Arizona pitcher leaves program

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http://tucson.com/sports/softball/colle ... 6be76.html

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Another early commit not making it

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Another early commit not making it

Even though i agree that there are a lot of early commits that verbal way too early and don't pan out, I'm not sure Parks falls into that category unless Candrea holds his Freshmen to an incredibly elite standard.

From the U of A website:

2015: Made an impact both in the circle and in the batter’s box during her freshman campaign … Earned four of the first seven Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Awards … Named Pac-12 all-freshman … Was a part of Arizona’s tandem at the top of the pitching staff along with Michelle Floyd … Went 16-7 in the circle, recording the most victories by a freshman since Shelby Babcock’s 17 victories in 2011 … Hit .371 at the plate, third highest average on the team and highest for any freshman since Caitlin Lowe’s .437 average in 2004 … Posted a 4.68 ERA in 41 appearances, the sixth most games in the conferences … Struck out 92 batters in 131.2 innings pitches, the eighth most strikeouts in the Pac-12 … Limited batters to a .281 batting average, 10th lowest in the conference … Appeared in 19 games out of the bullpen, the fourth most in the league … Went the distance in 10 of her 23 starts … Was a part of three shutouts, including two solo shutouts … Picked up one save on the season … Struck out 92 batters as compared to 66 walks … Offensively, ranked third on the team in batting average (.371), fourth in on-base percentage (.451) and fifth in slugging percentage (.596) … In addition to 23 starts at pitcher, Parks started 31 games as the designated player … The majority of her time in the lineup was spent in the eight-spot (23 games), but also saw time in the cleanup spot (1 game), fifth-spot (2 games) and sixth-spot (5 games) … Hit six home runs, including one in her first collegiate at-bat in the season-opener against Oklahoma State (2/6) … Drove in 26 runs in her 89 at-bats … Scored 18 runs … Walked 13 times … Stole one base … Threw a two-hit shutout in her first career start against Oklahoma State (2/7) … Tossed another two-hit shutout against Connecticut (3/18) … Earned the victory against No. 1 Oregon (5/8), when she went the distance and gave up four runs on six hits with four strikeouts and a pair of walks … Struck out a season high seven batters vs. Northwestern (2/20), when she struck out seven of the first 11 batters of the game … Had at least two RBI in five of Arizona’s first seven games of the season, a part of her eight total multi-RBI games … Had seven multi-hit efforts, including two three-hit games (vs. Loyola Marymount, 2/13; vs. Northwestern, 2/20) … Hit Arizona’s first of two grand slams of the second inning against Wright State (2/13), giving her a season-high four RBI … Went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Loyola Marymount (2/13) … Tucson Regional: Pitched in all three contests vs. Minnesota, including a brilliant complete-game (5/16) in which she gave up one run on five hits with five strikeouts … Appeared in both games on 5/17 … In game 1, pitched three innings of scoreless relief before allowing four hits, including a walkoff grand slam in the seventh … Started game 2 and pitched 1.2 innings before re-entering in the eighth to pick up the victory … Registered a hit in two at-bats vs. Minnesota (5/16) … Baton Rouge Super Regional: Appeared in both games vs. LSU … Started game 1 and gave up four runs on three hits with five walks … Entered in relief in game 2 and allowed four runs on seven hits with a strikeout and a walk.

I would think maybe he could at least use her as a hitter.

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She left her HS team and then returned. Maybe softball is just not her thing at a high profile program.

Great points. Spaz. There could be so many different reasons why a young lady might leave a program.

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I wish her success in whatever she chooses to do.