She is simply one of the more complete hitters in the division on an annual basis. She has a lot of gap-to-gap power, too, leading the SAC with 21 doubles last year. Boatner has at least eight games remaining to match the mark. The reigning SAC player of the year set her career high in home runs last season with 23, which was the second overall total in DII softball and tops in home runs per game. Here's a look at eight DII softball players who have brought the crowd to its feet more than anyone else over the past four or five seasons.ĭII SOFTBALL HUB: News, rankings, scores and more DII softball active career home run leaders 76 - Kayson Boatner, Anderson (SC)īoatner, per usual, is hitting home runs, leading the South Atlantic Conference with 15. Nothing beats the sound of the bat and the ensuing roar of the crowd when a ball is blasted and disappears into the distance. He also turned in one of Vanderbilt’s most memorable performances in an 86-85 overtime victory at Memorial Gym on March 5, when he poured in a career-high 42 points, including the game winner in overtime with under two seconds remaining.įoster earned his degree in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt in May.As much as we love watching a DII softball pitcher dominate a game in no-hit fashion, let's not kid ourselves. The first four-time SEC Player of the Week, Foster led Vanderbilt in scoring 23 times during his senior season and averaged 20.3 points per game, the most in the SEC. Foster was named the consensus (AP and Coaches) SEC Player of the Year as a senior, and was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press. He posted the highest single-season three-point total in SEC history in 2007-08 when he made 134 threes and ended his four-year college career second all-time in SEC History in career three-pointers made with 366. He also finished his career as VU’s all-time leader in field goals made (699) and attempted (1483) and three-pointers made (367) and attempted (872). He departs the Commodores as the school’s all-time leading scorer and first Commodore and 22nd SEC player to surpass the 2,000-point plateau (2,011 points). We wish him the best of luck.”įoster left Vanderbilt as one of the most decorated players in Vanderbilt history. I’m very confident that if he makes the team that they’ll find out what we found out in his four years here – that he is one of the most prolific shooters around.

I hope that since he’s the only pick in this draft and that it enhances his chances of making their team. “We’re excited for him and we hope it’s a good situation and opportunity seeing that it was their only draft pick. “We’re very proud of Shan and we congratulate him on being drafted,” said Stallings. Langhi’s pick was then traded to Houston. Foster joins Byars, Matt Freije, who was selected 53rd by the Miami Heat in the 2004 Draft, and Dan Langhi, who was taken by Dallas in the second round (31st pick overall) of the 2000 Draft. Derrick Byars, the 2007 SEC Player of the Year, was drafted 43rd by the Portland Trail Blazers and then traded on draft day to the Philadelphia 76ers.įoster becomes the fourth Commodore chosen in the Draft since 2000 that has played for current Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings. It was the Mavericks’ only pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.įoster, a 6-6, 200-pound native of Kenner, La., is the 33rd player in Vanderbilt history to be chosen in the Draft and it marks the second consecutive year a Commodore has been selected in the NBA Draft. – Former Vanderbilt swingman and 2008 SEC Player of the Year Shan Foster was taken by the Dallas Mavericks as the 51st overall pick in the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday. NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete Prospective student-athlete questionnaire Student-athlete mental health and performance Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website Open Menu

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