North Georgia's Sarah Phillips Named Finalists for Honda DII Athlete of the Year
DAHLONEGA, GA - The Board of The Collegiate
Women Sports Awards presented by Honda has announced that junior
Sarah Phillips has been nominated as a candidate for the 2009-2010
Division II Athlete of the Year representing softball.
North Georgia pitcher Sarah Phillips was selected as the
representative for softball, one of 11 sports winners to determine
the Division II Athlete of the Year.
The winner, after nationwide balloting, will be awarded the
Collegiate Women Athlete of the Year award for Division II. In
addition to the honor of this selection, American Honda will donate
$1,000 to the women's athletic fund at North Georgia, with the
winner's university receiving $5,000.
Phillips pulled in First-Team All-American honors by the NFCA for
the second straight season, while Daktronics awarded the Powell,
Ohio, native the National Pitcher of the year as she led North
Georgia with a 44-2 record on the season.
The right-hander pitched the Saints to their second straight PBC
regular season and tournament championship, while anchoring North
Georgia’s 51-game winning streak that stretched to the second
round of the NCAA Division II College World Series in St. Joseph
Missouri. The 51-game stretch was the second longest winning streak
in NCAA softball history at any level.
She had 23 shutouts on the year and 41 complete games, both marks
that led the nation. The Powell, Ohio, native is a two-time PBC and
All-Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year, recording 294 strikeouts
in 300.0 innings of work.