Bramlett Named NFCA First Team All-American for Fourth-Straight Year
June 02, 2010 | Softball
2010 NFCA Division I All-Americans
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A day after being named a finalist for the Honda Sports Award, Mississippi State senior Chelsea Bramlett became just the second player in SEC history to claim first team All-America honors all four years of her career when she was tabbed first-team catcher Wednesday afternoon by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Bramlett joins former Tennessee pitcher Monica Abbott as the only four-time, first-team All-Americans in SEC history. The Cordova, Tenn., native earned top catcher honors for the third-consecutive year after being selected to the utility spot as a freshman in 2007.
"There haven't been too many players to earn four first-team All-America awards," Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller said. "It's a tremendous honor for Chelsea and a fitting end to a great career. We are very excited, proud and honored for her to receive this award."
Bramlett becomes just the 11th player in NCAA history to earn first-team All-America honors all four years. In addition to Abbott, the others are Caitlin Lowe and Leah Braatz from Arizona; Arizona State's Kaitlin Cochran; Michele Granger from California; Amanda Scott of Fresno State; Stanford's Jessica Mendoza; and Natasha Watley, Stacey Nuveman and Lisa Fernandez of UCLA.
She was named an All-American a day after being tabbed a finalist for the prestigious Honda Sports Award for Softball along with Washington's Danielle Lawrie, Georgia Tech's Jen Yee and UCLA's Megan Langenfeld.
In addition to the Honda Award finalist honors, Bramlett was also selected a Top 10 finalist for both the USA Softball Player of the Year and Lowe's Senior CLASS Awards.
The United States National Team member collected All-America honors following an outstanding senior campaign that saw her SEC records for single-season (.536) and career (.461) batting average.
Her .536 average ranks second in the NCAA ranks, but she tops the country with a school-record 61 bases that are the third-most in SEC annals.
Bramlett, who swiped a school-record 63-straight bases going back to 2009, finished her heralded career with 207 stolen bases, the second-most in both SEC and NCAA history.
This season, Bramlett set Mississippi State's career hits record (359) and runs record (219) while finishing two back of the single-season hits mark with 98.
Bramlett also capped a stellar academic career by claiming ESPN The Magazine All-American of the Year honors. Her selection as the top scholar-athlete in NCAA Division I gave her first-team Academic All-America honors for the third-straight season.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A day after being named a finalist for the Honda Sports Award, Mississippi State senior Chelsea Bramlett became just the second player in SEC history to claim first team All-America honors all four years of her career when she was tabbed first-team catcher Wednesday afternoon by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Bramlett joins former Tennessee pitcher Monica Abbott as the only four-time, first-team All-Americans in SEC history. The Cordova, Tenn., native earned top catcher honors for the third-consecutive year after being selected to the utility spot as a freshman in 2007.
"There haven't been too many players to earn four first-team All-America awards," Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller said. "It's a tremendous honor for Chelsea and a fitting end to a great career. We are very excited, proud and honored for her to receive this award."
Bramlett becomes just the 11th player in NCAA history to earn first-team All-America honors all four years. In addition to Abbott, the others are Caitlin Lowe and Leah Braatz from Arizona; Arizona State's Kaitlin Cochran; Michele Granger from California; Amanda Scott of Fresno State; Stanford's Jessica Mendoza; and Natasha Watley, Stacey Nuveman and Lisa Fernandez of UCLA.
She was named an All-American a day after being tabbed a finalist for the prestigious Honda Sports Award for Softball along with Washington's Danielle Lawrie, Georgia Tech's Jen Yee and UCLA's Megan Langenfeld.
In addition to the Honda Award finalist honors, Bramlett was also selected a Top 10 finalist for both the USA Softball Player of the Year and Lowe's Senior CLASS Awards.
The United States National Team member collected All-America honors following an outstanding senior campaign that saw her SEC records for single-season (.536) and career (.461) batting average.
Her .536 average ranks second in the NCAA ranks, but she tops the country with a school-record 61 bases that are the third-most in SEC annals.
Bramlett, who swiped a school-record 63-straight bases going back to 2009, finished her heralded career with 207 stolen bases, the second-most in both SEC and NCAA history.
This season, Bramlett set Mississippi State's career hits record (359) and runs record (219) while finishing two back of the single-season hits mark with 98.
Bramlett also capped a stellar academic career by claiming ESPN The Magazine All-American of the Year honors. Her selection as the top scholar-athlete in NCAA Division I gave her first-team Academic All-America honors for the third-straight season.
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