NAIA Names Five Rams to All-American Team

MOBILE, Ala. – Five members of the 2004 University of Mobile softball team were named to the All-American team with two of them also being named to the NAIA All-Tournament team after helping the Rams to a fourth place finish at the national tournament in Decatur, Alabama.

Denisse Fuenmayor, Meredith Tanner and Kirby Baxter were named to the first team with Brenda Box picking up second team consideration and Stephanie Landrum earning honorable mention honors. Fuenmayor and Box both were also named to the NAIA All-Tournament team.

Fuenmayor, the Rams senior shortstop from Carabobo, Venezuela, went 6-for-14 with five RBIs and three runs scored at the national tournament. She led the team in batting (.444), homeruns (6), doubles (21) and RBIs (59). She was named second team All-American in 2003.

Box, Mobile’s senior centerfielder and a Mary G. Montgomery alumnus, batted 6-for-11 with six RBIs and four runs scored at the national tournament. She hit .406 on the season with 43 RBIs while leading the team with 35 stolen bases and 73 runs scored. Box was an honorable mention selection in 2003.

Junior Meredith Tanner, a native of Hoover, garners All-American team honors for the first time after batting .389 with 48 RBIs, 20 doubles and three homeruns.

Baxter followed up a freshman second team All-American campaign in 2003 with a sophomore first team one in 2004. She went 22-5 with a 1.53 ERA and fanned 168 batters this season.

Satsuma native, Stephanie Landrum, was originally recruited to pitch before successfully making the transition to first base in this, her senior year. She batted .421 with 52 RBIs.

Under the guidance of second year coach, Becky Clark, the Rams are 105-20-1.

 -30-

[Return to UM Sports Web]