LIHU‘E — University of Hawai‘i center fielder Kelly Majam was named an NCAA softball ESPN.com All-American on Monday, states a press release from UH. Majam is the first Rainbow Wahine to ever be selected for the honor by ESPN.com. Majam,
LIHU‘E — University of Hawai‘i center fielder Kelly Majam was named an NCAA softball ESPN.com All-American on Monday, states a press release from UH. Majam is the first Rainbow Wahine to ever be selected for the honor by ESPN.com.
Majam, one of UH’s freshman phenoms, finished as the NCAA Div. I home run queen with 30 — a new UH and WAC record. Majam is the first Hawai‘i player to ever lead the nation in home runs.
She also set new school marks with 81 runs scored and 44 walks. Majam led the ‘Bows this season with a .400 average (84-for-210) while hitting 15 doubles, two triples, and driving in 60 runs. On defense, she had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 79 putouts and six assists in center field.
On top of leading the nation in home runs, Majam ended the 2010 season ranked fourth in D-I with 1.23 runs scored per game; fifth with a .919 slugging percentage; 27th with a .519 on-base percentage; and 42nd in batting average at .400.
Majam has also earned Louisville-Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-American honors, was named WAC Freshman of the Year and was a First Team All-WAC selection this season.
Wahine finished ranked 7th
The Rainbow Wahine’s postseason run to the 2010 Women’s College World Series catapulted the ‘Bows to No. 7 in both the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the ESPN.com/USA Softball final polls. It is the highest finish for the Rainbow Wahine in school history.
Hawa‘i punched its ticket to the WCWS on Jenna Rodriguez’s dramatic two-run, two-out, walk-off home run to defeat Alabama, 5-4, in the third game of their best-of-three Super Regional championship series.
The Rainbow Wahine entered the postseason ranked 19th in the ESPN.com poll and 23rd in the NFCA poll. In the WCWS, UH defeated Missouri before losing to Arizona and eventual champion, UCLA, to close their season.
WCWS champion UCLA received all 30 first-place votes in the poll released today and was followed by Arizona, Georgia, Tennessee, Washington, Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, Alabama and Michigan.
Information provided by UH was used in this report.
