Wallace Named to USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50

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After posting 32 wins and 382 strikeouts in 2013, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns pitcher Jordan Wallace has been named to the Top 50 "Watch List" for the 2014 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, as announced by USA Softball on Wednesday.

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[LuLu]

The fifty BEST softball players in the nation are on this list. Great for Jordan. Great for the program. She is a top-notch pitcher. Lots of pressure on this one. She's got to have some help in the circle. If she gets it, iut could be the World Series in June.

[RaginDave]

What are the thoughts on Hamilton, will she bounce back after her injury and subpar last season.

[CajunAmos]

What are the thoughts on Hamilton, will she bounce back after her injury and subpar last season.

I hope so. Victoria Brown is coming back from a slight injury. The two freshmen, Alex Stewart and Macey Smith, threw a bunch in the fall and both looked very good at times. I think one of them beat Baylor in the fall at the Spring Klein tournament.

[lcitsh]

What are the thoughts on Hamilton, will she bounce back after her injury and subpar last season.

Alex is 2a, Macey 2b. Both are better than Christina, she will only be used in a pinch, or when Mike wants to rest the others. Victoria is not in the picture.

[ulforlife]

Alex is 2a, Macey 2b. Both are better than Christina, she will only be used in a pinch, or when Mike wants to rest the others. Victoria is not in the picture.

While this may seem like bad news, this sure does sound like some good news

[MelRock]

For those who have not seen Jordan play you are missing something special.
Here are some of the career records she could beat by the time she is finished. Now granted today's softball players probably play more games.

Games pitch:
1 160 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
2 133 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
3 132 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
4 130 Melissa Coronado (1999-2002)
5 119 Kim Dunlap (1997-2000)
? 82 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)

Games Started:
1 146 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
2 116 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
3 114 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
4 105 Melissa Coronado (1999-2002)
5 104 Stefni Whitton (1987-90)
?-70 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)

Victories:
1 119 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
2 104 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
3 94 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
4 84 Melissa Coronado (1999-2002)
5 78 Stefni Whitton (1987-90)
? 59 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)

Won-Loss %:
1 0.843 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)
2 0.839 Kyla Hall (1991-1994)
3 0.817 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
4 0.816 Cheryl Longeway (1995-96)
5 0.815 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
6 0.800 Jennifer Clendenin (1993-97)

Innings pitched:
1 908 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
2 862 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
3 747 Stefni Whittonn (1987-90)
4 723 Melissa Coronado (1999-2002)
5 721 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
? 441 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)

Strikeouts:
1 1,309 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
2 862 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
3 820 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
4 812 Kim Eisnaugle (1983-86)
5 668 Brittany Cuevas (2007-10)
? 549 Jordan Wallace (2012-present)

Here are a couple of records she will probably never touch.

No-hitters:
1 17 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
2 10 Brooke Mitchell (2002-05)
3 7 Ashley Brignac (2008-09,11-12)
4 6 Jennifer Clendenin (1993-97)
4 6 Cheryl Longeway (1995-96)
4 6 Stefni Whitton (1987-90)

ERA:
1 0.50 Kyla Hall (1991-94)
2 0.66 Stefni Whitton (1987-90)
3 0.75 Kim Eisnaugle (1983-86)
4 0.85 Cathy McAllister (1987-90)
5 0.87 Cheryl Longeway (1995-96)

Anyway you should come out and watch some history being made.

Geaux Cajuns!!!

[Turbine]

That sure is some good reading there Mr. MelRock

Thanks

[CajunRed]

Season tickets ordered.

[LuLu]

Thanks for putting this together. I hope she does end up at the top for each of these. She is very good. Brooke will be difficult to topple, but it is possible.

In fact, the NCAA passed a rule maybe 4-5 years ago to limit the number of games a team can play in the season to 55. Post season play is added to those 55. Monica Abbott, in her day, pitched, if I am not mistaken, 70 games in one season. Then, there was the post season. This was the reason the rule came into being. Monica Abbott. So, no, there are fewer games now than when the majority of these record setting games were played.

[MelRock]

I received my softball tickets today so I have to believe baseball is not far behind.

Geaux Cajuns!