Lake View High School’s Kayla Sanderson and Dillon High School’s Shaquailla German helped lead Claflin University to its first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball tournament championship on May 6 in Florence over Miles College 13-5 in the championship game.
Both of these ladies were honored to have helped make history at Claflin University while becoming great friends and teammates. They helped complement each other as they bonded as pitcher and catcher…and friends. Each of them relied on one another to get the job done, and that’s exactly what they accomplished.
Sanderson’s leadership has been an added blessing for German. Each has a respect for the other player and listens to the advice of one another. Both of these players are quick to state how important it is for teamwork from all members on the team to accomplish a championship.
Senior Kayla Sanderson, is not only a great softball player, but also has great academic skills while graduating Summa Cume Laude. She will begin teaching Algebra at Lake View Middle/High School and coaching at the Lake View Recreation Department in the fall of this year.
Sophomore pitcher Shaquailla German was named to the 2017 SIAC All-Tournament Team. For her sophomore year, German had a 3.98 ERA and 104 strikeouts.
German made 21 appearances in the season this year while winning 9 games and losing only 2. German’s on base percentage for the season was .418 while her slugging percentage was .597. Her batting average for the season was .358.
German was the designated hitter in 27 of the games she played plus she also pitched and was the designated hitter in 8 other games whilesolely pitching 12 other games.
Sanderson’s on base percentage was .341 and her slugging percentage was .314 for the season while her batting average for the season was .257. She caught in 46 of the 47 games for the year while being a designated hitter in the other game.
Both of these young ladies competed in the NCAA Division II championship a couple of weekends ago in Pensacola, Florida.
Once again, the tradition continues as Dillon County has produced two more great softball players.
