Sanford Earns NFCA All-Region Honors
Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director
Louisville, Ky. – As awards season continues for spring sports, Central Baptist College softball player Savannah Sanford continues to rack up the accolades. Today, she was named a first-team All-Region selection for the NAIA by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Sanford, who was previously a first-team selection by the AMC and an NFCA Freshman of the Year Finalist, had an outstanding season, where she batted .485 while spending the majority of the season as the designated player. She also hit four home runs, had 31 RBIs, 13 doubles, a triple, 22 runs scored and a team-high 49 hits. She ranked first in the American Midwest Conference in batting average, eighth in the conference in hits, fourth in doubles, tied for 10th in RBIs, second in on base percentage at .532 and fifth in slugging at .752. Congratulations to Savannah!