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Jamie Southern
Fresno State |
FRESNO, CA. The 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-America Softball University Division Team was announced this morning and three-time All-American and junior pitcher/utility Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif.) can add another All-America title to her resume.
Southern was named Third Team Academic All-American by the College of Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). This marks the 16th time that a Bulldog softball player has been singled out, 14 times under head coach Margie Wright, and 34th overall for the university since 1985.
As the eighth Bulldog to become a three-time All-American on the softball field last week, she is majoring in liberal studies and boasts a 3.46 cumulative GPA .
Remarkably, Southern is the fifth softball player to garner All-America honors both on and off the field in the same year (nine times overall) and the 14th Fresno State student-athlete overall to accomplish that very same extraordinary feat.
The 5-10 right-hander who also has served as the designated player and patrolled the outfield this past year is the seventh Bulldog pitcher to garner Academic All-America honors as it marks the eighth time overall for a Fresno State hurler.
On the field accomplishments in 2004 include a perfect game, tying the school's single-game strikeout record twice, posting a 30-win season for the second time in a career and becoming the 23rd NCAA Division I pitcher to tally 1,000 or more career strikeouts.