MSUB Softball Adds JC Transfer (June
13, 2005)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings
softball coach Jeff Aumend announced Monday that Lorel
Palmer of Ogden, Utah, has signed a national letter of
intent to play for the Yellowjackets next season. Palmer
was a 2003 graduate of Bonneville High School.
A 5-foot-3 outfielder, Palmer was
among the national leaders in hitting and stolen bases as
a sophomore at Garden City Community College (KS). She
hit .457, ranking sixteenth nationally in NJCAA Division
I. She was fifteenth in the nation with a .875 stolen
base percentage, swiping 35 of 40 attempts. Palmer set
school records as a sophomore for batting average, total
hits, and stolen bases. As a freshman, Palmer hit .396
for the Broncbusters. In her two seasons at Garden City,
she batted .429 with 60 stolen bases.
Palmer earned first team All-KJCAA
and NJCAA honors this past season. She was also named to
the NJCAA All-America Third Team.
At Bonneville HS, Palmer lettered
three times in softball, twice in track, twice in
volleyball, and once in basketball. As a senior in 2003
she helped the Lakers to the state softball title, earning
all-area and all-state recognition along the way. |
