Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State Softball Hands Out Postseason Banquet Awards
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 4, 1999
Fresno, Calif. -
The Fresno State softball team celebrated its 1999 season with its annual awards banquet at TorNinos this evening. Seven Bulldog awards were handed out and nine individuals were recognized for their contributions.
Earning the Golden Glove award was senior catcher Jennifer Slaney (Los Alamitos). This is the fourth straight year that a catcher has garnered the Golden Glove award. Slaney posted a perfect fielding percentage behind the plate (1.000) in 577 total chances. In the recordbooks, she joined former Bulldog All-America catcher Shelly Stokes as the only two with a 1.000 fielding percentage in at least 350 total chances.
The Most Valuable Player award went to junior pitcher/outfielder Amanda Scott (Clovis). Scott, who became the 23rd Bulldog to garner GTE Academic All-America honors, set the schools single-season strikeout record (231). Scott also became the softball programs second three-time First Team NCAA all-American. Named to her second All-College World Series Team last week, she led the country this season in ERA (0.24) as well as being nationally ranked in wins (29) and saves (4). She also set personal bests in wins, shutouts (18), appearances (42), games started (31), compete games (31), saves and innings pitched (235.2) while posting career-lows in hits (117), runs (23), earned runs (8), and ERA.
The Coaches Award went to freshman pitcher Kristen Hunter (Portland, Ore.). Hunter tallied the most strikeouts by a rookie (216) while notching two no-hitters and posting the second-highest number of wins (26) by a freshman pitcher. With more than half of her wins by shutouts, Hunter also set the schools single-game strikeout record twice (15 vs. DePaul and CS Fullerton) and broke the single-game consecutive strikeout record (9 vs. CS Fullerton) en route to capturing All-America honors (seventh freshman in school history).
The Clutch Hitter Award was given to freshman second baseman Lovieanne Jung (Westminster). Jung, who was also named to the 1999 NCAA All-College World Series Team, was the first freshman in the program to record 100 total bases (119) in a season and became the eighth freshman to garner All-America status. Its the third time in the four-year history of the Clutch Hitter award that a second baseman was selected as the recipient.
The Most Inspirational Award went to freshman catcher Kaci Pennington (Sanger). Pennington did not see any game time but spent her hours warming up the pitchers before and during games as well during practice times.
The Bulldog Achievement Award was given to junior first baseman Angela Cervantez (Madera). Cervantez led the nations in doubles (26 - three short of NCAA and school record) and led the team in RBI (73 - four short of school record). Garnering First Team All-America accolades, Cervantez also was nationally-ranked all season long in RBI and batting average (.394).
The Career Achievement Award went to the four Bulldog seniors in outfielder Candice Bowlin (Clovis), infielder Jaime Maxey (Fresno), pitcher Lindsay Parker (Glendale) and Slaney.
