SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? College of Charleston third baseman Kristie Shifflett has been named Southern Conference Player of the Year while Georgia Southern pitcher Brianna Streetmon has been tabbed Pitcher of the Year to highlight the league’s annual regular season award winners, which were announced Tuesday. The conference’s nine head coaches voted on all the awards.
Georgia Southern won two of the four individual awards. Along with Streetmon, outfielder Marie Fogle was named the league’s Freshman of the Year.
Chattanooga Head Coach Frank Reed won his second consecutive and third overall Coach of the Year award.
Shifflett finished the regular season in the top five in the league in several major offensive categories including batting average (.366), slugging percentage (.642), home runs (9) and RBIs (41).
Streetmon led all SoCon pitchers in ERA (2.05) and wins (14) while appearing in 34 games and pitching 160.1 innings.
Fogle fashioned a solid freshman campaign by batting .330 with 37 hits.
Reed led his team to its third-straight regular season crown despite losing preseason Pitcher of the Year Brooke Loudermilk for much of the non-conference slate and preseason All-Conference member Laci Upchurch for the entire season. The Lady Mocs finished 26-22 overall including a 15-5 SoCon record.
The Lady Mocs tied with Georgia Southern for the most All-Conference honorees. Each had six first and second team selections. UTC was led by sophomore Michelle Fuzzard, who garnered first team honors at first base and second team honors as a pitcher.
Co-regular season runner-ups College of Charleston and Appalachian State had four and three honorees, respectively. Furman also had three, while Western Carolina, UNC Greensboro and Samford each had one player selected.
The Eagles and Bulldogs each had two players selected to the 10-member All-Freshman team, while the Mountaineers, Cougars, Paladins, Spartans, Lady Mocs and Catamounts each had one.
All-Conference
First Team
P: Brianna Streetmon, Georgia Southern
P: Kayla Richardson, Appalachian State
C: Abby Robertson, Furman
1B: Michelle Fuzzard, Chattanooga
2B: Tiffany Baker, Chattanooga
SS: Nina Iduate, Georgia Southern
3B: Kristie Shifflett, College of Charleston
OF: Lyndsey Stiles, Chattanooga
OF: Katie Forbes, College of Charleston
OF: Marie Fogle, Georgia Southern
DP: Mollie Fowler, Western Carolina
UT: Megen Smith, Georgia Southern
Second Team
P: Michelle Fuzzard, Chattanooga
P: Lana Mackey, Furman
C: Michelle Lighton, Appalachian State
C: Brittany Eason, Chattanooga
1B: Sam Russo, Georgia Southern
2B: Amber Shifflett, College of Charleston
SS: Kaitlin Merkt, UNC Greensboro
3B: Katie Boyd, Appalachian State
OF: Kaiti Kelley, Chattanooga
OF: Amanda Hall, Georgia Southern
OF: Stephanie Field, Furman
DP: Shannon Howard, College of Charleston
UT: Robyn Harmon, Samford
All-Freshman
Megan Rembielak, Appalachian State
Katie Forbes, College of Charleston
Stephanie Field, Furman
Hanna Ennis, Georgia Southern
Marie Fogle, Georgia Southern
Alex Emeterio, UNC Greensboro
Robyn Harmon, Samford
Amy Gonzalez, Samford
Jenni Martin, Chattanooga
Chelsea Schaffer, Western Carolina
Player of the Year
Kristie Shifflett, College of Charleston
Pitcher of the Year
Brianna Streetmon, Georgia Southern
Freshman of the Year
Marie Fogle, Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year
Frank Reed, Chattanooga