Leona Rainey (Sandston, VA, Mills Godwin)was voted to the NFCA Third-Team All-Region Team announced this week. This is the first Maroon softball player to garner this high of an honor since the 2007 season.

 

Rainey, a freshman centerfielder, posted a .466 overall batting average while stealing a conference-best 30 bags in 31 attempts. Against ODAC opponents, Rainey hit .490 with a homer and 17 stolen bases in 18 tries as the Maroons' lead-off hitter. In the outfield, Rainey made just one error in 40 chances with 36 putouts and three assists.

 

Her batting average, stolen bases and on base percentage were all freshman records at Roanoke while ranked second all-time in both batting and on base percentages in a single-season. The first Roanoke player to earn ODAC Rookie of the Year since teammate Kelsey Ruitenberg (Geneva, IL, Geneva)in 2007, she earned first-team honors in her first year with the club. 

 

She had 15 multi-hit games, including eight three hit games. She had eight multi-stolen base games, including a school-record tying three on two occasions vs. Guilford and Emory & Henry. Against the Quakers, she had three hits and four runs in her best statistical game of the season.

 

Roanoke finished second in the ODAC Standings with a 13-5 mark, 30-9 overall. It is the program's ninth 30-win season in its 14-year history.