Friday, April 21st, 2006

Meredith Ray Named GSAC Pitcher Of The Year

For the second consecutive year Piedmont College softball ace Meredith Ray was named the Great South Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year for the 2006 season as announced this afternoon by the conference office. Ray is currently 14-1 with a save on the mound and is pitching at an impressive 0.87 ERA. She has also tallied 97 strikeouts in 105 innings of work.

Joining Ray on the mound was freshman Lindsay Drevlow who was also named as an All-Conference pitcher. Mandy Fuston, May Alves and Emily Maxey were named as All-Conference players and Drevlow and Leah Della Torre were named to the All-Freshman team.

Piedmont had a league-best eight players named to the GSAC All-Academic team. Alves, Ashley Dunson, Fuston, Ashley Gragg, Marissa Harding, Emily Maxey, Amanda Powell, and Ray each garnered the academic honor.