2011 Softball Signings

[big_joe]

---- 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

[big_joe]

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

[CoachJV]

---- 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

[CoachJV]

 

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

[big_joe]

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.â€

 

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/

[big_joe]

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

[big_joe]

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

[softballfan10]

---- 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

[trojan35]

---- 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

[big_joe]

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

[big_joe]

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.

[big_joe]

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