NCAA Releases Final Softball Stats Rankings (June 15, 2005)
BILLINGS, MT – The NCAA released its
final Division II statistical rankings this week, and four
Montana State-Billings players were ranked in the national
top 70 in a total of eight statistical categories. The
Yellowjackets finished the season 36-14 and qualified for
the NCAA Tournament for the first time the program’s five
year history. The Jackets lost in the semifinals of the
NCAA West Regional to eventual regional champ San
Francisco State.
As a team the Yellowjackets ranked in
the top 30 in three offensive categories as well as win
loss percentage. Their .720 winning percentage was the 27th-best
in Division II. MSUB was ninth in the nation for home
runs per game (1.04), twelfth for team slugging percentage
(.501) and seventeenth for team batting average (.324).
In the national individual
statistical rankings, the Pacific West Conference had 13
entries with nine coming from MSU Billings players.
Senior hurler Joey Ehnes (Great Falls, MT) was ranked in
three pitching categories, including seventh in the nation
for victories with 29. She was also seventeenth in the
nation for strikeouts per seven innings (8.6) and 62nd for earned run average (1.48).
Senior shortstop Cami Rainey (Terreton,
ID) had the best offensive season of her career and
finished ranked in the top 50 in three offensive
categories. Her .409 batting average was 44th nationally. She was also twelfth for doubles per game
(0.41) and 48th for runs per game (0.96). Both
were school records.
Designated hitter Theresa Campbell
(Great Falls, MT) also had a big year at the plate. She
hit a conference record 15 home runs and ranked eleventh
in the country for home runs per game at 0.31. She was
also 22nd nationally for slugging percentage
with her school-record .772.
Sophomore Rachel Quarnburg (Billings,
MT) made an immediate impact after transferring from
Colorado State-Pueblo. She shattered the school record
with a .463 batting average, ranking fifteenth in all of
Division II. |
