Post-season honors abound for Lauren Zearfoss of Boerne, TX

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Lauren Zearfoss

GEORGETOWN, TX (05/24/2011)(readMedia)-- Junior Lauren Zearfoss was announced by the National Fastpitch Association as 2011 NFCA Division III All-Region selection. Zearfoss is the first Pirate to be named to the All-Region second team and was also selected as the SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year and Co-Pitcher-of-the-Year while earning a spot on the All-SCAC First Team.

Zearfoss exploded on the mound in her first season with the Pirates. The left-hander led the team and was 10th in the nation with a .95 earned run average, setting a new record at Southwestern. She struckout 8.5 batters per game, 21st in the nation, and logged 17 wins while allowing just 4.4 hits per game, 15th in the nation.

In 25 appearances and 148 innings of work, Zearfoss recorded 21 complete games, nine shutouts (7th nationally) and allowed 93 hits and 37 runs, 20 earned, while striking out 180 and walking only 36. She held opponents to a .175 batting average on the year.

Throughout the season Zearfoss was named SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Week three times.

The Pirates closed out the regular season as the #1 seed in the West and fell to Trinity at the SCAC Conference Tournament just one game shy of the championship game. They closed out the season 29-15 overall and 13-3 in the SCAC.

Southwestern University is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,300 students. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in Texas. For more information on Southwestern, visit www.southwestern.edu.