Four Ferris State Softball Players Receive All-GLIAC Recognition
Big Rapids, Mich. - Four members of the Ferris State University softball squad were honored on Thursday night as All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) selections for the 2019 season.
Bulldog sophomore outfielder Paige Kortz (Brooklyn) garnered All-GLIAC First Team honors as one of the league's top outfielders in voting by the league's member head coaches.
Meanwhile, FSU sophomore second baseman Kodi Ramirez (Peoria, Ariz.) picked up All-GLIAC Second Team accolades for the 2019 season.
Finally, the senior combination of shortstop Logan Fleming (Rogers City) and third baseman Lexi Hongisto (Gladstone) both attained GLIAC Honorable Mention accolades this year.
The Bulldogs along with seven other teams are scheduled to compete in the 2019 GLIAC Softball Tournament, which will take place for the second-straight year Friday thru Sunday (May 3-5) at Sports Force Parks in Sandusky, Ohio.
Ferris State, which presently has a 20-32 overall record with a eighth-place 11-21 GLIAC mark this season, is the number eight seed and will go up against number one seed Grand Valley State this Friday (May 3) in an opening-round tilt at the double-elimination conference tournament. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. (EDT) with the winner to play the Northwood-Saginaw Valley State winner on Friday at 4:30 p.m. (EDT) in the winner's bracket.