Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Softball Honored at Banquet
May 08, 2001 | Softball
May 8, 2001
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech softball team was honored this past weekend at a team banquet, with head coach Bobby Reeves handing out five awards and recognizing three graduating seniors.
Tech's two leading hitters this season, senior Sandy Butler and junior Carmen Grindell, both received Big Stick Awards. Butler heads into this week's Big 12 Tournament batting a team-leading .374, including a .415 mark in conference games. The Tucson, Ariz., native has 58 hits and 23 runs scored, both team highs.
Grindell, a Carrollton, Texas, native, has driven in 23 runs this season and has 42 hits, including 10 doubles and five home runs. She is batting .352 in Big 12 action and has started in all but one game this season for the Red Raiders after transferring from Southwest Texas State, where she played for Reeves last year.
Freshman Britney Stolle received the Golden Glove award after making just three errors in 119 chances this season, good for a .975 fielding percentage. The Round Rock, Texas, native has started 35 contests this year, including 15 of 18 in conference action.
Shauna Briggs was given the Red Raider Award for her courage, determination and leadership. The senior catcher has battled shoulder injuries throughout her three years at Tech, yet started all but three games this season behind the plate, batting .242 with a team-leading 31 RBIs. She also has five home runs and seven doubles and was named to the Capital Classic all-tournament team earlier this season.
The team MVP was given to senior pitcher Amanda Renfro, who has compiled a 29-16 mark this season and been named conference pitcher of the week twice this year. Renfro has a Big 12-leading 1.10 earned-run-average and has struck out a Big 12-record 369 batters in 299.1 innings of work. Batters have hit just .191 against her this year, and she has 13 shutouts and 33 complete games in 39 starts.
Briggs, Butler and Renfro were also honored with gifts from their teammates and a slide show that included clips from their childhood years playing softball.
The Red Raiders take on Baylor Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Big 12 Tournament, which runs Wednesday through Saturday this week in Oklahoma City, Okla.
