big_joe Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Softball stars Harris, Tuck going Division I Megan Harris posted "PlayStation-like" numbers for Farragut High School's softball team last season. At William Blount, it was hard to tell whether Erica Tuck was more valuable on the mound or at the plate. The seniors - both All-PrepXtra selections - will continue their softball careers in the college ranks. Harris has committed to the University of Virginia while Tuck has cast her lot with Tennessee Tech. Both are expected to sign with those schools in November. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/23/softball-stars-harris-tuck-going-division-i/?partner=RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachJV Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Good posting Big Joe, Please keep these updated as more come in and congratulations ladies for a job well done. I had one of the parents of a younger girl tell me the other day they were going to take their daughter to a different high school because at the high school she is currently zoned for, the kids don't get scholarships to the "big" schools. Maybe my response, restated here, will save someone some money and some time. First off, most of these girls on this list that chose "smaller schools" had interest from "bigger schools" as well. I guess we can expect a great increase in enrollment at Cornersville now that Haley Fagan has commited to UT...I think my buddy David will be the first to tell you that travel ball and the trips to ASA Nationals are what got Haley seen by Tennessee, not High School ball. When my daughter was starting to get some interest from schools and started thinking about her choices, we sat down and had a long talk about what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. I asked her what she wanted to make a career of and she told me she wanted to be a Doctor. I asked her to go on the internet and look at the roster page of what ever teams she was interested in, and try to find schools that had juniors or seniors with declared majors of "Pre-Med" or "Biology", etc.....She came back with a big dissapointed look and some bad news...she didn't find much in the SEC. In fact she found where 2 starters from Tennessee that had played on the World Series team had transfered and that they had said the reason for their transfer was that they wanted to go to a school that they could take the classes they wanted and graduate in 4 years. One was a "Pre-Pharmacy" major and the other was "Pre-Dentistry" I think. We sat down again and I told her, she had a choice to make...I told her, if you want to be a softball coach, pick out the SEC team you think has the best chance of getting back to the World Series and start thinking about walking on or doing whatever you need to do to play for them. Email them or call them and tell them you are coming to their school and you will carry the water bucket if that is what they need , you just want to be on their team. You will get a coaching job by being able to put that team name on your resume. I told her the other choice is, that if the most important thing to you is the academics, you need to contact the best academic school you can find and tell them you are coming to their school and see what they can offer, if anything. I told her my suggestion was to look for a competetive program that would give her a chance to play and also let her take the classes she needed to take to get the degree she wanted. It's not that she couldn't do it at a bigger school, but it is a LOT harder. The point of this is....help your kids make good choices....they don't need to pick a college because they have a great football team, or because it is a great party school. They need to pick a college because it will get them the education they need to have a better life. Similarly, help them make a good choice with where they are playing high school ball or even middle school ball. School ball to me is just practice. Practice 5 days a week throwing the ball, hitting, etc. We made the decision to play middle school ball when it was not popular....we stayed at home to play high school ball. We took the money we saved and played the best travel ball we could because that's where the kids get seen.....not high school ball. Good luck to all these ladies and the more to come. Get your education ladies. That is what is most important from this. Edited October 10, 2010 by CoachJV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachJV Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) This is a listing of the top 50 Division I All-Academic Teams. For a youung lady with no REAL "Pro Option" for softball players, this is the most important thing to me. Hat's off to Tennessee Tech for coming in at #7 in the nation. http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1693 Division I All-Academic Teams Rank School Head Coach GPA 1 Robert Morris Craig Coleman 3.580 2 Bowling Green St. Shannon Salsburg 3.571 3 South Carolina Upstate Chris Hawkins 3.566 4 Drake Rich Calvert 3.535 5 Campbell Drew Peterson 3.520 6 Penn St. Robin Petrini 3.517 7 Tennessee Tech Tory Acheson 3.514 8 Binghamton Michelle Burrell 3.488 9 Central Michigan Margo Jonker 3.485 10 Harvard Jenny Allard 3.480 11 Mississippi St. Jay Miller 3.478 12 Jacksonville Amanda Lehotak 3.475 13 Indiana St. Brenda Coldren 3.456 14 Eastern Michigan Karen Baird 3.430 15 Western Illinois Holly Van Vlymen 3.414 16 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Sandy Montgomery 3.410 16 Iona Veronica Rivera 3.410 18 Kentucky Rachel Lawson 3.404 19 Eastern Illinois Kim Schuette 3.400 20 Stanford John Rittman 3.397 21 Alabama Patrick Murphy 3.390 22 DePaul Eugene Lenti 3.381 23 Providence Kerri Jacklets 3.380 23 Florida Tim Walton 3.380 25 Radford Mickey Dean 3.379 26 Tennessee-Martin Donley Canary 3.371 27 Kent St. Karen Linder 3.368 28 Toledo Tarrah Beyster 3.362 29 Cornell Dick Blood 3.357 30 Gardner-Webb Tom Cole 3.354 31 Southern Illinois Kerri Blaylock 3.353 32 Lipscomb Kristin Ryman 3.350 33 Tennessee Ralph & Karen Weekly 3.340 34 Texas-El Paso Kathleen Rodriguez 3.337 35 Mercer Mike Raynor 3.336 36 Youngstown St. Brian Campbell 3.320 37 South Alabama Becky Clarke 3.319 38 Baylor Glenn Moore 3.309 39 Marshall Shonda Stanton 3.306 40 New Mexico St. Kathy Rodolph 3.305 41 Louisiana-Monroe Rosemary Holloway-Hill 3.298 42 Jacksonville St. Jane McGinnis 3.293 43 Bucknell Heather Rakosik 3.292 44 Illinois St. Melinda Fishcer 3.290 45 Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne Amy Tudor 3.289 46 Kansas Megan Smth 3.284 47 Northern Iowa Ryan Jacobs 3.282 48 Arizona St. Clint Myers 3.279 49 South Florida Ken Eriksen 3.273 50 Houston Baptist Mary Ellen Hall 3.269 Edited October 10, 2010 by CoachJV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Lady Trojans’ Wood commits to play for ETSU Soddy-Daisy High School senior Mariam Wood has accepted a softball scholarship offer from East Tennessee State University and plans to follow through during the November signing period. Wood first went to the Johnson City campus in late August. She’s known first-year Lady Buccaneers coach Brad Irwin, most recently a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga assistant, throughout her high school career, and he’s been her mentor at two camps. “I loved it,†Wood said of her visit. “It was so pretty. I got to meet all the girls, and they were all so nice. I love Coach Irwin, too.†Wood helped the Lady Trojans to a dream season in 2009 that not only culminated in a Class AAA championship, but they wound up with a 52-2 record and top-five rankings in two national polls. Wood batted .427 as a junior with three home runs, four triples, 10 doubles and 49 RBIs. In her summer season with the Frost Falcons, she hit .424 with eight doubles and 21 RBIs. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/oct/23/lady-trojans-wood-commits-play-etsu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) Katherine Tucker SS from The Knoxville Blaze and Karns HS 2011 Grad commited to MTSU Sydney Broderick, Catcher and 1st Base, 2011 Grad from Karns HS and member of The Knoxville Blaze fast pitch club has committed to Cumberland University. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/oct/27/karns-tucker-broderick-make-college-choices/?partner=RSS Edited October 29, 2010 by big_joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 updated 11/7 ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Jordan Rehl------------Greenbrier--------------Tennessee State Shelby Boyd------------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kaylee Jones-----------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Sydney Broderick-------Karns-------------------Cumberland University Mariom Wood------------Soddy Daisy-------------East Tennessee State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softballfan10 Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Great post! I hope the list continues to grow. My daughter is on the list and I was just curious where you found the info. And also, if I were to hear of any other signees would you want them passed along? Here is the link to her news article: http://crossville-chronicle.com/localsports/x1364881396/Lauren-Mathews-inks-softball-scholarship-with-Bryan-College Edited November 9, 2010 by softballfan10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojan35 Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Jordan Rehl------------Greenbrier--------------Tennessee State Shelby Boyd------------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kaylee Jones-----------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Sydney Broderick-------Karns-------------------Cumberland University Mariam Wood------------Soddy Daisy-------------East Tennessee State Millie Putnam----------Soddy Daisy-------------Mercer University Jessica Morgan---------Ooltewah----------------Carson Newman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Updated 11/9/10 at 4:00pm ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Shelby Boyd------------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kaylee Jones-----------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kate Morris------------Lawrence County---------Tennessee State Shea Morris------------Lawrence County---------Tennessee State Jordan Rehl------------Greenbrier--------------Tennessee State Sydney Broderick-------Karns-------------------Cumberland University Mariam Wood------------Soddy Daisy-------------East Tennessee State Millie Putnam----------Soddy Daisy-------------Mercer University Jessica Morgan---------Ooltewah----------------Carson Newman Shaylon Robb-----------Westview----------------Eastern Kentucky University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Great post! I hope the list continues to grow. My daughter is on the list and I was just curious where you found the info. And also, if I were to hear of any other signees would you want them passed along? Here is the link to her news article: http://crossville-chronicle.com/localsports/x1364881396/Lauren-Mathews-inks-softball-scholarship-with-Bryan-College My daughters have played with or against most of the girls on this list, so most of the information came from the ball park and I have just passed it along to Coach T. So far there are 25 of the 2011 class on here that are committed before signing day. Best of luck to all of the 2011 girls and I hope this list continues to grow throughout the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Updated on "Signing Day" Nov 10. ---- Player --------- High School ---------------College Jordan Abell-----------Riverdale---------------David Lipscomb University Lauren Bradley---------Columbia Academy--------Austin Peay State Haley Fagan------------Cornersville------------University of Tennessee Cheyenne Knepper-------Goodpasture-------------University of Buffalo Mackenzie Leding-------Goodpasture-------------Southern Illinois Lauren Mathews---------Stone Memorial----------Bryan College Shawna McAdams---------East Robertson----------Bethel University Paige Neely------------Goodpasture-------------Austin Peay State Sarah Beth Roberts-----Mt. Juliet--------------UT-Chattanooga Brittany Toney---------Goodpasture-------------SIU-Edwardsville Katherine Tucker-------Karns-------------------Middle Tennessee State Casey Vincent----------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Martin Cheyenne Willis--------Coffee Co.--------------UT-Chattanooga Megan Harris-----------Farragut----------------University of Virginia Erica Tuck-------------William Blount----------Tennessee Tech Shelby Boyd------------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kaylee Jones-----------Lawrence County---------Columbia State Kate Morris------------Lawrence County---------Tennessee State Shea Morris------------Lawrence County---------Tennessee State Jordan Rehl------------Greenbrier--------------Tennessee State Amanda VanVranken------Blackman----------------Tennessee State Sydney Broderick-------Karns-------------------Cumberland University Mariam Wood------------Soddy Daisy-------------East Tennessee State Millie Putnam----------Soddy Daisy-------------Mercer University Jessica Morgan---------Ooltewah----------------Carson Newman Shaylon Robb-----------Westview----------------Eastern Kentucky University Alex Williams----------Milan-------------------Union University Mackenzie Oliver-------Pigeon Forge------------Tennessee Tech Shelese Arnold---------Lexington---------------University of Illinois Edited November 11, 2010 by big_joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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