Cowgirls Host NPF All-Stars
Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State’s Cowgirl Softball team will host a team of All-Stars from the National Pro Fastpitch league Wednesday night, capping off the fall season. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. and admission is free.
The All-Stars include several former Big 12 players, including former Cowgirl Shanel Scott who played for from 2004-07. Scott owns the school records for most stolen bases in a season (51) and a career (108), most runs scored in a season (56) and career (162), most at-bats in a career (704), and most walks in a season (92).
Other members of the All-Star team include former Big 12 players Cat Osterman and Megan Willis of Texas, Oklahoma’s Amber Flores and Samantha Ricketts, and Nicole Trimboli of Nebraska. Others on the squad are Danielle Lawrie (Washington), Francesca Enea (Florida), Vicky Galindo (California) and Jamee Juarez (Ohio State).
Oklahoma State is 6-1 this fall with five shutouts. The Cowgirls lost their first game last weekend with a 2-1 loss at Arkansas. However, followed that up with a 3-1 victory over the Lady’Backs.
Senior second-baseman Alysia Hamilton leads the Cowgirl offense with a .421 batting average. Junior first-baseman Julie Ward is hitting .409 with a team-leading eight runs batted in and the squad’s only two home runs of the fall.
Coach Rich Wieligman expects to throw all four pitchers at the all-stars. The Cowgirl pitching staff has combined for a 0.44 earned run average in 48 innings and has combined for five shutouts. Freshman Simone Freeman has 24 strikeouts and no walks in 15 innings this fall.
Updated 10-12-2010
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