02.01.2012
Softball
Caira Named To Top 50 Watch List
Syracuse senior Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ontario), the all-time winningest pitcher in SU history, and 49 other student-athletes have been named on the “Watch List” for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award.
2/1/2012 1:31:54 PM
Top 50 Watch List
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Syracuse senior Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ontario), the all-time winningest pitcher in SU history, and 49 other student-athletes have been named on the “Watch List” for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country. The preseason “Watch List” includes 23 seniors, 20 juniors and seven sophomores.
Caira was named the 2011 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and was selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Caira led the Orange to a second-consecutive BIG EAST Tournament title with a record of 35-11 and 1.51 ERA in 2011. Her 35 wins set a Syracuse program record and were the most by any BIG EAST or ECAC pitcher. Heading into her senior season in 2012, Caira already holds six Orange pitching records.
The Top 25 finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced on April 11.