Reflection On The Centenary Softball Team

One of the most well know players of all time is Jennie Finch. Finch, like many great players, started playing the game very early on in her life at the age of five. Just a mere three years later she pitched her first ball. During Finch's high school career she was known for being an athletic girl. Her senior year she was Captain of her volleyball team, basketball team, and softball team. Finch lettered in softball in all of her high school years and most recently in 2016 Finch’s high school, La Mirada, retired her jersey number, the first time for a softball player.

interviewed, Coach Zamorski said “the girls worked hard and bonded well all year”. Seniors Sam Salvador and Alaina Murphy were “a crucial part to our team.” Their batting helped them win close games and the leadership they brought gave an example to follow for all players. The team preached to watch your body

Not only was she an amazing pitcher but an amazing hitter as well. During her freshman year at UCLA her batting average was .382 with 15 home runs and 128 RBI’s. She hit a .401 her junior year, and in her senior year she batted a .501 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI’s. She still ranks in the Top 10 Offensive players for UCLA. Lisa played at UCLA from 1990-1993 and got a psychology degree in 1995. Later her senior year she was named the most outstanding collegiate athlete in any

GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Ladies never trailed in an 8-3 win in game one, but Centenary (8-9, 2-4 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) fell to Southwestern (12-8, 2-4 SCAC) 13-1 (five innings) in the nightcap as the two teams split a double header Saturday afternoon, March 17.

In game one, Dallas scored the first nine runs and won by eight in six innings. The Ladies scored all three runs in the fifth when, with two outs and one on base, sophomore Payton LeBlanc doubled down the leftfield line. On the very next pitch, freshman pinch hitter Kristyn Peacock doubled down the rightfield line to score a pair. Freshman Haley Campbell added an RBI hit to cut the deficit to

The Gents played a closer game then they are used to in the series finale, but the Maroon and White never trailed in the series as Centenary (16-3, 3-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) swept a doubleheader with a 12-0 win (seven innings) in game one and 9-6 in game two.

“When [Perez] pitches well, the rest of the team feeds off it,” third baseman Michelle Silva, ‘18, said. “We want to play just as strong as she is.”

The Congressional Women’s Softball League does not play against each other; rather they play against the women in the media. Keith plays the catcher for the rival team, Bad News Babes. This team is entirely of women from the press corps.

Freshman Wendy Gillet appeared on the Second Team as a First Baseman, while classmate Nichole Aldridge (pitcher), sophomore Michelle Tasin (second base) and senior Emily Sexton (outfielder) were named Honorable Mention.

Around single tallies for Trinity in the fifth, sixth, and seventh, a wild pitch with a runner on third in the fifth and an RBI single by Lavergne in the sixth lifted Centenary to the run-rule win and the championship.

Trailing 5-3 in the sixth inning, freshman Ashlin Roach and senior Brianna Williams doubled and singled to put runners on the corners and end the day for the Centenary starter, Haley Miller. Then, after a foul out, Matulis singled through the left side to make it a one-run game, scoring Roach. Next,

Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Liberty Lady Panther Softball Team for winning the 2018 Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) 4A High School Softball State Championship! This is the first championship for girl’s athletics at Liberty High School.

She is the player who shows up early to practice and stays late to put in some extra batting practice. These actions have encouraged me as well as other teammates to work harder and had made us realize that one of the ways to make the team better is to individually make yourself better. Lastly, I have never met anyone who honors the game of softball more than Lauryn Banks. This year was my final season of softball. Our last game was a heartbreaking loss third round of playoffs. After the game, I was overwhelmed with emotions. The rest of my team was consumed with themselves, but not Lauryn. Lauryn came to me and embraced me while I cried. In this moment, I realized that Lauryn embodies what it means to be a teammate. She cares about her teammates more than for their batting average or how many errors they have made. She cares about them for them and the actual person they are. I feel this is a quality that will carry Lauryn far in her life. There is no better way of honoring the game than taking the lessons learned and applying them to their future

Centenary and eventual champion Texas Lutheran both led the tournament by ending a pair of team’s seasons. With the Ladies finishing third, freshmen Nichole Aldridge (pitcher) and Margeux Smith (designated player) were both named to the SCAC All-Tournament team.

In her first year of playing high school softball, Koepp is hitting .456 with an on base percentage of .524. She has 31 hits, 28 runs scored, seven stolen bases and a fielding percentage of .961. Her 42 RBIs is second in the MLL.