Kornegay Named Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
FLORENCE, S.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken freshman softball pitcher India Kornegay was chosen Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year on Thursday, April 14.
Kornegay (Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula) claimed the award at a banquet
on the eve of the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Softball Championship
at the Freedom Florence Complex.
She was also chosen to the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Softball
All-Conference second team.
A three-time Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 22, Mar. 8 and Mar. 28) as well as the Feb. 15 PBC Pitcher of the Week, Kornegay has entered USC Aiken’s record book in career strikeouts to sit fifth all-time with 192 strikeouts in just one season.
Her 192 retired batters is good enough for fourth-best in the league currently with 38 of those batters going down looking to leave her sixth in the conference in batters struck out looking.
She currently boasts a program-best 9.26 strikeouts per seven
innings.
In 145.2 innings pitched this season, the freshman is boasting a
team-best and Peach Belt Conference third-best 1.44 ERA while her
opponents are batting a team second-best and league third-best .150
against her. She is 13-6 in the circle overall in 2011.
She has recorded seven shutout victories on the year including one no-hitter in the second game against St. Andrews on Mar. 23. She has two saves this season.
Kornegay and the Peach Belt Conference seventh-seeded Pacers are
set to square off against national No. 22 and PBC No. 2 Armstrong
Atlantic State in the first round of the 18th Annual Peach Belt
Conference Softball Championship on Friday, April 15.
The 2011 league softball tournament is slated for Friday, April 15
through Sunday, April 17 at the Freedom Florence Complex in
Florence, S.C. The Pacers and Pirates will be a part of Game 3 on
Friday, April 15 with first pitch scheduled to leave the circle at
1:30 p.m.
The winner will advance to the quarterfinal round where they will
face the winner of Game 4 between PBC No. 3 Columbus State and PBC
No. 6 Georgia College which will be contested simultaneously as the
Pacers and Pirates game at 1:30 p.m. The winners will play in the
final game of Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Under the double-elimination rules of the tournament, the losing
teams of Games 3 and 4 will also meet at 6:30 p.m. to battle for a
chance to stay alive and make a run for the championship round to
be contested on Sunday, April 17.
USC Aiken begins the league tournament with a 26-14 overall record
and a 9-11 mark in league play.
2011 Peach Belt Conference
Softball All-Conference Team
First Team
1b – Katherine Martin, North Georgia
2b – April Jowers, Armstrong Atlantic State
3b – Hilary Cox, North Georgia
SS – Kasey Knight, North Georgia
C – Ashley Buckett, Armstrong Atlantic State
OF – Shelby Duff, Armstrong Atlantic State
OF – Destinea Schneider, Francis Marion
OF – Nichole Griffin, Georgia Southwestern
P – Jessica Coan, North Georgia
P – Sarah Phillips, North Georgia
DP – Haley Burnett, Georgia College
UT – Kristen Jones, Augusta State
At Large – Kara Gordon, Columbus State
At Large – Brittany Sheriff, Lander
At Large – Jessica Thornton, Augusta State
At Large – Morgan Staffins, Columbus State
Second Team
1b – Breezy Collings, Flagler
2b – Alona Personius, Flagler
3b – Baillie Temples, Armstrong Atlantic State
SS – Kacee Camp, Augusta State
C – Anna Parker, Georgia College
OF – Whitney Okvist, Georgia College
OF – Ansley Williams, North Georgia
OF – Pilar Harden, North Georgia
OF – Destiny Echols, Augusta State
P – Megan Barnwell, Armstrong Atlantic State
P – India Kornegay, USC Aiken
DP – Keela Scott, Armstrong Atlantic State
UT – Holly Berry, UNC Pembroke
At Large – Kelly Riddick, Flagler
At Large – Tori Jolley, Flagler
At Large – Lauren Bessent, Flagler
At Large – Hayley Leissner, Lander
At Large – Ashley Jaramillo, Francis Marion
Player of the Year
April Jowers, Armstrong Atlantic State
Pitcher of the Year
Jessica Coan, North Georgia
Freshman of the Year
India Kornegay, USC Aiken
Coach of the Year
Mike Davenport, North Georgia
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