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Kirk McDonnell
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Fri, May 29, 2009
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Starkville, MS-Senior Mallory Meadows and senior Britney Webb of the Belhaven softball team earned 2009 Louisville Slugger NFCA All-American honors in the NAIA division when the awards were recently announced by National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Meadows was selected as a First Team All-American while Webb was chosen as a Second Team All-American.
Meadows, a pitcher and outfielder from Daphne, AL, led the team in home runs with 18 and RBI's with 78. Meadows finished the year with a .485 batting average and checked with a slugging percentage of .909. Meadows was second in the country in home runs per game, RBI's per game, third in slugging percentage, and twelfth in batting average. Meadows also pitched in 16 games for the Lady Blazers compiled a record of 7-1 with an ERA of 3.02 and was named Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week three times.
Webb, an infielder/outfielder from Mobile, AL, put together another solid season for Belhaven with a .403 batting average and 40 RBI's. Webb stole 55 bases in 59 attempts which are more than another other player in the nation. Webb scored 73 runs which put her among the NAIA leaders in that category as well. Webb was also named GCAC Player of Week for the week of February 9th through February 15th.
Belhaven finished the year with an overall record of 36-19 which establishes a new Belhaven record for most wins in a season.
