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Georgetown, KY
April 24, 2008
Softball's Tarplee, Thornton Honored as MSC Player and Coach of the Year (4-24-08)
Senior shortstop Jennifer Tarplee was named the Mid-South Conference Co-Player of the Year for the second year in a row at the annual awards banquet held in Georgetown, Ky. on Thursday. In his fourth season as head coach of the Tigers, Thomas Thornton was honored as Coach of the Year by his conference peers.The Tiger Softball program has achieved several "firsts" for the program, including a national ranking for most of the season and are the top-seed in the conference tournament taking place at the Georgetown College Soccer Complex this week. The Tigers were also given the regular-season championship trophy at the banquet.
Georgetown's Whitney Ealey (freshman third base), Sarah Gronefeld (junior catcher/infielder), Kara Renfro (senior centerfielder) and Samantha Barmore (junior pitcher) joined Tarplee on the MSC First Team All-Conference. Honorable Mention selections were Brittany Gunther (sophomore pitcher), York Samons (senior outfielder) Rachel Johnson (freshman outfielder) and Victoria Witt (junior pitcher).
Academic All-Conference honorees were Gronefeld, Gunther, Kendall Lawson, Renfro, Tarplee and Witt.
