THE 2002 DIAMOND DAWGS ✵ ✵ ✵ M 5-2 FRESHMAN CATCHER/OUTFIELD WORSLEY FILE BATS: RIGHT ✵ THROWS: RIGHT E Nickname MIDLAND, MICHIGAN Worz and Mel L Why I chose Ferris State COLLEGE: 2002: Promising player. Should receive considerable time I and gain experience behind the plate . Team leader . Has a great Great softball program S bat with unsuspecting power . Techically proficient defensively. Advice to youngsters HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Midland High School . Coached by Never let anyone tell you that you are too short S Michelle Ignatowski . Earned all-state honorable mention and Saginaw and/or too small to play sports A News Dream Team honors as a senior . Batted .440 with 48 hits and 40 If I could meet anyone in history RBI in senior year while achieving all-district and all-region laurels . Sigmund Freud Named first-team All-Saginaw Valley League in senior campaign after Something unusual about me is that W garnering all-conference honorable mention honors as a junior . I collect anything associated with monkeys Posted a .402 batting average with 45 base hits, including 15 doubles, in The thing I like most about FSU Softball O junior season . Attained All-SVL Second-Team and team MVP acco- The friendships that have been made lades in basketball during senior campaign . Member of student Worst fear R council and National Honor Society. Spiders S PERSONAL: Daugher of Bill and Sally Worsley . Born 2/9/83 in Midland, Mich. Interests include rollerblading, frisbee, golf and bowling . My first or favorite softball memory is L Her father is an information systems manager and mother a teacher . My mom being my first softball coach and 4 making me be the pitcher One of four children (three older brothers) . Her cousin, Denny Sian, E plays baseball at Northwood University. Elementary education major. Pregame Ritual Y Double knot my shoelaces 5-5 ✵ FRESHMAN ✵ OUTFIELD ✵ WRIGHT FILE J BATS: RIGHT ✵ THROWS: RIGHT Nickname E SAND LAKE, MICHIGAN (TRI-COUNTY) Hopper Pregame Ritual S COLLEGE: 2002: Hard worker and student of the game . Will receive Leading the pregame cheer time in outfield to develop skills . Has a bright future and is starting My favorite movie S to learn the college game . Athletic . Swings the bat well. Top Gun HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Tri-County High School . Prepped by I My role model Al Cumings . Two-time Big Rapids Pioneer Dream Team and all-district E selection . Received all-conference first-team recognition and was Dot Richardson team MVP during senior season . Team’s Most Hustle Award recipi- Why I chose Ferris State ent as a senior . Hit .477 with 53 hits, five doubles, four triples, one I like the campus location, size W home run and 28 RBI for the Vikings in senior season . Registered 21 and the softball program R stolen bases on 23 attempts in senior year . Gained all-regional hon- If I could change one thing about softball ors after batting .343 with 37 base hits, four home runs and 23 RBI . Receive more coverage from ESPN I Also totaled six doubles and three triples in 2000 season during junior If I could meet anyone in history G campaign . Competed in varsity basketball (1999-01) . National Marilyn Monroe Honor Society member and served as student council treasurer . Advice to youngsters H Involved in D.A.R.E., school choir and prom committee. Never stop trying, even if you fail the first time 17 PERSONAL: Daughter of Rick and Cathy Wright . Born 6/5/83 in Grand The thing I like most about FSU Softball T Rapids, Mich. Has two younger sisters . Her cousins, Dustin and The unity that all the teammates share Casey Armstrong, both played football at Alma College . Majoring in What I am going to be when I grow up nursing. A nurse in a large hospital CASEY SCULLY NICKI MERCHANT JENNIFER COLVIN Ferris State Softball Among 2001 Top Academic Teams Ferris State placed 10th nationally among the 2001 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NCAA-II All- Academic Teams. The Bulldogs compiled a 3.36 team cumulative grade point average. 11.