MSUB’s Shay Oberg Wins ESPY

LOS ANGELES – Montana State Billings softball player Shay Oberg won an ESPY in the “Best Female Athlete with a Disability” award at the annual ESPY Awards last night. 

Oberg, who was born without a left hand, was a starting outfielder for the Yellowjackets this spring after transferring back home to MSUB from Southwestern Oregon Community College.  Oberg hit .280 on the year with three home runs and 13 RBI. 

The Yellowjackets had an impressive turnaround this season as the team started 6-15 and finished the season 28-21, going 22-6 in the final 28 games.

In addition to Oberg, Central Washington’s Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace won the “Best Moment” award with an extraordinary act of sportsmanship.  Holtman and Wallace carried Western Oregon’s Sarah Tucholsky around the bases for a home run after she went down with a torn ACL rounding first base, giving the Great Northwest Athletic Conference two ESPY wins.

The ESPY Awards will air Sunday at 7 p.m. MDT on ESPN.