Baker Named NFCA Third Team All-West Region
Austin College softball player Jessica Baker has been named by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team All-West Region selection, the organization has announced.
Austin College softball player Jessica Baker has been named by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team All-West Region selection, the organization has announced. Baker is one of four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference players to earn All-Region honors.
Baker, a junior second baseman and utility player from Grapevine, finished second in the conference with a .447 batting average and 17 doubles, and added two home runs and 24 runs batted in. She also finished second in the league with 15 stolen bases and had a .470 on base percentage and .610 slugging percentage. Baker was a First Team All-SCAC selection this season.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
About Austin College
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges that Change Lives.