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2007 Lady Buckeyes Softball - Big Ten Champs! (Official Thread)

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JCOSU86;846239; said:
You've got to hand it to Cal State Fullerton. The Bucks were undefeated at home and had beaten CSUF 3 times in a row. To come back and win 2 was quite an accomplishment for them. My hat's off.

Great season for the Lady Buckeyes. Good times lay ahead.

Now, come on, tailgator_gal, give it up for the hubby...
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I have for you JC my first ever cookie award for supporting women's sports.

 
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Two area Buckeyes earn Big Ten honors

Two area players represented Ohio State as the Big Ten announced its all-conference softball team.
Sophomore right fielder Courtney Pruner (Akron Ellet) was named to the first team; junior second baseman Brittany Vanderink (Crestwood in Portage County) was selected for the second team.

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Three Buckeyes Ranked in Final National Statistics


Juarez, Koyano and Mardar all place in Top 30 nationally in key statistics


June 25, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State softball team had three players ranked in the Top 30 in the NCAA in key statistics, according to the final ncaasports.com Division I softball statistics rankings.
Senior pitcher Jamee Juarez placed in the Top 30 in both strikeouts per seven innings and saves. Juarez had nine strikeouts per seven innings, good for 19th nationally to go along with five saves, which was tied for sixth in the nation.
Senior second baseman Nycole Koyano totaled six triples on the season, giving her 0.1 triples per game, tied for 11th best in the nation. In her first collegiate season, freshman catcher Sam Mardar showed excellent plate discipline, earning 44 walks in 58 games played and placing eighth nationally with 0.76 walks per game.
 
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Vanderink earns postseason honors

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COLUMBUS -- Former Crestwood High School softball standout Brittany Vanderink recently completed her junior season with the Ohio State softball team.
Vanderink was honored as a Second-Team All-Big Ten and All-Region selection. Her career batting average now stands at .338, which is tied for sixth-best in the program's history.
Vanderink led Crestwood to a 2003 Division I high school state championship and was named the 2004 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year.

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Ladies we are Cooking now!
Linda Kalafatis Wins another honor for Buckeyes

Big Ten Coach of the Year Kalafatis and her staff receive Ohio State?s first regional honor

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The honors continue to come in for the Buckeyes after their record-setting 2007 season as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named [URL="http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059814"]Linda Kalafatis[/URL] and her assistants as the Great Lakes Region Coaching Staff of the Year. Kalafatis, along with assistant coaches [URL="http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059811"]Ali Viola[/URL] and [URL="http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059829"]Erica Beach[/URL] and volunteer assistant [URL="http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059822"]Kim Doran[/URL], guided Ohio State to a historic season in which the Buckeyes captured the program?s first Big Ten title in 17 years and their first Big Ten tournament championship.
Ohio State finished the year 40-18, won back-to-back NCAA tournament games for the first time and came within one win of a berth in the NCAA Super Regional. Kalafatis was also named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in May for the second time in her career.
?This recognition obviously has everything to do with what our student-athletes did on the field and the efforts of our support staff for putting them in position to have success,? Kalafatis said. ?In addition, I have an incredibly talented and dedicated coaching staff and we absolutely loved being in the trenches with our 2007 team. We believe that great things are in store for Ohio State softball and this season is a reflection of that. As the Great Lakes Coaching Staff of the Year, we are more than honored to represent an
 
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Smith Takes Another Quick Step, This Time into Ohio State Hall of Fame

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Buckeyes? only first-team All-American takes her spot among all-time greats
By Tim Stried, Ohio State Athletics Communications
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? On the softball field, Anna Smith was never one to take her time. Whether that was earning a starting spot as a freshman, or bursting from the batter?s box after the lefty slapper dropped a bunt down the third-base line, or sprinting to second for another stolen base, or snagging a hard-hit fly ball in the gap.
So it should come as no surprise that only five years after her playing days ended, the softball program?s only first-team All-American had her named called this week for enshrinement in the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame. Considering the selection committee has a five-year waiting period before a former Buckeye can become eligible for the Hall of Fame, Smith is in essence a rare ?first-ballot? selection.
 
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I love this!

Smith Takes Another Quick Step, This Time into Ohio State Hall of Fame

LinkSmith Takes Another Quick Step, This Time into Ohio State Hall of Fame - The Official Athletics Site of The Ohio State Buckeyes - OhioStateBuckeyes.com


Buckeyes? only first-team All-American takes her spot among all-time greats
By Tim Stried, Ohio State Athletics Communications
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? On the softball field, Anna Smith was never one to take her time. Whether that was earning a starting spot as a freshman, or bursting from the batter?s box after the lefty slapper dropped a bunt down the third-base line, or sprinting to second for another stolen base, or snagging a hard-hit fly ball in the gap.
So it should come as no surprise that only five years after her playing days ended, the softball program?s only first-team All-American had her named called this week for enshrinement in the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame. Considering the selection committee has a five-year waiting period before a former Buckeye can become eligible for the Hall of Fame, Smith is in essence a rare ?first-ballot? selection.
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With softball growing at the rate that it is, I'm not surprised that she was a first ballot selection. Softball is still on the mind after such a great season and so many awards passed around this year.

This program is on the rise. And I couldn't be happier.
 
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