Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Softball: University of Tennessee Pitcher is an All-time Leader

Monica Abbott, University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers pitcher from 2004-2007, is the NCAA Division I Softball all-time leader in career wins, strikeouts, innings pitched, games started, and games pitched.

In 2007 she was the recipient of the 2007 Honda Sports Award for the Top Collegiate Softball Player in the U.S. and was also named the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Softball Player of the Year. In 2008, Abbott participated in the Beijing Olympics with Team USA.

Her greatest award was on October 16, 2007, when she won the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year award for Team Sports Athletes.

Abbott was a two-time World Champion for the U.S. in 2006 and 2010.

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