Wesleyan's DeGraff Earns GSAC All-Freshman Softball Honors

Macon, GA - Colleen DeGraff has been named to the 2012 Great South Athletic Conference Softball All Freshman team.  The Concord, Ga., native led the Pioneers in nearly every offensive statistical category, including batting average (.365), hits (27) and runs batted in (24).

Across the team's six wins this season, DeGraff put on an offensive clinic in leading the Pioneers at the plate.  She amassed an impressive .542 batting average (13-for-24), while scoring 11 runs and driving in 16. She saved her best for last when hits in both games against Tennessee Temple resulted in the Pioneers earning two wins.  In the first game, she hit a walk off double in the bottom of the seventh that scored two runs to give the Pioneers the win, and in the second game, her triple in the fourth inning that plated three runs put the Pioneers ahead for good.

"Colleen is certainly deserving of this honor," remarked Wesleyan head softball coach Dickey Hightower.  "She is a great team player who came to Wesleyan intending to play catcher, but throughout the season, she helped us out by playing most of the year at shortstop or third base.  She did serve as our catcher in several games, and she even did some pitching for us when we got in a bind.  Colleen led the team in hitting and RBI and was certainly one of our offensive sparks this year.  It will be great having her around for three more years."

In addition to DeGraff's All Freshman nod, senior Kayla Lumley and sophomore Anna Jones were recognized as members of the Great South Academic All-Conference team, while freshman Alexia Barrett earned the Individual Sportsmanship Award. Academic All Conference is awarded to athletes sophomore or older who have maintained a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.