2018 SEC SOFTBALL RECORD BOOK Southeastern Conference Contents Communications The Southeastern Conference ........................2-3 Annual Standings .....................................35-37 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North SEC Softball ....................................................4 Individual SEC Records (Season) ................38-39 Birmingham, AL 35203 SEC Media Services .........................................5 Team SEC Records (Season) ......................40-42 (205) 458-3000 SEC Milestones ...............................................6 Individual SEC Records (Career) ................43-44 Commissioner Greg Sankey .............................7 Superlatives ..................................................45 SEC Staff ........................................................8 Perfect Games ...............................................46 SECU: The Academic Initiative of the SEC ..........9 No-Hitters ................................................47-48 SEC Corporate Sponsors ..................................9 SEC Tournament Champions ..........................49 Composite Schedule .................................10-15 SEC Tournament Results ............................50-52 SEC Tournament ............................................16 SEC Tournament Seeds ..................................53 HERB VINCENT CHUCK DUNLAP Associate Commissioner Director Alabama ......................................................17 SEC Tournament Attendance ..........................54 [email protected] [email protected] Arkansas .......................................................18 SEC Tournament Coaches ..............................55 Football Equestrian Auburn .........................................................19 SEC Tournament Records ..........................56-58 Golf Florida .........................................................20 SEC Tournament Superlatives .........................59 Georgia .......................................................21 SEC All-Tournament Teams ........................60-61 Kentucky .......................................................22 NCAA Tournament Results .........................62-67 LSU ..............................................................23 SEC in the Final National Polls ........................68 Ole Miss .......................................................24 National Honors ......................................69-70 Mississippi State ............................................25 SEC Honors ..................................................71 Missouri........................................................26 All-SEC Teams ..........................................72-74 CRAIG PINKERTON TAMMY WILSON South Carolina ..............................................27 SEC All-Freshmen Teams ................................75 Director Director Tennessee .....................................................28 SEC All-Defensive Teams ................................76 [email protected] [email protected] Texas A&M ....................................................29 SEC Community Service Teams .......................77 Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Soccer Tennis Standings & Postseason Results .......................30 SEC Players of the Week ...........................78-79 2017 Honors ................................................31 SEC Pitchers of the Week ..........................80-81 Miscellaneous Statistics ..................................32 SEC Freshmen of the Week .............................82 NCAA Statistics .............................................33 SEC Academic Honor Roll .........................83-89 SEC Softball Firsts ..........................................34 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ...........90-92 JILL SKOTARCZAK BEN BEATY Assistant Director Assistant Director [email protected] [email protected] Gymnastics Baseball Softball Football Swimming & Diving Track/Cross Country Volleyball ANN DRINKARD Digital Media/ Communications Assistant [email protected] Digital Media Credits: The 2018 Southeastern Conference Softball Record Book is published by the Southeastern Conference Equestrian Office, Greg Sankey, Commissioner. Permission to reprint materials in this publication, whether in whole or in part, must be obtained in writing from the editor. All information reproduced from this publication should credit the 2018 SEC Softball Record Book. Editor: Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications; Cover Design: BC Romano, Director of Video and Creative Services THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE It Just Means More course on the Atlantic Ocean … volleyball player Carly Kan, a Finance major from This past year the SEC launched a new marketing campaign to tell the story of the Missouri, and Pete Alonso, a Florida graduate who now plays in the New York Mets farm Southeastern Conference. It’s a common theme that the SEC is well known for athletic system. success, but there is so much more to the story of our conference. Through our work And as Wynn says “Sometimes it really IS rocket science,” you see members of the with The Richards Group, a nationally-renowned marketing agency, we set out to show Space Cowboys, proud and accomplished students in Mississippi State’s Aerospace the other side of the SEC – one of history, legacy and an overall positive impact on our Engineering program. people, our communities, our state and our nation. Intermingled with these stories are other visuals that show the color and pageantry of We sought to create television commercials for the SEC that were different than any the SEC, including a glorious Saturday afternoon in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, and conference had ever produced. The unique aspect of these spots are the back-stories historic sites on the campus of the University of Georgia. that capture of heart of the athletic, academic and cultural story that is the Southeastern These are the real stories of the Southeastern Conference and this is why we chose to Conference. share with the world why, in the SEC, “It Just Means More.” For the first game of the 2016 Football Season we introduced a new effort to tell the story of the SEC through what you now know as the “It Just Means More,” campaign. SEC Graduate Patch First, we conducted a nation-wide search for an on-screen ambassador who could This year marked the introduction of the SEC Graduate Patch, a logo placed on the help tell the story of the SEC. From among 1,000 applicants we selected Wynn Everett, an uniforms of SEC student-athletes in every sport who have earned their undergraduate accomplished TV and film actress who is a 2000 graduate of Auburn University in Liberal degree and have remaining athletic eligibility. Arts with family connections at Vanderbilt, Georgia and Alabama. Perhaps no other mark in college athletics represents so much. It is common for conferences to place logos on the uniforms of student-athletes to represent their schools’ “Ripple Effect” league affiliation. In the SEC, a celebratory banner appears beneath the Conference The first commercial, titled “Ripple Effect,” is sprinkled with images that help paint a mark when a student-athlete graduates, making the SEC Graduate Patch a unique visual picture of the SEC, including Toomer’s Corner in Auburn, the legendary Georgia representation of the ultimate achievement of the college experience. Barn on State Route 15, Big Blue Madness in Lexington, Death Valley in Baton Rouge, In addition, the SEC Graduate Patch represents a common bond that connects the the tradition of “Lock the Vaught” in Oxford, the Columns on the Missouri campus, an academic achievement of one SEC student-athlete with that of another SEC student- alumni gathering of Tennessee fans and the cadets of Texas A&M running onto the field athlete, regardless of school affiliation and even in the heat of competition. in College Station. SEC student-athletes wear the SEC Graduate Patch with pride, and we share their A deeper story emerges with the images of real people, beginning with Carol and sense of achievement as we are reminded during athletic competition of their signature Jarrell Lawson, the parents of SEC Male Athlete of the Year Jarrion Lawson. It was shot academic accomplishment. just one week before Jarrion left for Rio to participate in the Summer Olympic Games, and it depicts the love and warmth of a home that proudly produced a successful student Dr. James Birchler, University of Missouri and athlete at the University of Arkansas. 2017 Southeastern Conference Professor of the Year There is a shot of a surgeon in a Florida scrub cap … that’s Dr. Garrison Rolle, a James Birchler is the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at the former football walk-on for the Gators who owns his own surgical practice, and in the University of Missouri. Dr. Birchler earned his bachelor’s degree in botany and zoology background you see a young man, and that is his son Garrison, Jr., a sophomore who from Eastern Illinois University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in genetics and himself plans to become a surgeon. biochemistry from Indiana University. He performed postdoctoral work at Oak Ridge You also see a young lady studying in a library … her name is Lindsay Richardson National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. and she graduated with a double-major from the University of South Carolina, where she Dr. Birchler was an assistant and associate professor at Harvard University prior served as student body president and is now enrolled in law school.