2007 CAA Softball Championship (Final Four Setting) Thursday, May 10 Friday, May 11 Saturday, May 12 SITE: Hofstra Softball Stadium, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Wednesday (May 9): Team Practices (Georgia State from 3:30-4:45 p.m.)

Thursday (May 10): Noon - #4 UNC Wilmington (19-35, 9-12 CAA) at #1 Hofstra (37-13, 17-3 CAA)

3:30 p.m. - #2 James Madison (37-14, 17-3 CAA) vs. #3 Georgia State (32-28, 11-9 CAA)

Friday (May 11): 10 a.m. - Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2

12:30 p.m. - Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2

3 p.m. - Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4

Saturday (May 12): Noon - Game 6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Game 7: TEAM INFORMATION: If nec., begins 30 min. after Game 6 ends TICKET INFORMATION: Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. FREE ADMISSION 26,000 SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE: Hofstra Hempstead, N.Y. (516) 463-6759 13,000 (516) 463-4933

James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. PRESS BOX PHONE: 16,900 (516) 523-6185

UNC Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. 12,000 CAA Softball Championship Bracket

Thursday, May 10 Friday, May 11 Saturday, May 13 Day 1 Day 2 Finals Game 1 & 2 Game 3,4,5 Games 6 & 7 if necessary

Hofstra

Game 1 Winner G1 Noon

UNC Wilmington

Game 4 Winner G4 12:30 pm James Madison

Game 2 Winner G2 3:30 pm CAA Georgia State Game 6 CHAMPION Noon Loser G1 If necessary Game 7

Game 3 Winner G3 10:00 am

Loser G2 Game 5 Winner G5 3:00 pm

Loser G4

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GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

Probable Starting Line-Up

24 Danielle Roddy, 3B Freshman .349 12 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 6 SB 17 Mary Kathryn Branan, 2B Senior .302 16 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 35 RBI, 1 SB 15 Nichole Griffin, OF Sophomore .304 15 2B, 0 3B, 9 HR, 46 RBI, 1 SB 29 Lily Skelton, DP Freshman .265 3 2B, 0 3B, 9 HR, 26 RBI, 0 SB 18 Rachel Cunningham, SS Freshman .328 14 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 27 RBI, 1 SB 25 Alison Bradford, C Senior .269 11 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 1 SB 26 Jessica Gowin, 1B Junior .241 9 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 0 SB 12 Nikki Bradford, RF Freshman .236 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 7 SB 13 Holly Willis, LF Sophomore .299 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 9 SB

Reserves 11 Lauren Fetters, OF Freshman .186 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 6 SB

Pitchers

10 Madi Gore Sophomore 2.62 18-10, 197.1 IP, 151 K, 4 SHO, 20 CG 16 Ashley Cowan Junior 2.60 11-9, 137.1 IP, 80 K, 2 SHO, 5 HB, 10 CG 22 Chelsey Morgan Sophomore 6.68 2-8, 51.1 IP, 16 K, 0 SHO, 2 HB, 2 CG 20 Elizabeth Thomas Freshman 6.16 1-1, 19.1 IP, 16 K, 0 SHO, 3 HB, 0 CG

ROSTER/TEAM NOTES:

• “Starting” line-up has two seniors, one junior, two sophomores and four freshmen (9 batters) • Line-up has two left-handed hitters (Griffin and N. Bradford) • Eight“starters” played high school ball in the State of Georgia • Four players have more than 100 games experience with Georgia State (A. Bradford 201, Branan 217, Gowin 141, Griffin 115) • Panthers have scored the most runs in the 4th inning (52) • Panthers have had 16 games with 10 or more hits, with a best of 18 vs. Furman (February 18) and 17 vs. Western Carolina (April 18) • Panthers have had four games with at least three home runs hit (all wins, Furman, Troy, Western Carolina, UNC Wilmington) • Panthers have played 24 games without commiting an error and have 20 games with just one error • Jessica Gowin is the only Panther to start every game this season 2007 SEASON BY THE NUMBERS

4 - Number of Freshman starters for the Panthers. They’ve combined for 190 hits and 107 runs scored. RODDY

8 - Number of times Danielle Roddy has struck out this year in 231 plate appearances to rank in the Top 20 in the nation as toughest to strike out. That’s once per every 29 plate appearances.

16 - Number of wins away from home to match the 16 wins at home in this 32-win season.

34 - Number of Stolen Bases that are third most in the CAA with 10 different players having at least one stolen base.

41 - Walks earned by Danielle Roddy to lead the CAA and rank in the Top 25 in the nation. It is already a new school single season record.

46 - Number of RBI by Nichole Griffin, just 3 shy of the school single season record.

48 - Number of Runs Scored by Danielle Roddy to tie for the lead in the CAA.

92 - Number of Doubles by the team to set a new school record and lead the CAA.

65- Number of Hits by Danielle Roddy to lead the team and rank 4th in the CAA, just ahead of teammate Rachel Cunningham, who has 59 hits to rank 5th.

197.1- Number of Innings Pitched by Madi Gore that leads the CAA.

198- Number of Career Hits by Mary Kathryn Branan, needing just two to reach the elite 200 Club.

201- Number of Team Walks this season that are a new school record (176).

579- Number of Career Wins at Georgia State for Coach Bob Heck.

.971 - Team season Fielding Percentage that leads CAA and is a new school record (.961)

.993 - Season Fielding Percentage for third baseman Danielle Roddy that includes just 1 error all season with 87 assists and 54 putouts. CUNNINGHAM A PITCHER’S BEST FRIEND Good defense makes a good pitcher. The Panthers can boast some of the CAA’s top defensive players this season as the team ranks No. 1 in the CAA with a season fielding percentage of .971. State committed just 54 errors in 60 games this year.

CAA’s Best Fielders, 2007 (100 or more chances) .Pct Ch. PO Asst, E 1. Lindsay Styons, UNCW 1.000 163 149 14 0 2. Carolann Lubach, Hofstra .993 436 398 35 3 2. Danielle Roddy, STATE .993 137 52 84 1 4. Julia Dominguez, JMU .992 264 232 30 2 4. Ashley Botelho, Drexel .992 126 103 22 1 6. Aimee Rosa, Towson .987 238 204 31 3 6. Stephanie Fudurich, Towson .987 474 449 19 6 8. Sandi Wambold, Drexel .986 144 134 8 2 9. Michele DePasquale, Hofstra .985 205 190 12 3 9. Jessica Gowin, STATE .985 473 442 24 7

CAA Stat Rankings INDIVIDUAL CAA RANKINGS Batting Average Danielle Roddy 6th (.349) Fielding 1 Rachel Cunningham 10th (.328) Pitching Strike Outs 2 On-Base Pct. Danielle Roddy 2nd (.463) Home Runs 2 Alison Bradford 9th (.407) Slugging 3 Slugging Pct. Nichole Griffin 9th (.521) RBI 1 Mary Kathryn Branan 11th (.505) Total Bases Nichole Griffin 4th (101) Hits 1 Mary Kathryn Branan 5th (97) Runs Scored 1 Danielle Roddy 7th (87) Total Bases 1 Runs Scored Danielle Roddy 1st tie (48) Batting Average 3 Mary Kathryn Branan 5th tie (35) Pitching ERA 4 Nichole Griffin 5th tie (35) Stolen Bases 3 RBI Nichole Griffin 2nd (46) Mary Kathryn Branan 6th (35) Doubles Mary Kathryn Branan 2nd (16) Being 1st Matters Nichole Griffin 3rd tie (15) Rachel Cunningham 6th tie (14) When Scoring in 1st Inn: Home Runs Nichole Griffin 2nd tie (9) 11-3 Lily Skelton 2nd tie (9) Walks Danielle Roddy 1st (40) When Scoring 1st in Game: Alison Bradford 2nd (32) 21-9 Lily Skelton 4th (26) Strikeouts Madi Gore 2nd (151) Wins Madi Gore 2nd (18) Opp. Batting Avg. Madi Gore 6th (.251) ERA Ashley Cowan 7th (2.60) Innings Pitched Madi Gore 1st (197.1) GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

The One-Two Punch of the Panthers Pitching Staff Sophomore Madi Gore is making her first year as a Panthers pitcher memorable as she is one of the top pitchers in the CAA. She pitched last year for Virginia of the ACC.

Where Gore ranks in the 2007 CAA stats:

Most Wins 2nd 18 Innings Pitched 1st 197.1 Complete Games 1st 20 Most Strikeouts 2nd 151 Shut outs 2nd 4 Opp. Batting Avg. 6th .251 Best ERA 8th 2.62

Where Gore ranks in the Georgia State Season Records: Most Wins, Season Innings Pitched, Season 1. Lora Lischinsky, 1990 25 1. Lora Lischinsky,’90 248 2. Kaci Clark, 1993 22 2. Jaci Davis, 2000 235.1 3. Kaci Clark, 1994 20 3. Kaci Clark, 1994 228.2 3. Missy Radaker, 1995 20 4. Andrea McNary,2004 227.2 3. Andrea McNary, 2002 20 5. Elizabeth Hyman, 2005 215.1 Jaci Davis, 2000 19 6. Missy Radaker, 1995 209.7 6. Madi Gore, 2007 18 7. Kaci Clark, 2003 208.8 8. Madi Gore, 2007 197.1

Junior transfer Ashley Cowan is making her first year as a Panthers pitcher memorable as she is one of the better pitchers in the CAA as well. She won 12 games last year at Georgia Perimeter JC. With her 6-1 height, she may be the tallest pitcher in the CAA.

Where Cowan ranks in the 2007 CAA stats:

Most Wins 6th tie 11 Games in Relief 6th 12 Games Finished 6th 11 Best ERA 7th 2.60 Complete Games 8th 10 Shut outs 8th 2 Innings Pitched 8th 137.1 Most Strikeouts 9th 80 Opp. Batting Avg. 11th .280 THE SOFTBALL HISTORY BOOKS

Most Wins in A Season, 24 Years and Growing School History Softball began at Georgia State in 1984 with one year of slow pitch and 1988 42-20 then as fast pitch in 1985. The team competed in the Trans America 1990 42-23 Athletic Conference (TAAC) which became the Atlantic Sun (A-Sun) 1994 40-27-1 in 2001. The program has had 17 seasons at .500 or better, including this year. 1993 39-16 and has totaled 30-or-more wins in a season 13 times. This year marks 2002 38-27 State’s first 30-win season since 2002. 1992 35-27-1 1991 35-32 An Honored Group 1999 34-26 2001 33-25 Georgia State had 38 student-athletes earn First Team All-Confer- ence recognition and 20 earn Second Team All-Conference honors 2000 33-29 over the 22 years in the TAAC/A-Sun. 2007 32-28 Four times the Panthers had the League Player of the Year with Kaci 1989 31-23 Clark (twice), Lora Lischinsky and Brownie Caldwell all earning 1995 30-19 the top honors. Coach Heck was named Coach of the Year in 1994. Pitcher Andrea The Panthers enter the McNary was named Freshman of the Year in 1991. CAA Championship with In its first season in the CAA, State picked up the CAA Pitcher and 32 wins in this 2007 Rookie of the Year honors as well as three First-Team All-Confer- season. ence selections and a Second-Team member. Coach Heck was named Coach of the Year.

Georgia State Tournament Championship Game History:

Year Champions 1994 Won TAAC/A-Sun Championship over Centenary, 2-1 (9 innings) Advanced to NCAA - Lost to UCLA (2-1) and South Carolina (6-1) in Columbia, S.C. 1993 Won TAAC/A-Sun Championship over Stetson, 3-0 1992 Won TAAC/A-Sun Championship over Stetson, 4-3 1990 Won TAAC/A-Sun Championship over Samford, 2-0 1989 Won TAAC/A-Sun Championship over Mercer, 1-0

Year Runners-Up 2006 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Hofstra, 7-3 2002 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 4-0 1998 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 3-2 (10 innings) 1988 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Stetson, 6-0 1987 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Stetson, 5-3 1986 Lost Tournament Championship Game to Stetson, 5-4 GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

Going, Going, Gone...... This year’s team is challenging the school record for most home runs in a season. This 2007 edition enters the CAA Tournament with 42 long balls which is challenging the record of 47 set by last year’s Panthers team.

Most Homers, Season 1. 47 2006 team 2. 42 Current 3. 36 1999 team 4. 32 2003 team

Leading the Georgia State long ball attack are sophomore Nichole Griffin with 9 and freshman Lily Skelton with her 9. Senior Mary Kathryn Branan with 7. Junior Jessica Gowin has added 5 over the fence with senior Alison Bradford knocking 4 out of the park and freshman Danielle Roddy crushing 3.

Most Homers, Season 1. 12 Katie Blue, 2003 2. 10 Buffie Chournos, 1999 3. 9 Nichole Griffin, current 9 Lily Skelton, current 9 Corrie Roberts, 2001 9 Meghan McCoy, 2006 9 Nichole Griffin, 2006

It’s Been “Double” The Fun For The Panthers....

Most Doubles, Season This year’s team is establishing a new school record 1. 20 Corrie Roberts, 1999 for most Doubles in a season. This 2007 squad has ham- 2. 18 Corrie Roberts, 2001 mered out 92 doubles to eclipse the old mark of 77 by the 3. 17 Cindy Gillies, 2002 2002 team. Those 92 doubles lead the CAA this season. 4. 16 M.K. Branan, current 5. 15 Nichole Griffin, current No less than five Panthers have hit 10 or more doubles 6. 14 Katie Blue, 2002 this season, led by Mary Kathryn Branan’s 16 two-bag- 6. 14 Rachel Cunningham, current gers and Nichole Griffin’s 15. Joining the hit parade are 8. 13 Corrie Roberts, 2000 Rachel Cunningham with 14, Danielle Roddy with 12 8. 13 Cheryl Bodziony, 2000 and Alison Bradford with 11. Jessica Gowin with 9 is 10. 12 Danielle Roddy, current tie next to try to join the double-digit double club. GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL THE NUMBERS GAME: Facts, Bests or Streaks

In The Clutch: GEORGIA 2-Out RBI: Mary Kathryn Branan 16 STATE Rachel Cunningham 14 Nichole Griffin 13 2007 Danielle Roddy 12 Holly Willis 11 Alison Bradford 10 Hitting With Regularity:

With Runners On: Longest Hitting Streaks: Danielle Roddy .368 (28-76) Mary Kathryn Branan 19 Rachel Cunningham .323 (31-96) Nichole Griffin 15 Nichole Griffin .319 (37-116) Rachel Cunningham 10 Mary Kathryn Branan .309 (34-110) Current Hitting Streak: With Bases Loaded: Nichole Griffin 7 Rachel Cunningham .500 (6-12) Danielle Roddy 3 Mary Kathryn Branan .429 (3-7) Alison Bradford 3 Danielle Roddy .500 (2-4) Multiple Hit Games: Most Hits, Game Danielle Roddy 19 Danielle Roddy 5 Nichole Griffin 17 Rachel Cunningham 16 Mary Kathryn Branan 15 Most RBI, Game Mary Kathryn Branan 6 Multiple RBI Games: Nichole Griffin 14 Most Walks, Game Mary Kathryn Branan 9 Danielle Roddy 4 Lily Skelton 8 Lily Skelton 4 Team, 10 or more Hits, Game Total Bases, Game 16 Times (Most 18) Alison Bradford 8 Mary Kathryn Branan 8 (twice) Team, 8 or more Runs, Game 13 Times (Most 15) Double Plays Part Of 1B Jessica Gowin 14 Team, Most Extra Base Hits, Game SS Rachel Cunningham 9 8 (4 2B, 4 HR) 2B Mary Kathryn Branan 8 8 (7 2B, 1 HR) GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

CAA In-Season Honors Danielle Roddy (top left) CAA Player of the Week (February 20)

Nichole Griffin ( top right) CAA Player of the Week (March 7)

Madi Gore (bottom left) CAA Pitcher of the Week (March 7)

Nikki Bradford (bottom right) CAA Rookie of the Week (February 20 and February 27)

The official All-Conference teams and All-Rookie teams will be announced at the pre-tournament Awards Banquet the night before the tournament. Obviously, the all- tournament team will follow the completion of the championship game.

PLAYING THE FIELD

Georgia State enters the CAA Softball Championships having taken the last three series against CAA opponents. The Panthers took two out of three games from UNC Wilmington, at Towson and Delaware.

The Panthers won just one of three contests against Hofstra and James Madison in the regular season series. State pounded out 15 hits and scored 10 runs in an April 6 win over Hofstra. State got a complete game shut out from Ashley Cowan in its 4-0 win over James Madison. Georgia State started CAA play with a three-game sweep at George Mason.

Georgia State enters the CAA Championshps with wins in four of its last six games. Both the losses in this stretch were one-run games ending in the eighth inning. GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

The Preseason Poll of the Eight Head Coaches

1. Hofstra 48 votes (6 first place votes) 2. Georgia State 39 3. James Madison 34 (2) 4. UNC Wilmington 33 5. Towson 25 6. Delaware 23 7. Drexel 12 8. George Mason 10

The Final Regular Season CAA Standings Determined By the Players

1. Hofstra 17-3 2. James Madison 17-3 3. Georgia State 11-9 4. UNC Wilmington 9-12 5. Towson 8-12 6. Drexel 7-13 7. Delaware 7-13 8. George Mason 5-16

NCAA Postseason Details

The NCAA Softball Championships consist of a 64-team field that will be announced on Sunday, May 13. The CAA is one of 29 leagues that are awarded automatic bids, so the winner of the tournament will play in the NCAA event. The Regionals with 16 seeded teams and four teams at each of those school’s home sites will be played May 18-20 in double- elimination format. Those 16 winners advance to the Super Regionals at four host school sites May 25-26. The NCAA Championships will be held May 31-June 6 at the ASA Hall of Fame field in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

A HECK Of A Leader Robert E. “Bob” Heck founded the Georgia State softball program in 1984 and has been the force behind its growth. He retired in 1998, but State talked him out of that and brought him back in 2001.

Heck has a master’s degree from Emory and a master’s in business from Geor- gia State, which is why he spent 35 years working as a vice-president for the Federal Reserve Bank and as a national bank examiner with the Controller of the Currency.

But, in softball, he must have a doctorate. Now in his 20th season as Georgia State’s softball coach, Heck has coached 1,065 games with 579 wins. He’s won five conference titles and took the team into a Top 25 national ranking and a NCAA berth in 1994. Heck is 26-15 against CAA foes during the regular season.

Heck has helped build an outstanding softball complex in Panthersville that bears his name - Bob Heck Field -with a beautiful indoor and outdoor practice facility, game room, weight room, meeting room, batting cages, pitching cages, and restrooms. He’s upgraded the game field with concrete stands and arm-chair seating and put in a new scoreboard. The field is manicured and in top playing condition.

Non-League Games Prepared Panthers For CAA Georgia State played 26 non-league opponents, many of whom have had excellent seasons.

• Of those 26 opponents, 15 teams have won 25 or more games this season while 9 of those teams have won 30 or more games. • Two of the opponents are in the Top 25 (Georgia Tech, two games, and Virginia Tech) with Florida State in the Top 35. • They played teams in the SEC (Georgia, Auburn), ACC (Ga. Tech, Florida St., Va. Tech), Big East (Syracuse), Big Ten (Wisconsin), OVC (Jacksonville St., Morehead St., Tenn. Tech), C- USA (UAB), SoCon (West. Caro., Furman, Ga. Southern, App. St.), A-Sun (Mercer, Kennesaw St., East Tenn. St.), Sun Belt (Troy), MEAC (Florida A&M), SWAC (Jackson St.), Mid-Continent (Cen- tenary), Southland (Nicholls St.), Patriot (Army), Big South (Birm. So.) and America East (Maine). • Some of the better non-league wins came over 39-win Troy, 31-win UAB, 26-win Nicholls State and 25-win Western Carolina.

CAA Season Results Played the three other vs. No. 1 Hofstra (1-2) - L, 5-10; W, 10-5; L, 2-10 tournament teams this at No. 2 James Madison (1-2) - L, 1-2; W, 4-0; L, 0-2 year to a 4-5 record. vs. No. 4 UNCW (2-1) - L, 2-8; W, 3-0; W, 8-2 Posted a 7-4 record at No. 5 Towson (2-1) - W, 6-0; W, 10-6; L, 3-4 (8) against the four non- at No. 6 Drexel (0-2) - L, 5-6; L, 2-3 tournament teams. Was vs. No. 7 Delaware (2-1) - W, 3-2 (10); W, 4-3; L, 0-1 (8) 5-4 at home versus the at No. 8 George Mason (3-0) - W, 5-3; W, 2-1; W, 11-5 league and 6-5 away. The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Georgia State (as of May 07, 2007) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------Feb 10, 2007 Tennessee Tech 2-4 L 2 5 2/ 4 10 2 7 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (L 0-1) 150 2:00 Feb 10, 2007 Alabama Birmingham W 10-2 10 11 0/ 2 8 0 6 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 1-0) 150 2:00 Feb 11, 2007 Virginia Tech 2-6 L 2 7 2/ 6 7 0 7 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 0-1) 200 2:00 Feb 11, 2007 Alabama Birmingham 6-18 L 6 12 3/18 21 0 7 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (L 1-1) 200 2:30 Feb 14, 2007 at Auburn 0-8 L 0 0 1/ 8 9 0 6 1- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 0-2) 156 1:33 Feb 17, 2007 vs Army W 12-0 12 9 0/ 0 2 1 5 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 2-1) 110 2:00 Feb 17, 2007 Furman University W 7-1 7 11 2/ 1 4 1 7 3- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (W 1-1) 110 1:32 Feb 18, 2007 vs Mercer University W 11-1 11 13 0/ 1 4 1 5 4- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 3-1) 110 1:40 Feb 18, 2007 Furman University W 9-7 9 18 1/ 7 14 1 7 5- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Thomas (W 1-0) 110 2:31 Feb 20, 2007 Georgia Southern W 4-2 4 7 1/ 2 5 0 7 6- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 4-1) 70 1:59 Feb 20, 2007 Georgia Southern W 5-4 5 9 0/ 4 6 1 7 7- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (W 1-2) 70 2:19 Feb 24, 2007 Jackson State W 15-1 15 14 0/ 1 7 0 5 8- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (W 2-1) 75 3:49 Feb 24, 2007 vs Nicholls State W 8-2 8 9 0/ 2 7 2 7 9- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 5-1) 85 1:54 Feb 28, 2007 at Kennesaw State 0-2 L 0 3 2/ 2 6 0 7 9- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (L 5-2) 216 1:36 Feb 28, 2007 at Kennesaw State 0-6 L 0 4 0/ 6 7 0 7 9- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 1-3) 216 1:27 Mar 02, 2007 vs Florida A&M W 6-1 6 8 1/ 1 2 1 7 10- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (W 3-1) 70 1:58 Mar 02, 2007 vs East Tennessee State W 11-1 11 16 1/ 1 7 1 7 11- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 6-2) 70 2:09 Mar 03, 2007 vs Wisconsin 4-5 L 4 9 1/ 5 13 2 ( 8) 11- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 1-4) 100 2:25 Mar 03, 2007 vs Morehead State 3-4 L 3 9 2/ 4 11 1 7 11- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 1-5) 100 2:09 Mar 04, 2007 vs Furman University W 3-2 3 4 0/ 2 4 1 7 12- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 7-2) 100 1:20 Mar 04, 2007 vs Centenary 4-10 L 4 7 3/10 11 0 7 12- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (L 3-2) 100 1:46 Mar 06, 2007 at Mercer W 5-3 5 9 0/ 3 6 2 7 13- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 8-2) 56 1:58 Mar 06, 2007 at Mercer W 9-0 9 10 0/ 0 2 2 5 14- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (W 4-2) 56 1:29 Mar 09, 2007 vs Appalachian State W 6-1 6 7 2/ 1 4 2 7 15- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (W 2-5) 478 2:14 Mar 09, 2007 at Florida State 2-6 L 2 7 1/ 6 6 1 7 15-10- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (L 8-3) 478 1:58 Mar 10, 2007 vs Maine 3-5 L 3 7 0/ 5 9 1 7 15-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Thomas (L 1-1) 523 1:40 Mar 10, 2007 vs Syracuse W 5-2 5 9 0/ 2 6 0 7 16-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 9-3) 523 1:40 Mar 10, 2007 vs #21 Georgia 0-9 L 0 2 1/ 9 10 1 7 16-12- 0 0- 0- 0 Morgan (L 2-6) 523 1:47 Mar 11, 2007 vs Western Carolina W 5-4 5 5 1/ 4 3 4 ( 9) 17-12- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 10-3) 391 2:30 Mar 11, 2007 vs Maine W 4-3 4 11 0/ 3 8 0 7 18-12- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (W 5-2) 391 1:44 Mar 14, 2007 at Birmingham Southern 2-5 L 2 6 2/ 5 9 3 7 18-13- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (L 10-4) 187 1:53 Mar 21, 2007 Furman University W 4-1 4 5 0/ 1 5 3 7 19-13- 0 0- 0- 0 Gore (W 11-4) 70 1:39 Mar 21, 2007 Furman University 2-5 L 2 4 2/ 5 12 1 7 19-14- 0 0- 0- 0 Cowan (L 5-3) 70 1:40 *Mar 24, 2007 at George Mason W 5-3 5 10 0/ 3 8 0 7 20-14- 0 1- 0- 0 Gore (W 12-4) 57 2h 1 *Mar 24, 2007 at George Mason W 2-1 2 6 2/ 1 6 2 7 21-14- 0 2- 0- 0 Cowan (W 6-3) 37 1h 3 *Mar 25, 2007 at George Mason W 11-5 11 15 1/ 5 8 3 7 22-14- 0 3- 0- 0 Gore (W 13-4) 63 2h Mar 28, 2007 at Jacksonville State 0-2 L 0 3 1/ 2 4 2 7 22-15- 0 3- 0- 0 Gore (L 13-5) 138 1:38 *Mar 31, 2007 at James Madison 1-2 L 1 7 1/ 2 6 2 7 22-16- 0 3- 1- 0 Gore (L 13-6) 70 1:30 *Mar 31, 2007 at James Madison W 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 4 2 7 23-16- 0 4- 1- 0 Cowan (W 7-3) 70 1:30 *Apr 01, 2007 at James Madison 0-2 L 0 2 0/ 2 7 2 7 23-17- 0 4- 2- 0 Cowan (L 7-4) 70 1:45 Apr 03, 2007 Troy 3-8 L 3 6 1/ 8 12 2 7 23-18- 0 4- 2- 0 Cowan (L 7-5) 50 2:30 Apr 03, 2007 Troy W 6-0 6 9 0/ 0 2 0 7 24-18- 0 4- 2- 0 Gore (W 14-6) 50 1:13 *Apr 06, 2007 Hofstra 5-10 L 5 7 1/10 14 0 7 24-19- 0 4- 3- 0 Gore (L 14-7) 80 2:27 *Apr 06, 2007 Hofstra W 10-5 10 15 2/ 5 9 2 7 25-19- 0 5- 3- 0 Cowan (W 8-5) 80 2:10 *Apr 07, 2007 Hofstra 2-10 L 2 7 1/10 9 0 7 25-20- 0 5- 4- 0 Gore (L 14-8) 60 2:30 *Apr 14, 2007 at Drexel 5-6 L 5 6 1/ 6 8 1 7 25-21- 0 5- 5- 0 Morgan (L 2-7) 84 2:00 *Apr 14, 2007 at Drexel 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 4 0 7 25-22- 0 5- 6- 0 Cowan (L 8-6) 89 1:35 Apr 18, 2007 at Western Carolina 4-5 L 4 7 1/ 5 8 2 ( 8) 25-23- 0 5- 6- 0 Cowan (L 8-7) 55 2hr Apr 18, 2007 at Western Carolina W 12-4 12 17 0/ 4 9 3 7 26-23- 0 5- 6- 0 Gore (W 15-8) 150 2hr *Apr 21, 2007 UNC Wilmington 2-8 L 2 6 1/ 8 17 0 7 26-24- 0 5- 7- 0 Cowan (L 8-8) 100 2:05 *Apr 21, 2007 UNC Wilmington W 3-0 3 6 0/ 0 8 0 7 27-24- 0 6- 7- 0 Gore (W 16-8) 100 1:46 *Apr 22, 2007 UNC Wilmington W 8-2 8 9 0/ 2 7 2 7 28-24- 0 7- 7- 0 Gore (W 17-8) 70 2:00 Apr 25, 2007 #20 Georgia Tech 2-6 L 2 5 2/ 6 11 0 7 28-25- 0 7- 7- 0 Morgan (L 2-8) 80 1:42 Apr 25, 2007 #20 Georgia Tech 1-4 L 1 5 0/ 4 7 0 7 28-26- 0 7- 7- 0 Gore (L 17-9) 80 1:42 *Apr 28, 2007 at Towson University W 6-0 6 11 0/ 0 6 0 7 29-26- 0 8- 7- 0 Gore (W 18-9) 325 1:50 *Apr 28, 2007 at Towson University W 10-6 10 15 1/ 6 12 4 7 30-26- 0 9- 7- 0 Cowan (W 9-8) 325 2:30 *Apr 29, 2007 at Towson University 3-4 L 3 6 1/ 4 6 3 ( 8) 30-27- 0 9- 8- 0 Gore (L 18-10) 145 1:46 *May 05, 2007 DELAWARE W 3-2 3 9 2/ 2 11 1 (10) 31-27- 0 10- 8- 0 Cowan (W 10-8) 70 3:03 *May 05, 2007 DELAWARE W 4-3 4 10 2/ 3 7 1 7 32-27- 0 11- 8- 0 Cowan (W 11-8) 70 2:00 *May 06, 2007 DELAWARE 0-1 L 0 6 0/ 1 8 1 ( 8) 32-28- 0 11- 9- 0 Cowan (L 11-9) 100 2:03

* = Conference game () extra inning game GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

Georgia State’s “Iron Horse” Major League Baseball had its Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken, Jr. who showed up every day to play during their stellar careers. Georgia State has proudly enjoyed four solid and dependable seasons from infielder Mary Kathryn Branan.

The Alpharetta, Ga., native was her team captain and team MVP in high school (Milton) and has taken on the role as team co-captain this season at State.

Branan enters the CAA Championships with 217 career games played, 5th most in school history. She will top 200 career hits with her 1st base hit in the CAA Tournament. She’s also scored 101 career runs for the Panthers.

This year, she has banged out 16 doubles to tie for second most in the CAA as she has the fourth most in a season for State (20 is the record). Her 41 career doubles sit third most in school history, with 43 being second most.

Branan enjoyed a recent two home-run game when she hit two out of the park on April 22 vs. UNC Wilmington.

Her younger sister plays for Georgia Southern and they met this year in a doubleheader. “MK” stepped up with a five-for- seven game at the plate, in- cluding a game-winning RBI among her three RBI on the day.

Branan is enjoying a .302 season at the plate with a team high sacrifice flies (6) and seven homeruns to go with the 16 doubles.

A good base runner, “MK” has 19 career stolen bases in her 22 attempts.

In 2006, Branan earned a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester. The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Georgia State (as of May 07, 2007) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 32-28 Home: 16-11 Away: 9-12 Neutral: 7-5 Conference: 11-9

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

Roddy, Danielle...... 349 59-59 189 48 66 12 0 3 21 87 .460 41 0 8 0 .463 1 0 6-7 54 87 1 .993 Cunningham, Rachel.. .328 59-59 183 22 60 14 0 0 27 74 .404 11 2 28 0 .371 1 2 1-1 98 139 17 .933 Griffin, Nichole.... .304 58-57 194 35 59 15 0 9 46 101 .521 20 1 48 0 .372 0 1 1-3 65 2 3 .957 Branan, Mary Kathryn .302 58-58 192 35 58 16 1 7 35 97 .505 9 2 18 0 .330 6 2 1-2 123 130 8 .969 Willis, Holly...... 299 54-48 137 19 41 1 1 1 16 47 .343 9 2 21 0 .351 0 8 9-13 42 2 1 .978 Bradford, Alison.... .269 57-57 156 24 42 11 0 4 21 65 .417 32 5 49 0 .407 1 1 1-1 185 47 4 .983 Skelton, Lily...... 265 48-40 113 15 30 3 0 9 26 60 .531 26 3 36 0 .413 1 1 0-0 4 12 3 .842 Gowin, Jessica...... 241 60-60 191 21 46 9 0 5 20 70 .366 14 4 24 0 .305 1 2 0-0 455 24 7 .986 Bradford, Nikki...... 236 48-46 144 22 34 4 1 1 13 43 .299 21 1 36 0 .335 1 0 7-7 48 15 4 .940 Fetters, Lauren...... 186 43-17 43 18 8 3 1 1 7 16 .372 2 1 16 0 .239 0 1 6-7 12 0 0 1.000 ------Jaegle, Jackie...... 391 29-29 92 16 36 4 1 2 27 48 .522 9 2 15 1 .452 1 0 1-3 109 16 2 .984 Carter, Lacy...... 214 19-1 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .214 2 1 3 0 .353 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 1.000 Harmon, Jessie...... 120 14-8 25 4 3 0 0 0 2 3 .120 5 0 9 0 .267 0 0 1-1 3 0 0 1.000 Thomas, Elizabeth... .000 10-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-1 1 4 0 1.000 Morgan, Chelsey...... 000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 18 0 1.000

Totals...... 290 60-60 1674 283 486 92 5 42 262 714 .427 201 24 312 1 .372 13 18 34-46 1216 568 54 .971 Opponents...... 282 60-60 1640 233 463 65 7 27 208 623 .380 115 26 263 1 .338 8 37 49-65 1212 458 70 .960

LOB - Team (440), Opp (381). DPs turned - Team (17), Opp (19). TPs turned - Team (1). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), Cunningham 1, Skelton 1, Roddy 1. Picked off - Branan 3, Bradford, N 2, Bradford, A 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

Cowan, Ashley...... 2.60 11-9 30 18 10 2/0 0 137.1 160 76 51 29 80 24 3 3 572 .280 6 5 0 1 8 Gore, Madi...... 2.62 18-10 33 31 20 4/0 0 197.1 187 80 74 55 151 32 1 16 745 .251 8 16 0 4 21 Thomas, Elizabeth... 6.16 1-1 9 2 0 0/0 0 19.1 41 22 17 5 16 2 0 4 100 .410 4 3 0 0 2 Morgan, Chelsey..... 6.68 2-8 17 9 2 0/0 0 51.1 75 55 49 26 16 7 3 4 223 .336 6 2 0 3 6

Totals...... 3.28 32-28 60 60 32 6/0 0 405.1 463 233 190 115 263 65 7 27 1640 .282 24 26 0 8 37 Opponents...... 4.08 28-32 60 60 22 7/3 3 403.0 486 283 235 201 312 92 5 42 1672 .291 36 23 0 13 18

PB - Team (7), Jaegle 4, Bradford, A 3, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (5). SBA/ATT - Jaegle (26-35), Bradford, A (23-30), Gore (19-28), Cowan (17-23), Morgan (10-11), Thomas (3-3). The Automated ScoreBook Conference statistics for Georgia State (as of May 07, 2007) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 11-9 Home: 5-4 Away: 6-5 Conference: 11-9

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

Roddy, Danielle...... 382 20-20 68 18 26 3 0 1 5 32 .471 13 0 0 0 .481 0 0 3-4 21 47 0 1.000 Branan, Mary Kathryn .380 20-20 79 16 30 7 1 6 20 57 .722 0 0 5 0 .375 1 0 0-1 45 49 1 .989 Bradford, Alison.... .319 17-17 47 7 15 3 0 1 7 21 .447 11 1 13 0 .458 0 0 0-0 84 7 0 1.000 Cunningham, Rachel.. .282 20-20 71 6 20 5 0 0 11 25 .352 1 0 9 0 .288 1 2 1-1 35 48 9 .902 Willis, Holly...... 281 20-20 57 6 16 1 1 1 5 22 .386 4 1 6 0 .339 0 4 1-2 17 1 0 1.000 Griffin, Nichole.... .254 20-20 71 9 18 3 0 1 11 24 .338 6 0 14 0 .312 0 1 0-0 27 1 0 1.000 Gowin, Jessica...... 221 20-20 68 4 15 2 0 0 1 17 .250 2 0 4 0 .243 0 1 0-0 158 5 3 .982 Bradford, Nikki...... 214 16-14 42 6 9 1 0 0 3 10 .238 10 0 13 0 .365 0 0 3-3 11 1 3 .800 Skelton, Lily...... 191 20-17 47 6 9 2 0 5 12 26 .553 17 2 13 0 .418 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Fetters, Lauren...... 077 14-6 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077 0 0 6 0 .077 0 0 1-2 7 0 0 1.000 ------Jaegle, Jackie...... 421 6-6 19 4 8 2 0 0 4 10 .526 1 0 4 0 .450 0 0 0-0 13 0 0 1.000 Carter, Lacy...... 000 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas, Elizabeth... .000 4-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals...... 286 20-20 584 86 167 29 2 15 79 245 .420 66 4 87 0 .361 3 8 9-13 422 185 18 .971 Opponents...... 287 20-20 575 73 165 31 3 6 68 220 .383 39 6 88 0 .338 1 19 8-11 423 180 26 .959

LOB - Team (156), Opp (145). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (6). IBB - Team (1), Skelton 1. Picked off - Bradford, N 2, Bradford, A 1, Branan 1.

(Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

Cowan, Ashley...... 2.43 6-4 11 7 4 1/0 0 54.2 62 29 19 13 30 12 2 0 226 .274 3 1 0 0 6 Gore, Madi...... 2.60 5-4 14 12 6 2/0 0 80.2 83 33 30 24 53 18 1 6 312 .266 3 5 0 1 12 Thomas, Elizabeth... 7.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 10 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 19 .526 2 0 0 0 0 Morgan, Chelsey..... 24.00 0-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 10 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 18 .556 0 0 0 0 1

Totals...... 2.99 11-9 20 20 10 3/0 0 140.2 165 73 60 39 88 31 3 6 575 .287 8 6 0 1 19 Opponents...... 3.13 9-11 20 20 8 2/1 0 141.0 167 86 63 66 87 29 2 15 584 .286 8 4 0 3 8

PB - Team (3), Jaegle 2, Bradford, A 1, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (3). SBA/ATT - Bradford, A (5-8), Gore (4-6), Cowan (4-5), Jaegle (3-3). The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for Georgia State (as of May 07, 2007) (All games)

Inning-by-inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ------Georgia State 30 28 48 52 47 43 30 3 1 1 283 Opponents 31 17 6 39 36 51 46 7 0 0 233

Win-Loss Record When ------Overall...... 32-28 After 4 leading..... 22-6 Conference...... 11-9 ...... trailing.... 4-16 Non-Conference...... 21-19 ...... tied...... 6-6 Home games...... 16-11 After 5 leading..... 23-5 Away games...... 9-12 ...... trailing.... 2-19 Neutral site...... 7-5 ...... tied...... 3-4 Day games...... 31-25 After 6 leading..... 23-3 Night games...... 1-3 ...... trailing.... 2-22 vs Left starter..... 3-3 ...... tied...... 2-2 vs Right starter.... 29-25 1-Run games...... 7-8 Hit 0 home runs..... 11-19 2-Run games...... 4-5 ... 1 home run...... 14-9 5+Run games...... 16-9 ... 2+ home runs.... 7-0 Extra innings...... 2-4 Shutouts...... 6-7 Opponent 0 home runs 26-13 ...... 1 home run. 6-10 Scoring 0-2 runs.... 1-18 ...... 2+ HRs..... 0-5 ...... 3-5 runs.... 13-9 ...... 6-9 runs.... 9-1 Made 0 errors...... 19-5 ...... 10+ runs.... 9-0 .... 1 error...... 7-13 .... 2+ errors...... 6-10 Opponent 0-2 runs... 21-5 ...... 3-5 runs... 9-10 Opp. made 0 errors.. 9-12 ...... 6-9 runs... 2-9 ...... 1 error... 10-7 ...... 10+ runs... 0-4 ...... 2+ errors. 13-9

Scored in 1st inning 11-3 Out-hit opponent.... 27-3 Opp. scored in 1st.. 9-12 Out-hit by opponent. 2-23 Scores first...... 21-9 Hits are tied...... 3-2 Opp. scores first... 11-19

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-7 0-2 1-9 3-4 5-3 5-2 4-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 9-0

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 6-0 8-1 7-4 4-1 3-4 2-5 1-5 1-0 0-3 0-1 0-4

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 11-2 16-4 24-7 22-6 23-5 23-3

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 7-10 7-12 6-11 4-16 2-19 2-22

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 14-16 9-12 2-10 6-6 3-4 2-2

Current losing streak : 1 Longest winning streak : 8 Longest losing streak : 4

Home attendance : 2570 ( 27 dates avg = 95 ) Away attendance : 6412 ( 33 dates avg = 194 ) Total attendance: 8982 ( 60 dates avg = 149 ) GEORGIA STATE SOFTBALL

GEORGIA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Hometown/ High School 10 Madi Gore P R/R 5’6 SO Acworth, GA / Kell HS 11 Lauren Fetters OF R/R 5’2 FR Canton, GA / Sequoyah HS 12 Nikki Bradford OF/SS R/R 5’7 FR McDonough, GA / Henry County HS 13 Holly Willis OF R/R 5’7 SO Chesapeake, VA / Great Bridge HS 15 Nichole Griffin OF L/R 5’11 SO Leesburg, GA / Lee County HS 16 Ashley Cowan P R/R 6’1 JR Covington, GA / Eastside 17 Mary Kathryn Branan 2B R/R 5’6 SR Alpharetta, GA / Milton HS 18 Rachel Cunningham SS R/R 5’6 FR Alpharetta, GA / South Forsyth 20 Elizabeth Thomas P R/R 5’4 FR Watkinsville, GA / Oconee County HS 22 Chelsey Morgan P R/R 5’6 FR Chesterfield, NJ / Northern Burlington Co. Regional HS 24 Danielle Roddy 3B R/R 5’4 FR Canton, GA / Woodstock HS 25 Alison Bradford C R/R 5’5 SR McDonough, GA / Henry County HS 26 Jessica Gowin 1B R/R 5’4 SO Cohutta, GA / Northwest Whitfield HS 29 Lily Skelton DP R/R 5’9 FR McDonough, GA / Union Grove HS

Head Coach: Bob Heck (20th year, 579-516-2 record) Assistant Coach: Kelly Van Houten (2nd year) Assistant Coach: Laura McGirr (2nd year) Athletic Trainer: Jennifer Howe (2nd year GA) GEORGIA STATE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Hometown/ High School 25 Alison Bradford C R/R 5’5 SR McDonough, GA / Henry County HS 12 Nikki Bradford OF/SS R/R 5’7 FR McDonough, GA / Henry County HS 17 Mary Kathryn Branan 2B R/R 5’6 SR Alpharetta, GA / Milton HS 16 Ashley Cowan P R/R 6’1 JR Covington, GA / Eastside 18 Rachel Cunningham SS R/R 5’6 FR Alpharetta, GA / South Forsyth 11 Lauren Fetters OF R/R 5’2 FR Canton, GA / Sequoyah HS 10 Madi Gore P R/R 5’6 SO Acworth, GA / Kell HS 26 Jessica Gowin 1B R/R 5’4 SO Cohutta, GA / Northwest Whitfield HS 15 Nichole Griffin OF L/R 5’11 SO Leesburg, GA / Lee County HS 22 Chelsey Morgan P R/R 5’6 FR Chesterfield, NJ / Northern Burlington Co. Regional HS 24 Danielle Roddy 3B R/R 5’4 FR Canton, GA / Woodstock HS 29 Lily Skelton DP R/R 5’9 FR McDonough, GA / Union Grove HS 20 Elizabeth Thomas P R/R 5’4 FR Watkinsville, GA / Oconee County HS 13 Holly Willis OF R/R 5’7 SO Chesapeake, VA / Great Bridge HS