Sarah Purvis Bio
3/18/2011 4:07:00 PM | General
2012 (Sophomore): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year as well as First Team All-SoCon and NFCA All-Region Team ... Became GSU’s first-ever 20-game winner with a 23-12 overall record in 220.1 innings ... Pitched her first no-hitter on March 5th against La Salle ... Set school record with 256 strikeouts on the year ... Earned a 1.56 ERA for the season and posted six shutouts, tying her for the fourth-most shutouts in a single-season at GSU ... Mustered a span of 36.2 scoreless innings between April 24 and May 11, the longest scoreless streak for a pitcher in Georgia Southern History ... Named to SoCon All-Tournament Team and picked as SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... Picked as SoCon Pitcher of the Week on March 12, April 2 and May 2 as well as SoCon March Pitcher of the Month ... Tossed two-hitters against Georgia and Georgia Tech in matching 1-0 defeats.
2011 (Freshman): Played 19 games with eight appearances inside the pitching circle ... Started 12 games total including the first five games of the season ... Had three hits and two RBI at the plate ... Made three starts at pitcher with 22 total strikeouts to a 1-2 record.
High School: Attended Northside High School ... Played for Mitch Horton ... On 2007 regional champion team at Northside ... Named all-Middle Georgia, all-county, all-region, all-state and MVP of the regional championships in 2007 ... Pitched a pair of 15-inning games against Lowndes County with 22 strikeouts in first game and 33 in the second game.
Personal: Born Sarah Purvis on March 23, 1992 in Warner Robins, Ga. ... daughter of Nils and Robin Weiner ... Hobbies include playing sports, painting and teaching ... Majoring in health and physical education.
