State Sends Four Players To All-SEC Team; Bramlett Named Freshman Of The Year
May 09, 2007 | Softball
Junior Courtney Bures was named First Team All-SEC for the second time, while fellow junior Hayle Guess and Bramlett earned Second Team honors. Bramlett and Jessie Bailey became the first pair of freshmen to be named to the All-Freshman Team.
Bures returns to the First Team after earning honors in 2005. The junior is second in the conference with 56 runs batter in, and third with 13 hit by pitches, a new MSU single-season record. She is also tied for fifth in doubles (13) and tenth in hits (63) and on-base percentage (.458). However, in conference play, Bures has really shined. In SEC games, she is second in RBI (26) and third in runs (21) and total bases (52). She is also fifth in hitting (.381), on-base percentage (.480), hits (32) and doubles (6), seventh in slugging percentage (.619) and eighth in home runs (4).
Junior Hayle Guess earned Second Team All-SEC after being named to the inaugural All-Freshman Team in 2004. The Moss Point, Miss.-native finished the season hitting .326 against conference foes. Guess leads the conference in triples with four. She also is fifth in runs (20) and sixth in stolen bases (11).
Bramlett earned Second Team honors, as well as All-Freshman laurels, and became just the second Bulldog to be name SEC Freshman of the Year (Courtney Bures, 2005). The two-time SEC Freshman of the Week turned in one of the best rookie performances at State. The Cordova, Tenn.-native started all 28 conference games and finished SEC play hitting .326. Bramlett was second in conference play with 22 runs scored, as well as 19 stolen bases. She was also tied for eighth in hits with 31. Her 46 stolen bases overall set a new MSU record, and she stole 38 consecutive bases from February 16 to April 4, the second longest streak ever at Mississippi State.
Bailey played and started all 28 games for MSU. The Lithonia, Ga.-native finished SEC competition with 20 hits, 15 RBI and three runs scored. Her eighth inning grand slam capped off a come-from-behind victory in Game Two at Georgia.
Fifth-seeded Mississippi State (34-24) will take on fourth-seed and 19th-ranked Florida (44-19) in the first round action of the 2007 SEC Tournament on Thursday evening at 5 p.m. (CT) at Jane B. Moore Field on the campus of Auburn University.
2007 SEC SOFTBALL AWARDS
Scholar Athlete: Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee
Pitcher of the Year: Monica Abbott, Tennessee
Player of the Year: India Chiles, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Chelsea Bramlett, Mississippi State
Coaches of the Year: Ralph and Karen Weekly, Tennessee
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Monica Abbott ?€" Pitcher, Tennessee
Dani Hofer ?€" Pitcher, LSU
Shannon Doepking ?€" Catcher, Tennessee
Tonya Callahan ?€" Infield, Tennessee
Lauren Parker ?€" Infield, Alabama
Courtney Bures ?€" Infield, Mississippi State
Kim Waleszonia ?€" Infield, Florida
India Chiles ?€" Outfield, Tennessee
Lindsay Schutzler ?€" Outfield, Tennessee
Brittany Rogers ?€" Outfield, Alabama
Kellie Middleton ?€" Outfield, Georgia
Jordan Praytor ?€" Designated/Utililty Player, Alabama
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Chrissy Owens ?€" Pitcher, Alabama
Stacey Nelson ?€" Pitcher, Florida
Killian Roessner ?€" Catcher, LSU
Charlotte Morgan ?€" Infield, Alabama
Brooke Marnitz ?€" Infield, Kentucky
Ashley Acuri ?€" Infield, Auburn
Melissa Zick ?€" Infield, Florida
Leslie Klein - Outfield, LSU
Dani Woods ?€" Outfield, Alabama
Hayle Guess ?€" Outfield, Mississippi State
Jazz Jackson ?€" Outfield, LSU
Chelsea Bramlett ?€" Designated/Utility Player, Mississippi State
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Charlotte Morgan, Alabama
Anna Thompson, Auburn
Jazz Jackson, LSU
Chelsea Bramlett, Mississippi State
Jessica Bachkora, Arkansas
Lauren Grill, Ole Miss
Tiffany Huff, Tennessee
Molly Johnson, Kentucky
Natalie Smith, Kentucky
Rachel Mitchell, LSU
Miranda Dixon, Arkansas
Francesca Enea, Florida
Ashley Dowdy, Ole Miss
Jessie Bailey, Mississippi State
