Miles Named SoCon Softball Freshman of the Year
5/9/2011 7:23:00 PM | Softball
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The accolades keep coming in for Georgia Southern Softball freshman pitcher Allie Miles, (Dacula, Ga.) who was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year on Monday (May 9th). Two other Eagles, Marie Fogle (Rincon, Ga.) and Megen Smith, (Springfield, Ga.) picked up All-Conference honors as a result of a vote of the league's head coaches.
Miles, in addition to being named SoCon Freshman of the Year, also earned second team All-SoCon honors and a spot on the All-Freshman team. The league strikeout leader with 153, Miles posted a 14-8 record including a league-best 9-2 mark in SoCon games. She recorded 75 of her strikeouts in conference games and fanned 15 against UNCG on April 22nd. On the season, she tossed a two one-hitters and two two-hitters en route to four shutouts. Miles, a three-time SoCon Pitcher of the Week, was named the Pitcher of the Month for April. She is the sixth Eagle to receive the award all-time
Fogle's hot season at the plate earned her a first-team All-SoCon selection in the outfield. The junior centerfielder enters the postseason leading the Eagles in hitting with a .354 batting average and a .669 slugging percentage for fourth in the league. Fogle is second in the SoCon in home runs with 14 and has 10 doubles. A first-team selection in 2009, and All-Freshman team honoree. Fogle was named SoCon Player of the Month for March and the SoCon Player of the Week twice this season.
Smith's strong senior season allowed the Eagle utility player to pick up her fourth career All-SoCon honor, making her the first Eagle to do so. In 2011, she was selected as a second team utility player, hitting .275 with eight home runs. Smith played at five different positions for the Eagles in 2011 including 22 games in the pitching circle. Against Elon (April 9th), she pitched six and a third innings of shutout ball to earn a victory.
Georgia Southern Softball returns to action on Wednesday, May 11th, in the 2011 Southern Conference Softball Championship which will be held at Eagle Field in Statesboro, Ga. The tournament bracket will be announced later today.
Fans may follow all the action of the 2011 Georgia Southern Softball season by visiting GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com/softball or check in for scores at twitter.com/GSScores or facebook.com/GSAthletics for updates.
2011 Southern Conference Softball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Pitcher: Alexa Datko, College of
Charleston
Pitcher: Kandice Irwin, Chattanooga
Catcher: Vivian
Morimoto, Chattanooga
1st Base: Alex Emeterio, UNCG
2nd
Base: Morgan Hughey, Furman
Shortstop: Jessie Homesley, Furman
3rd
Base: Tiffany Baker, Chattanooga
Outfield: Allie Cashion,
Appalachian State
Outfield: Lyndsey Stiles, Chattanooga
Outfield:
Marie Fogle, Georgia Southern
Designated Player: Michelle
Fuzzard, Chattanooga
Utility Player: Meghan Smith, Appalachian
State
Second Team
Pitcher: Hannah Dow,
Appalachian State
Pitcher: Allie Miles, Georgia
Southern
Catcher: Kaitlyn Piazzolla, Elon
1st
Base: Kasey Tydingco, Chattanooga
2nd Base: Sara
Poteat, Chattanooga
Shortstop: Kaitlin Merkt, UNCG
3rd
Base: Katie Boyd, Appalachian State
Outfield: Carly Corthell,
College of Charleston
Outfield: Carleigh Nester, Elon
Outfield:
Tomeka Watson, Elon
Designated Player: Eileen Horsmon,
UNCG
Utility Player: Megen Smith, Georgia Southern
All-Freshman Team
Carly Corthell, College
of Charleston
Kelsey Hodgson, College of Charleston
Lizzy
Vaughn, College of Charleston
Carleigh Nester, Elon
Lauren
Collier, Furman
Allie Miles, Georgia Southern
Katelyn
Bedwell, UNCG
Aisha Figueroa, UNCG
Nicole Bobrowski,
Samford
Natalie Powers, Chattanooga
Player of the Year
Michelle Fuzzard,
Chattanooga
Pitcher of the Year
Alexa Datko, College of
Charleston
Freshman of the Year
Allie Miles,
Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year
Frank Reed, Chattanooga
