January 20, 2004
BARR NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-SOCON TEAM, LADY PALADINS PICKED SIXTH
GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- Furman centerfielder LaKerah Barr was named preseason first team All-Southern Conference by the league's eight coaches the conference office announced on Tuesday. The coaches also released their preseason poll picking Furman sixth in the eight-team race. Barr, a senior from Stone Mountain, Ga., led the Southern Conference in hitting a year ago with a .395 average. The political science major collected 66 hits, good for third in the SoCon, while stealing 16 bases and posting a .420 on base percentage on her way to earning All-SoCon honors. The College of Charleston was picked to repeat as league champions after going 16-4 in SoCon play in 2003. Traditional Southern Conference power Chattanooga was picked second followed by UNC Greensboro, Georgia Southern and East Tennessee State. Elon and Appalachian State rounded out the poll in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Furman, who finished 21-32 and sixth place in the SoCon last season, opens its season under the direction of new head coach Dana Jenkins when it faces Evansville at the Tiger Invitational in Auburn, Ala., on February 13. 2003 Southern Conference Preseason Softball Poll 1. College of Charleston (7) 2004 SoCon Preseason All-Conference Softball Teams First Team Second Team
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