Simmons-Blair and Geter Voted SIAC Softball Preseason Second Team

1/30/2019 3:06:00 PM

By: Chris Myers

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ATLANTA, Ga. – Coming off its most successful season in recent years, the Fort Valley State softball team's Ashley Simmons-Blair and Shakerra Geter were voted to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Second Team.

The Wildcats posted a 16-17 campaign last spring and are set to push for a winning spring season starting in just over a week on Saturday, Feb. 9, in single games against Grambling State and Claflin University.

On the Preseason Second Team, Simmons-Blair of Aiken, S.C., is one of the three outfielders, while Newnan, Georgia's Geter is the catcher.

Defending champion Albany State, Kentucky State and Tuskegee topped the preseason teams with four selections apiece on the two teams.

Simmons-Blair increased her batting average by 110 points in her second season to .284 with 29 hits in a team-high 102 at bats. The junior also led FVSU with a perfect 11 of 11 in stolen bases and tied for first with 24 runs scored. Simmons-Blair added four double, 13 RBI and 15 walks.

Behind the plate, Geter returns to anchor the Wildcats battery where she posted a solid .973 fielding percentage with only six errors in 221 chances. At the plate, the third-year player lined 28 hits in 92 at bats for a .304 average, her second .300-plus season. She also was second on the team with 10 doubles and 17 walks to go with a triple, 18 RBI and a .435 slugging percentage.

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