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Fresno State Softball Press Release
June 2, 2005
Fresno State Softball's Southern Garners First Team At-Large All-America Honors
FRESNO, Calif. –Announced live on ESPN2 this afternoon, Fresno State softball had one player garner Lousiville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America accolades.
With 52 All-Americans in the program and 50 coming under head coach Margie Wright, the Fresno State softball program now has had at least one All-American in 16 of the 20 years since All-America awards were first handed out in 1982.
With her sixth All-America accolade in hand, senior pitcher Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif.) picked up her fourth straight All-America honor on the field just hours after garnering her second consecutive Academic All-America accolade.
Southern, who is the fifth softball player to garner All-America honors both on and off the field in the same year, is now just the fourth Bulldog to be a four-time All-American as she joined Laura Berg, Amanda Scott and Robyn Yorke.
As the first Western Athletic Conference hurler to be a four-time league pitcher of the year as well as being just the third Fresno State student-athlete, male or female, to be a No. 1 draft pick by a professional organization, Southern also is just the third Bulldog to be a three-time First Team All-American. A 2005 First Team All-American At-Large selection at pitcher, she was a first team selection at pitcher her freshman year, a second team pick at utility her sophomore season and a first team honoree at utility last spring.
Southern wrapped up her stellar career by ranking in nine of the 11 NCAA Division I all-time pitching marks as well as ranking among the top three in ERA all four years, including being a two-time NCAA ERA statistical champion.
Throwing four no-hitters in 2005, she also finished her career by holding 11 school and all six WAC pitching marks. Offensively, she ranks in seven of the 11 all-time Top 10 career records in WAC history while being listed in seven all-time Fresno State offensive marks.
Having a 12- and 11-game win streaks in the circle for the Bulldogs this past season Southern has ranked every week for all 32 weeks in ERA while also appearing 28 weeks in victories, 15 weeks in strikeouts per 7 innings pitched and four weeks in saves. Still further, she led the nation in ERA 15 weeks in her stellar career.
As one of only four NCAA Division I pitchers to amass 75 or more career shutouts (79) and only one of four NCAA Division I pitchers to be a multiple ERA statistical champion, Southern became the 10th NCAA Division I pitcher to amass 1,300 career strikeouts and to collect 118 career wins this past season.
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