2019 SEC SOFTBALL RECORD BOOK Southeastern Conference Contents Communications The Southeastern Conference ........................2-3 Individual SEC Records (Season) ................39-40 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North SEC Softball ....................................................4 Team SEC Records (Season) ......................41-43 Birmingham, AL 35203 SEC Media Services .........................................5 Individual SEC Records (Career) ................44-45 (205) 458-3000 SEC Milestones ...............................................6 Superlatives ..................................................46 Commissioner Greg Sankey .............................7 Perfect Games ...............................................47 SEC Staff ........................................................8 No-Hitters ................................................48-49 SEC Corporate Sponsors ..................................9 SEC Tournament Champions ..........................50 Composite Schedule .................................10-16 SEC Tournament Results ............................51-53 SEC Tournament ............................................17 SEC Tournament Seeds ..................................54 Alabama ......................................................18 SEC Tournament Attendance ..........................55 HERB VINCENT CHUCK DUNLAP Associate Commissioner Director Arkansas .......................................................19 SEC Tournament Coaches ..............................56 [email protected] [email protected] Auburn .........................................................20 SEC Tournament Records ..........................57-59 Football Equestrian Florida .........................................................21 SEC Tournament Superlatives .........................60 Golf Georgia .......................................................22 SEC All-Tournament Teams ........................61-62 Kentucky .......................................................23 NCAA Tournament Results .........................63-68 LSU ..............................................................24 SEC in the Final National Polls ........................69 Ole Miss .......................................................25 National Honors ......................................70-71 Mississippi State ............................................26 SEC Honors ..................................................72 Missouri........................................................27 All-SEC Teams ..........................................73-75 South Carolina ..............................................28 SEC All-Freshmen Teams ................................76 CRAIG PINKERTON TAMMY WILSON Tennessee .....................................................29 SEC All-Defensive Teams ................................77 Director Director Texas A&M ....................................................30 SEC Community Service Teams .......................78 [email protected] [email protected] Standings & Postseason Results .......................31 SEC Players of the Week ...........................79-80 Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Soccer Tennis 2018 Honors ................................................32 SEC Pitchers of the Week ..........................81-82 Miscellaneous Statistics ..................................33 SEC Freshmen of the Week .............................83 NCAA Statistics .............................................34 SEC Academic Honor Roll .........................84-91 SEC Softball Firsts ..........................................35 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ...........92-94 Annual Standings .....................................36-38 JILL SKOTARCZAK BEN BEATY Assistant Director Assistant Director [email protected] [email protected] Gymnastics Baseball Softball Football Swimming & Diving Track/Cross Country Volleyball ANN DRINKARD Assistant Director [email protected] Digital Media Equestrian Credits: The 2019 Southeastern Conference Softball Record Book is published by the Southeastern Conference 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 2019 SEC Softball Record Book. Editor: Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications; Cover Design: BC Romano, Director of Video and Creative Services THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE The SEC • The SEC also had five student-athletes earn the NCAA Elite 90 award, which is given • Since its formation in 1933, the SEC has directed and organized interscholastic to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the athletic competitions, conducted tournaments and prescribed eligibility rules for student- NCAA championships. The 2017-18 SEC recipients were: Jordan Danberry, Mississippi athletes. The Conference also facilitates and assists its member institutions in maintaining State (women’s basketball); Alexis Jacobus, Arkansas (women’s indoor track and field); intercollegiate athletic programs compatible with the highest standards of education and Evan Lee, Arkansas (baseball); Nathan Hite, Texas A&M (men’s outdoor track and field) competitive sports. and Victoria Hoggard, Arkansas (women’s outdoor track and field). The SEC has had 48 student-athletes in total awarded with the Elite 90 award. • The Southeastern Conference crowns champions in 21 sports - 12 women’s sports and nine men’s sports. They include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s • Three of the 12 Honda Sports Award recipients in 2017-18 were SEC student-athletes. and women’s cross country, equestrian, football, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics, The award goes to the top female athlete in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. SEC recipients soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, were A’ja Wilson, South Carolina (basketball); Arianne Hartono, Ole Miss (tennis); and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. Rhamat Alhassan, Florida (volleyball). The SEC has had five Honda Cup winners (overall winner), while 80 Honda Sports Award winners in their individual sports hail from the • In the fall of 2012, the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University became the SEC. 13th and 14th members of the Southeastern Conference. It marked the first expansion for the SEC since 1991 and the second-ever increase for the league since its founding • More than 3,900 student-athletes were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in in 1933. 2017-18. Members of the SEC Academic Honor Roll must have a 3.0 grade point average for either the previous academic year or his/her academic career at the SEC • The SEC’s mission statement reflects the priorities of the league. “The purpose of institution. the Southeastern Conference is to assist its member institutions in the maintenance of programs of intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest standards of • The SEC Graduate Patch was displayed on the uniforms of more than 350 SEC student- education and competitive sports.” athletes during the 2017-18 academic year. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE STUDENT-ATHLETE • The Southeastern Conference had 42 Google Cloud Academic All-Americans in 2017- • LSU volleyball student-athlete Kelly Quinn and Tennessee football student-athlete 18. The league had 16 student-athletes earn first-team honors. In total, the league has Parker Henry were named recipients of the 2017-18 H. Boyd McWhorter Southeastern had 1,220 Academic All-Americans. The Academic All-America Teams are voted on Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year Awards. The McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The Capital One is the highest honor a student-athlete can receive in the SEC. In 2017, the SEC’s Athletics Academic All-America Teams are voted on by the College Sports Information Directors Director’s voted to increase the value of the postgraduate scholarships to $20,000 each of America (CoSIDA). The 42 student-athletes represent 12 of the SEC 14 schools while for the two winners and $10,000 each for the 26 finalists. nine schools had at least one person on the first-team. • Florida gymnast Grace McLaughlin and Auburn track and field athlete Wesley Curles • The 16 SEC student-athletes who earned Google Cloud Academic All-America first- were named recipients of the 2017-18 Brad Davis SEC Community Service Post- team status in 2017-18 were: Alabama’s Laurent Bams (men’s swimming and diving), Graduate Scholarship. Each Community Service Leader of the Year receives a $10,000 Robert Howard (men’s swimming and diving), Luke Kaliszak (men’s swimming and post-graduate scholarship. diving) and Mackenzie Brannan (gymnastics); Arkansas’ Kenzo Cotton (men’s track and field/cross country), Victoria Hoggard (women’s track and field/cross country) and • Florida swimmer Caeleb Dressel and South Carolina basketball athlete A’ja Wilson Alexis Jacobus (women’s track and field/cross country); Auburn’s Tyler Stovall (football); were named the 2017-2018 Roy F. Kramer SEC Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Florida’s Kelly Barnhill (softball) and Josie Kuhlman (women’s tennis); Georgia’s Keturah Orji (women’s track and field/cross country); Kentucky’s Katie Reed (softball) and Bailey • The SEC was the first conference in the nation to assemble a Student-Athlete Advisory Vick (softball); LSU’s John David Moore (football); Missouri’s
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