More Softball Accolades: Four Wolverine All-Americans
The Michigan softball team led all schools with 3 First Team selections and tied Florida with 4 overall.
First Team:
Sr. Sierra Romero 2nd Base (4th selection, UM record)
Sr. Sierra Lawrence Outfield (2nd selection)
So. Tera Blanco 1st Base (1st selection)
Second Team:
Jr. Megan Betsa Pitcher (2nd Selection)
There is one more award to add to the trophy case and the quest begins tomorrow at 9:30pm vs. LSU.
https://nfca.org/images/Documents/All-American/2016-D1-All-Americans.pdf
Great accolades! GO BLUE!!
What more can be said? She's in the top-3 all-time in regards to athletes at Michigan. All-time.
And how awesome is it that Blanco made 1st team All-American as a 1B? She was brought here as a pitcher primarily.
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Blanco was CLUTCH at the plate this year and had no slumps. Overshadowed by the Sierras, she was an enormous part of the offense. My favorite was when she got hit twice in a row, wasn't given the free pass, and then after a long conference at the mound blasted the next pitch over the fence.
not sure exactly what you mean here:
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What more can be said? She's in the top-3 all-time in regards to athletes at Michigan. All-time.
Please expound/explain.
Are you saying only 2 other U of M athletes were 4-time All Americans and that she's one of those 3? Who are the other 2?
Or are you making a subjective claim based on your own opinion, even though neither you nor I nor anyone else on the board ever had an opportunity to see, for instance, great Michigan athletes such as Wille Heston.
I'll hang up and listen...
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I think WD means in terms of accomplishments but I might be wrong. I am with WD and think she is top 5 and arguably top 3.
Romero is the only 4-time all-american in program history..........she only plays softball........
Top-3 athlete all-time here IMO. She has dominated her sport since she came here.
Her first collegiate home run was a grand slam in only her 3rd game. What a sign of things to come.
I feel sorry for those who haven't watched her entire career. People are going to speak of her 70 years from now like they do Tom Harmon. I'll certainly tell my kids I got to see her play.
We might not see another player of her caliber at Michigan anytime soon. I really hope they retire her number because she deserves every bit of having her number retired.
single-sport athletes against multi-sport talents such as Ron Kramer or the Elliott brothers, Pete and Bump, who all not only lettered but starred in multiple sports? Or how about even Denard Robinson, who not only starred in both football and indoor track (as a sprinter), but also has arguably the most famous and wonderful smile in Michigan History?
No doubt Romero is one of the greatest softball playersever, not only at Michigan, but also nationally. And arguably one of the top ten and most celebrated Michigan athletes ever, especially if she can put a bow on her career with a National Championship ring. But comparing athletes from different sports and ranking them against each other is the ultimate apples-and-oranges comparison, IMO.
Right now, I just plan on enjoying watching Romo and especially all the rest of the seniors as they finish their Michigan careers, hoping to see them all succeed and have it all end with a National Championship!
will be talked about for generations to come.
Cheers ladies. Well done.
Lets hope all the batting slumps are over and the Pitching comes out DOMINANT....If all the bats are clicking at the same time there is nobody in the field we cant beat!
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But if they leave with a national championship (and they have a taste for winning!), it will be a storybook career for both of them!
And to think it could've been five All-Americans if Kelly Christner was 90% of her sophomore self.
Go Blue! What a group--what a team.
Not directly related, but does anyone have a clue what "lobby dobby" means to this team? It's a phrase the girls always post on IG, but does anyone know the origin/meaning? I'm sure it can't top the pizza chomping of last year, but I'm still curious.
Go Blue!
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