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2014 Softball Roster

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Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics
Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics
Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics
Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics

00 Sarah Purvis

  • Height 5-7
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Warner Robins, Ga.
  • Highschool Northside HS
  • Major Physical Education

Biography


2014 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2014 First Team All-SoCon
2014 NFCA All-Region
2014 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2014 SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year
2013 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2013 First Team All-SoCon
2013 NFCA All-Region
2013 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2013 SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year
2012 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2012 First Team All-SoCon
2012 NFCA All-Region
2012 SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2012 SoCon All-Tournament Team


2014 (Senior): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year for the third-straight season ... Also picked up NFCA All-Region and First Team All-SoCon honors for third-straight season ... Went 20-13 in 34 appearances and 32 game starts ... Posted a 1.79 ERA in 215.2 innings of work ... Struck out a single-season school record 288 batters ... Added three more no-hitters in 2014 to finish career with six ... Pitched no-hitter against Troy (March 1st), perfect game against Kennesaw State (March 5th) and the first no-hitter in SoCon Tournament History against Elon on May 7th ... Named SoCon Pitcher of the Week five times during the season to finish her career with nine, matching the league record ... Set a new school record with a 37.0 inning scoreless streak between February 16th and March 9th ... Tossed 10 shutouts in the season ... Held opposing batters to a .178 average ... Named to the SoCon All-Tournament Team.

2013 (Junior): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-SoCon and NFCA All-Region Team for the second-straight season ... Recorded an 18-16 record in 39 appearances with 33 starts ... Became the first pitcher in school history to record two perfect games in the same season with a pair in the season ... Tossed first career perfect game on February 15th against Southern Illinois ... Tossed second perfect game against Hampton ...  Had nine shutouts on the season and recorded a 1.83 ERA ... Struck out 207 batters with five games over 10 strikeouts ... Threw 11 innings of shutout ball against UNCG in the SoCon Championship Game while holding  the Spartans to four hits ... Named SoCon All-Tournament Team.

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 ... Majoring in health and physical education.

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    2014Senior

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