-It’s a great opportunity to keep playing the game I love. I’m really looking forward to playing at the highest level of softball. I want to see how well I can compete against some of the best players in the country,
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Full Name:
Sarah Purvis
Birthplace:
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Age:
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Pro Experience:
Rookie
College Experience
Georgia Southern
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Carrier Highlights:
2014 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2014 First Team All-SoCon
2014 NFCA All-Region
2014 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2014 SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year
2013 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2013 First Team All-SoCon
2013 NFCA All-Region
2013 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2013 SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year
2012 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2012 First Team All-SoCon
2012 NFCA All-Region
2012 SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2012 SoCon All-Tournament Team

 

2014 (Senior): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year for the third-straight season … Also picked up NFCA All-Region and First Team All-SoCon honors for third-straight season … Went 20-13 in 34 appearances and 32 game starts … Posted a 1.79 ERA in 215.2 innings of work … Struck out a single-season school record 288 batters … Added three more no-hitters in 2014 to finish career with six … Pitched no-hitter against Troy (March 1st), perfect game against Kennesaw State (March 5th) and the first no-hitter in SoCon Tournament History against Elon on May 7th … Named SoCon Pitcher of the Week five times during the season to finish her career with nine, matching the league record … Set a new school record with a 37.0 inning scoreless streak between February 16th and March 9th … Tossed 10 shutouts in the season … Held opposing batters to a .178 average … Named to the SoCon All-Tournament Team.

 

2013 (Junior): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-SoCon and NFCA All-Region Team for the second-straight season … Recorded an 18-16 record in 39 appearances with 33 starts … Became the first pitcher in school history to record two perfect games in the same season with a pair in the season … Tossed first career perfect game on February 15th against Southern Illinois … Tossed second perfect game against Hampton … Had nine shutouts on the season and recorded a 1.83 ERA … Struck out 207 batters with five games over 10 strikeouts … Threw 11 innings of shutout ball against UNCG in the SoCon Championship Game while holding the Spartans to four hits … Named SoCon All-Tournament Team.

 

2012 (Sophomore): Named SoCon Pitcher of the Year as well as First Team All-SoCon and NFCA All-Region Team … Became GSU’s first-ever 20-game winner with a 23-12 overall record in 220.1 innings … Pitched her first no-hitter on March 5th against La Salle … Set school record with 256 strikeouts on the year … Earned a 1.56 ERA for the season and posted six shutouts, tying her for the fourth-most shutouts in a single-season at GSU … Mustered a span of 36.2 scoreless innings between April 24 and May 11, the longest scoreless streak for a pitcher in Georgia Southern History … Named to SoCon All-Tournament Team and picked as SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Picked as SoCon Pitcher of the Week on March 12, April 2 and May 2 as well as SoCon March Pitcher of the Month … Tossed two-hitters against Georgia and Georgia Tech in matching 1-0 defeats.

 

2011 (Freshman): Played 19 games with eight appearances inside the pitching circle … Started 12 games total including the first five games of the season … Had three hits and two RBI at the plate … Made three starts at pitcher with 22 total strikeouts to a 1-2 record.

 

High School: Attended Northside High School … Played for Mitch Horton … On 2007 regional champion team at Northside … Named all-Middle Georgia, all-county, all-region, all-state and MVP of the regional championships in 2007 … Pitched a pair of 15-inning games against Lowndes County with 22 strikeouts in first game and 33 in the second game.

 

Personal: Born Sarah Purvis on March 23, 1992 in Warner Robins, Ga. … daughter of Nils and Robin Weiner … Majoring in health and physical education.