the 2012 USASoftball Top 50 Watch List. The dual threat at pitcher and inthe outfield started all 58 games for the Panthers and notchedan FIU single season record with a .409 batting average in2011. She received her second consecutive NFCA All-SouthRegion First Team honors and was named to the All-Sun BeltConference First Team for the second straight season.Also earning spots on the Preseason All-SBC team areFlorida Atlantic’s Taylor Fawbush, Western Kentucky’s KaravinDew and North Texas’ Lisa Johnson.Fawbush was one of FAU’s two primary pitchers during2011 and was one of the toughest batters in the nation to strikeout, going down on strikes just seven times in 103 at-bats.Dew was a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selectionin 2011 and appeared in 45 games, starting in 44 of them. Sheled the Lady Toppers with a .341 batting average while addingfive doubles, five triples, three home runs, and 19 RBI. Dew’sfive triples tied WKU’s single-season record and led the Sun Belt.Johnson has started all but 11 games in her career andholds the Mean Green single-season walks record (29) and thecareer walk record (68) and is fifth on the career home run list(23). Johnson is listed in the top 10 at North Texas in runs, hits,RBI, doubles and total bases.facebook.com/theSunBeltConference@The Sun BeltChristi Orgeron, a utility player from New Orleans, wasrecognized as a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10Finalist last year and is on the 2012 USA Softball Top 50 WatchList. As a junior, Orgeron was named the Sun Belt ConferencePlayer of the Year and Sun Belt Tournament Most OutstandingPlayer after leading ULL to its tenth Sun Belt Conference regularseason championship and 11th conference tournament title. She finished the year batting.414 with 23 home runs and a Sun Belt Conference and ULL single-season record of 101RBI - a mark that led the nation in 2011 and ranks third all-time in the NCAA record books.Orgeron is one of only four players to surpass 100 RBI in a season. Orgeron also led the SBCin slugging percentage (.886), and recorded the second most hits (87) and total bases (186)in Ragin’ Cajuns single season history. She ranked third in the NCAA in home runs per game(0.37) and second in total home runs, second in runs per game (1.21), fifth in sluggingpercentage (.886), and 21st in doubles per game (0.32). She was named to the LouisvilleSlugger/NFCA First Team All-Region, was All-American Third Team, and helped team USA to agold medal in the Pan-American Games in October 2011.PRESEASON pitcher OF THE YEARHannah Campbell South AlabamaHannah Campbell earned 2011 Sun Belt Conference Freshmanof the Year honors for her work in the circle last season. Campbell finished the year with a 2.51 ERA and a 19-7 record whileleading the league in saves with four - a mark that ranks thirdin the SBC single season record books and is the fifth highesttotal in a career. She was named to the NFCA All-Region teamand to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team. The Satsuma, Ala., native was also fourth inshutouts (5) and wins (19) and eighth in strikeouts per game (5.16).2012 preseason ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE tEAMTaylor Fawbush (Florida Atlantic, Junior, P)Hannah Campbell (South Alabama, Sophomore, P)Karavin Dew (Western Kentucky, Junior, C)Hayden Gann (Troy, Senior, 1B)Lisa Johnson (North Texas, Senior, 2B)Nerissa Myers (Louisiana-Lafayette, Junior, SS)Nikki Hollett (Troy, Senior, 3B)Ashley McClain (FIU, Senior, OF)Katie Smith (Louisiana-Lafayette, Senior, OF)Brittany Fowler (South Alabama, Junior, OF)Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette, Senior, U)preseason Player of the Year: Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette, Senior, Utility)preseason Pitcher of the Year: Hannah Campbell (South Alabama, Sophomore, Pitcher)2012 preseason SUN BELT coaches pollVoted on by the league’s head coaches (First place votes in parenthesis)1.2.3.4.5.5.7.8.9.Louisiana-Lafayette - 80 (8)South Alabama - 64Florida Atlantic - 62FIU - 49Troy - 40WKU - 40 (1)North Texas - 29Louisiana-Monroe - 26Middle Tennessee - 15
2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE SOFTBALLNEWS & NOTESUSA Today/NFCA Division ITop 25 Poll - 2425Team RecordArizona State ford42-17Georgia51-14Oklahoma 12Michigan53-6Oregon42-16Texas 2360348324390297278247185173119954532Last PollMcClain, a dual threat at pitcher and in theoutfield, received her second-consecutive NFCAAll-South Region First Team honors and wasnamed to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Teamfor the second-straight season.Others Receiving Votes: DePaul 23, Syracuse 18, Georgia Tech 17, Notre Dame 12,Fresno State 10, East Carolina 8, Hawai‘i 7, Hofstra 7, San Diego State 6, NorthCarolina 5, Texas Tech 5, Florida State 2, Massachusetts 2, BYU 1, Fordham 1,New Mexico State 1.ESPN.com/USA SoftballCollegiate Top 25 - preseasonRankTeamRecord Points1.Arizona State .Florida 23913.Ucla(0-0)23514.Washington(0-0)23215.Texas A&M(0-0)22816.(Tie) Michigan(0-0)21116.(Tie) Oklahoma .(Tie) Lsu(0-0)10620.(Tie) Nebraska(0-0)10622.Houston(0-0)7223.Georgia Tech(0-0)6224.Louisiana-Lafayette (0-0)5225.Notre Dame(0-0)40ORGERON, mcclain named to usasoftball top 50 “watch list”Two seniors from the Sun Belt Conference werenamed to the “Watch List” for the 2012 USASoftball Collegiate Player of the Year award –Louisiana-Lafayette’s Christi Orgeron and FIU’sAshley McClain – the Amateur Softball Association(ASA) of America announced on Feb 1. Orgeronwas named a Top 10 Finalist in 2011 for theaward, and as a junior she was named the SunBelt Conference Player of the Year and Sun BeltTournament Most Outstanding Player.2011 523Others Receiving Votes: Syracuse 37, Ohio State 18, Tulsa 15, Byu 8, NorthCarolina 8, San Diego State 6, DePaul 6, Texas Tech 6, Auburn 3, Fresno State3, South Florida 3, Florida State 2, Lipscomb 2, Northwestern 2, Louisville 2,Massachusetts 1, Fordham 1, Unlv 1.cajuns nationally rankedOn the heels of its 13th consecutive NCAARegionals appearance, Louisiana-Lafayette entersthe 2012 season nationally ranked once again. TheCajuns come in at No. 24 in the ESPN.com/USASoftball poll and at No. 23 in the USA Today/NFCADivision I Top 25 Poll, both released on Jan. 24. ULLfinished 2011 ranked No. 23 in the final NFCA polland has been ranked in the final poll in 10 of thepast 12 seasons.Two SBC Coaches Recognizedfor Career MilestonesTroy head softball coach Melanie Davis andFIU head softball coach Jake Schumann werehonored in 2011 at the National Fastpitch CoachesAssociation’s annual convention at the EastonVictory Club Luncheon.Davis was honored by the NFCA for earning her800th career victory which came last season inTroy’s 4-2 win over Middle Tennessee on the road.Earlier in the season, Davis grabbed her 700thvictory with the Trojans in a win over FloridaAtlantic. Davis, who will enter her 19th seasonas the head coach of the Trojans in 2012, hasamassed 804 career victories, with 706 of thosecoming at the helm of the Trojans. She was one ofeight coaches from across the nation at all levelsto earn their 800th career win last season.FIU’s first year head coach Jake Schumann wasalso honored for notching his 300th career win asthen-head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.Schumann Named FIU’s Head CoachAfter four years at the helm of the Texas A&MCorpus Christi softball team, Jake Schumann wasintroduced as FIU softball’s third head coach inJuly 2011.During his tenure at Texas A&M-CC, Schumannamassed a record of 120-104, improving histeam’s win total every season, culminating witha 41-19 record and a Southland ConferenceRegular Season Championship in 2011. The teamalso advanced to the finals of the SouthlandConference Tournament for the first time in schoolhistory this past season, as Schumann was namedSouthland Coach of the Year.Additionally in 2011, Schumann became theIslanders’ all-time leader in wins, surpassing theprevious mark of 112 held by Missy Dickerson.The 41 wins marked the second-most victories inschool history behind a 42-11 ledger achieved bythe 2005 squad.Troy head coach melanie DavisInducted to ASA Hall of FameTroy head coach Melanie Davis was inducted intothe Alabama Amateur Softball Association (ASA)Hall of Fame in January, the third hall of famethat Davis is a member of. Davis enters her 19thseason at the helm of the Trojans with more than800 career victories, a winning record every singleseason, eight 40-win seasons, multiple conferencechampionships.orgeron wins gold with team usaAfter earning a spot on the USA Softball NationalTeam, Louisiana-Lafayette’s Christi Orgeron helpedTeam USA to a Gold Medal finish at World Cupof Softball VI in Oklahoma City, marking the fifthstraight World Cup title for the Americans.In October, Orgeron and Team USA beat Canada11-1 in four innings to win gold at the PanAmerican Games, giving USA its sixth straightsoftball gold and eighth overall. Team USA haswon seven Pan American Championships (1979,1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007) includingthe last six. The program has a record of 78-3 sincesoftball debuted in the 1979 Pan American Games.
2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE SOFTBALLNEWS & NOTES2011 NCAA LEADERSFINAL 2011 TEAM STATS - TOP 25home runs per game3.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)6Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)12.Nikki Hollett (Troy)0.370.370.340.973runs batted in1.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)2.Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)1.631.327.765.74DOUBLES per game12.Corrie Abel (Middle Tennessee)21.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)0.330.32triples per game13.Karavin Dew (WKU)0.11Batting average9.Louisiana-Lafayette0.329earned run average17.Louisiana-Lafayette1.75Fielding -Lafayette20.South AlabamaFINAL 2011 INDIVIDUAL STATS - TOP 25w-l percentage5.Louisiana-Lafayette0.823home runs per game24.Louisiana-Lafayette1.11strikeouts per seven innings18.Ashlyn Williams (Troy)triples per game16.South Alabama0.28victories6.Ashley Brignac (Louisiana-Lafayette)32.0stolen bases per game24.ULM1.69saves14.Hannah Campbell (South Alabama)4.0slugging percentage14.Louisiana-Lafayette22.South Alabamadouble plays per game17.Troy18.North Texas0.5150.4820.420.429.1walks4.Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)12.Brianna Love (ULM)1.020.85slugging percentage5.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)6.Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)13.Brianna Love (ULM)19.Nikki Hollett (Troy)0.8860.8790.8190.795runs per game1.Nerissa Myers (Louisiana-Lafayette)2.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)7.Brianna Love (ULM)1.241.211.11sacrifice hits per game6.Brittney Banania (Middle Tennessee)0.33toughest to strike out5.Ashley McClain (FIU)8.Janel Salanoa (ULM)36.233.6home runs2.Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)3.Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)7.Nikki Hollett (Troy)25.Brianna Love (ULM)23222016triples14.Kerri Croney (Florida Atlantic)Christi Orgeron (Louisiana-Lafayette)Karavin Dew (Western Kentucky)5.05.05.0on base percentage10.Gabriele Bridges (Louisiana-Lafayette)25.Brianna Love (ULM)sacrifice flies7.Brittany Fowler (South Alabama)18.Kayla Burri (FIU)Janel Salanoa (ULM)5.04.04.0shutouts21.Ashley Brignac (Louisiana-Lafayette)102012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE SOFTBALL PLAYER AND PITCHER OF THE WEEK ARCHIVEWeek 1 - Feb. 13WEEK 6 - MARCH 19WEEK 10 - april 16Player of the Week Player of the Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week WEEK 2 - Feb. 20WEEK 7 - MARCH 26WEEK 11 - april 23Player of the Week Player of the Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week WEEK 3 - Feb. 27WEEK 8 - april 2WEEK 12 - April 30Player of the Week Player of the Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week WEEK 4 - MARCH 5WEEK 9 - april 9WEEK 13 - May 7Player of the Week Player of the Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week Pitcher of the Week WEEK 5 - MARCH 12Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week 0.5530.519
2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE SOFTBALLNEWS & NOTES2011: A record-breaking seasonLouisiana-Lafayette set new Sun Belt Conferencerecords in 2011. The Cajuns broke their own SBCrecords in team batting average (.329), runs (481),and walks (295). The 2011 Cajuns also tied for sixthplace in stolen bases (96) and tied third place forwins (51). The 481 runs scored is now the 10thhighest total in the NCAA.Junior Ashley Brignac moved into third place forwins in a season (32) to lead the league this year.She also had the most appearances (42) and bestERA (1.50).Nerissa Myers tied first place for most runs scoredin a season (77).Gabriele Bridges tied first place for most walks in aseason (61), moved into third place for most homeruns (22) and tied second in RBI (79) in a season.Bridges also set a new NCAA record for most grandslams in a season with four on the year.Several other SBC teams and athletes made theirmarks in the league’s record books as well.South Alabama tied fourth for most triples (15) in aseason, leading the league in 2011. Florida Atlanticand Western Kentucky each posted 14 triples as ateam to enter a seven-way tie for fifth place in thesame category.FIU’s Ashley McClain tied for sixth place with herseason batting average at .409.Troy’s Nikki Hollett tied fifth place for most homeruns in a seasosn (20).Louisiana-Monroe’s Brianna Love, who broke aschool record for most home runs in a season (15),tied for third place in the SBC record books for runsscored in a season (61).Florida Atlantic’s Kerri Croney, Western Kentucky’sKaravin Dew and ULL’s Orgeron all tied second formost triples in a season with five a piece.South Alabama’s Hannah Campbell tied fourthplace for most saves in a season with four.cajuns break sbc Tournament RecordsLouisiana-Lafayette broke several SBC Tournamentrecords in 2011. As a team, the Cajuns broke therecord for most runs scored in a tournament with35. ULL also tied for most triples in a tournamentwith two, one of just three teams to accomplishthe feat.Nerissa Myers also broke the SBC Tournamentrecord for most runs scored in a tournament withseven. Christi Orgeron broke the cham
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