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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contact: Gary
Holden, Sports Info. Director
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- March 26, 2003
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Softball Trio Earns Dixie Honors- Porter, Hunt, Francis Earn Player of the Week
Awards
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College softball
team saw three of its players earn Dixie Conference Player of the
Week honors for their play in last week's action. Ferrum
went 5-1 last week, including a win over Bethany College, ranked
#4 in the nation.
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- Sophomore Stacy Porter (Radford, Va./Radford) has been
named Dixie Pitcher of the Week. Porter, pictured above,
struck out 11 batters in the Panthers' 1-0 loss to McDaniel
College, then fanned nine in a 20-0 win over Shenandoah and eight
in a 5-1 victory over Bethany. In 19 innings last week, she
went 2-1 with a 0.74 ERA, striking out 28, walking five and
allowing just eight hits. Porter also had a great week at
the plate, going 11-22 for a .500 batting average with three
doubles, two home runs, and 11 RBI.
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- Freshman Sonya Francis (Blairs, Va./Dan River) has been
named Dixie Rookie Pitcher of the Week. Francis pitched
three games last week, striking out 25 while giving up only nine
runs. Francis went 3-0 for the week with as 1.67 ERA.
Freshman Wendy Hunt (Madison Heights, Va./Amherst County)
has been named Dixie Rookie of the Week. Hunt batted .600
last week (12-20 at the plate) with three doubles, one homer, and
eight RBI.
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- Ferrum is currently 13-6 overall and has an even 3-3 record in
the Dixie. The Panthers play next on March 29th at home in a
Dixie doubleheader against Chowan College, stating at 1 p.m.
For more information, please contact the Ferrum sports
information office at (540) 365-4306.
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