Southern California Softball Star Chooses Michigan

by markusr2007 on Jan 29, 2010 12:53 PM CST in Michigan Softball

Another Gardner has joined Michigan.

Mandy Gardner, softball player from Aliso Niguel High School in Orange County, California. The announcement of her commitment to Michigan's softball team occurred way back in November.

It looks like UM landed one hell of a softball player and home run slugger here. She was ESPN California All-State as multi-purpose player. She's also a pitcher.

According to Strictly Softball, Ms. Gardner is apparently the "take no prisoners" type:

"Mandy earned a 0.43 earned run average, 91 strikeouts and 14-2 record through 97 innings pitched and batting .476 with 15 home runs and 27 runs batted in. Gardner was named the South Coast League MVP and led Aliso Niguel High School to the league championship."

Aliso Niguel's High School mascot: The Wolverines, of course.

And uh, about those home runs: l'd like to hereby advise all softball fans in Ann Arbor and around the Big Ten conference to please park their vehicles well away from the outfield fence. Thank you.

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