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Softball St. Anthony

St. Anthony Alum Tiare Jennings Named NCAA Softball Freshman of the Year

St. Anthony product Tiare Jennings was named the NCAA’s Freshman of the Year, in a huge honor for the former Saint. Jennings, who was the Gatorade State Player of the Year last year, is having a sensational debut NCAA softball campaign.

Jennings has hit 25 homers and 84 RBIs as a freshman; that’s the second most HRs of anyone in the nation and the highest RBI mark in the NCAA. Jennings has homered in 21 of Oklahoma’s 52 games

Jennings and the rest of the Sooners will begin play in the NCAA Women’s College World Series on Thursday, as the top-ranked Oklahoma squad tries to win the national title.

Oklahoma Softball on X (formerly Twitter): “π“π’πš’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 β™₯️ @_tiarejennings pic.twitter.com/BPVzQTCYqY / X”

π“π’πš’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 β™₯️ @_tiarejennings pic.twitter.com/BPVzQTCYqY

Oklahoma Softball on X (formerly Twitter): “πŸ† π…π‘π„π’π‡πŒπ€π πŽπ… 𝐓𝐇𝐄 π˜π„π€π‘ πŸ†Tiare Jennings named 2021 @NFCAorg / Schutt Sports DI Freshman of the Year! πŸ’₯#ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/oMcXcAt7jJ / X”

πŸ† π…π‘π„π’π‡πŒπ€π πŽπ… 𝐓𝐇𝐄 π˜π„π€π‘ πŸ†Tiare Jennings named 2021 @NFCAorg / Schutt Sports DI Freshman of the Year! πŸ’₯#ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/oMcXcAt7jJ

 

 

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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