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Sports Release                                                                                                           May 17, 2007

Walker Named Daktronics First Team All-America

HARROGATE, TN – Lincoln Memorial University’s Brittney Walker (Ooltewah, TN) has been named Daktronics First Team All-America by the sports information directors across the country.  The announcement came Thursday afternoon from the national coordinator for softball.

A 5’7” pitcher/outfielder, Walker earned All-America honors for her efforts at the plate and in the outfield.  During the 2007 season the four-year starter hit .429, crossing the plate a team-best 56 times.  In addition, she had 82 hits, 26 doubles, two triples and a team-best 16 homeruns while recording 50 RBI this season.  Walker’s .838 slugging percentage and .495 on base percentage were also at the top of the Lady Railsplitter statistics.

Walker ends her career at Lincoln Memorial University as a three-time All-Gulf South Conference First Team selection, a Daktronics All-South Region First Team selection and 2007 Daktronics South Region Player of the Year.  Over the past four years the Ooltewah, Tennessee native has literally rewritten the Lady Railsplitter record book, finishing her collegiate career at the top of nearly all of the school’s career statistical categories.

The Lady Railsplitters ended the 2007 season with an overall record of 37-18-1, tying the 2001 and 2006 LMU softball team’s single-season marks for most wins.  Including Walker, the Lady Railsplitters lose four seniors this season to graduation and will be competing next season for the first time as a member of the South Atlantic Conference.   

-LMU-

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