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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Todd
Wetmore, Liberty
(434)
582-2292
June 7, 2006
Liberty’s Moore &
Wetmore, Virginia Tech’s Tincher & Everhart Garner University
Division Softball Awards
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty’s Jessica Moore has been named the
VaSID Player of the Year and the Lady Flames’ Paul Wetmore has
been named the VaSID Coach of the Year, while Virginia Tech’s
Angela Tincher has been named VaSID Pitcher of the Year and
the Hokies’ Jessica Everhart has been named the VaSID Rookie
of the Year to highlight this year’s selections to the 2006
VaSID All-State University Division Softball team.
2006 VaSID University Division Softball All-State Team
Wetmore guided Liberty to a 41-23 record this season, the most
wins by a program in the Commonwealth this year. The 41 wins
tied a school record for total wins in a year, while the Lady
Flames’ .641 winning percentage set a new school high. This
marks the fourth time that Wetmore has been named VaSID Coach
of the Year (1996, 1997, 1998 and 2006), tying him with
Virginia Tech’s Scot Thomas who has also garnered the honor
four times (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2005).
Moore had a record-setting year for Liberty as she hit 21 home
runs on the year, surpassing her own school record, while she
also added a new school record with 74 runs scored. The
shortstop was the only player in the Big South Conference to
be ranked in four national statistically categories as she
ranked second in runs scored (1.17 per game), ninth in
slugging percentage (0.813), 10th in home runs (0.33 per game)
and 44th in batting average (.399).
Tincher adds another award to an already impressive season as
the pitcher was named the ACC Pitcher and Player of the Year
after posting a 26-9 record in the circle with a 1.01 ERA. The
second-team All-American and second-team CoSIDA Academic
All-American set a Virginia Tech and ACC record with 504
strikeouts and ranked second in the nation in the category
(13.8 per seven innings), while ranking 13th nationally in ERA
and 23rd in victories.
Everhart was a second-team NFCA All-Northeast Region honoree
this year in her first season with Virginia Tech, while also
earning a spot on the All-ACC second team. She tied for the
team lead with six home runs and a .343 batting average, while
the rookie also added 27 runs scored, eight doubles, two
triples, 24 RBI and a .517 slugging percentage.
In the first year the Virginia Sports Information Directors
(VaSID) have named a first and second all-state team, Virginia
Tech dominated the all-state selections as the Hokies had
seven athletes named to the team, followed by Radford and
Virginia who both had four selections to the team. Liberty had
three players named to the squad, while Longwood had two
selections and Hampton and Norfolk State each had one player
selected.
All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors
Association. For more information, please visit the
VaSID site at
http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.
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