Meet The Bulldogs #42 Shelby ALTMAN
Freshman • Infielder • R/R • 5-9 Alma, Ga. • Bacon County HS High School/Club: Bacon County High School where she helped guide the Red Raiders to a 25-6 record, a region championship and a berth in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Class A Elite Eight in 2009...A four-year member of the BCHS softball team as a shortstop, Altman also helped in leading her team to a region championship in 2008...In travel softball, Altman played six years among the Georgia Blaze, Georgia Ice, Georgia Fury and Georgia Stix as a shortstop and an outfielder...She also played four years of basketball at BCHS. Personal: Born: July 31, 1992...Daughter of Randy and Teresa Altman...Major: Exercise & Sports Science.
#1 Julia ECHOLS
Freshman • Utility • R/R • 5-6 McDonough, Ga. • Eagles Landing Christian Academy High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner at Eagles Landing Christian Academy where she helped lead the Lady Chargers to four-straight GHSA Class A State Championships and record of 135-19-2...Earned All-State First Team honors all-four years and was named a Wendy’s Heisman scholarship winner for the state of Georgia...Completed her career ranked in the top-five in the state for hits, doubles, triples, home runs and RBI...As senior, Echols hit .520 with a slugging percentage of .940 to produce 45 runs while also scoring 39 runs and stealing 12 bases en route to being named the Class A and Southern Crescent Player of the Year...Was also selected as a Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Star and was the only player on either team in the series from a Class A school...As a junior, tabbed the Region 5A Defensive and Co-Offensive Player of the Year...As a sophomore, earned her first Region 5A Defensive Player of the Year honor...Started playing travel softball in 2001 and has played for the Georgia Impact and East Cobb Bullets...At ECLA, Echols also participated in basketball all four years and soccer for two seasons...A shooting guard in basketball, Echols led the Chargers in scoring in her first three seasons earning first-team All-Region honors twice and was tabbed a second-team All-State selection as a junior...A goalie in soccer during her first two years of high school, Echols earned first-team All-Area as a freshman...Graduated as Valedictorian...Member of the Beta Club, Student Leadership Institute and Student Council. Personal: Born: September 22, 1991...Daughter of Lee and Kim Echols...Has a brother, Taylor...Major: Pre-Journalism/Public Relations.
#44 Morgan MONTEMAYOR Freshman • Pitcher • R/R • 5-9 Phoenix, Ariz. • Centennial HS
High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner at Centennial High School where she was named a 2010 ESPN RISE Multi-Purpose All-America selection and a First Team All-State selection after leading the Coyotes to a Class 5A Division II state title and a No. 13 final ranking in the POWERADE FAB 50 by going 33-3 with a 0.54 ERA and 337 strikeouts while also batting .419 with five home runs...Four-time All-Region selection...As a junior, went 15-0 and posted top-five school record performances for wins, strikeouts (187) and earned-run average (0.53) and became the first pitcher in school history to be awarded the team’s Gold Glove Award...In 2007, helped the Coyotes to a state runner-up finish...Played travel softball for the California Cruisers 18 Gold...Member of FCA, Interact Club and Schools For Schools Club, Personal: Born: May 24, 1992...Daughter of Glenda Montemayor...Major: Arts & Sciences.
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