Fresno State Athletics
Softball's Ing and Southern Named Academic All-District VIII
5/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 13, 2004
FRESNO, Calif. -
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Fresno State softball's senior center fielder Mitzi Ing (Aiea, Hawaii) and junior All-America pitcher Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif.) were selected to the 11-team 2004 Academic All-District VIII University Division Softball Team, as voted upon members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Named to her second straight Academic All-District VIII Team, Ing has not only put together a career year at the plate but is wrapping up a stellar academic career as well.
Ing, who is majoring in business administration and sports a 3.89 cumulative GPA, is second on the team in sacrifices (7) while being fourth in batting (.264), runs (20), walks (13) and total bases (57) as the No. 5-7 batter. Hitting her first collegiate home run against Hawai'i in Honolulu, she has posted five multiple hit games and three multiple RBI performances.
Setting a season- and career-best nine-game hitting streak in which she hit .423, Ing is batting better than .300 in her last 12 games and .299 in the last 42. A member of three Western Athletic Conference championship teams, she will wrap up her career as a four-time NCAA Tournament participant.
The seven-time Dean's list member recently received the 2004 Bulldog Foundation Business Award while also being selected a Kiwanis Torchligher (cumulative 3.8 or better). Ing is a four-time Fresno State and WAC Scholar-Athlete as well as a three-time WAC All-Academic selection.
Garnering her first Academic all-district honors, Southern owns a 3.46 cumulative GPA in liberal studies. Continuing to lead the nation in ERA while being ranked in the top seven in victories all season, she is the 23rd NCAA Division I pitcher to tally 1,000 career strikeouts while recording 19 shutout victories in her 28 wins.
With nine 10-strikeout games, she has allowed just 14 earned runs while averaging 8.4 strikeouts per seven innings. Opponents are batting just a mere .137 against while having thrown a perfect game to go along with six one-hitters and two-hitters to date.
While at the plate, Southern has been a catalyst for the Bulldogs in the No. 2 spot. Hitting better than .350 in her last 23 games, she has posted a season- and career-best 11-game hit streak and batted .421. With 17 multiple hit and eight multiple RBI games, she is tops on the team in sacrifices (11) while second in batting average (.330), hits (63), home runs (6), RBI (30), total bases (95) and slugging percentage (.497).
The three-time USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 candidate is a four-time Dean's List member and is a three-time Fresno State and WAC Scholar-Athlete. The two-time All-American, who has been a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association's National Player of the Week pick, also has been recognized as two-time WAC All-Academic honoree and NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
