KATIE JONES EARNS NFCA ALL-SOUTH REGION HONORS
5/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 18, 2007
ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington's Katie Jones and three other Southland Conference Softball Student-Athletes, Texas State's Ragan Blake, McNeese State's Brooke Brodhead and UTSA's Jessica Rogers earned NFCA All-South Region Second-Team honors.
Jones, the 2007 SLC Player and Hitter of the Year, posted a .417 batting average this season. She led the Mavs this season with 44 runs, 70 hits, 118 total bases, a .702 slugging percentage, seven stolen bases, a .468 on-base percentage and three sacrifice flies.
Blake, the 2007 SLC Pitcher and Newcomer of the Year, becomes the first Bobcat since Kristen Zaleski in 2004 to earn the honor. She finished the season with a 26-15 record, 1.60 ERA and 242 strikeouts, as she led the conference in wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts and opponents' batting average.
Broadhead led the Cowgirls in almost every offensive category including hits, home runs, runs scored, batting average, slugging percent and on base percent and ranked in the Top 10 in the Southland Conference. She becomes the first Cowgirl to win the honor since Beth Jordan in 2005.
Rogers finished this season with a .404 batting average (74-for-183), nine doubles, 18 home runs, 53 RBIs, a .749 slugging percentage, 11 walks, a .442 on-base percentage and two sacrifice flies.
The teams are chosen by NFCA member coaches from each region and the honorees will now be eligible for selection to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America first, second or third teams.
