HATTIESBURG, Miss. (May 9, 2017) -- FIU freshman hurler Shannon Saile (Land O'Lakes, Florida / Land O'Lakes HS) was named the 2017 Conference USA Softball Freshman of the Year, and the Panthers produced three First-Team All-C-USA performers, four total on the postseason honors, the league announced today. The vote comes on the heels of the start of the 2017 Conference USA Championships, and the votes were by the league's 12 head coaches.
Saile also secured first-team honors, the first FIU pitcher ever to achieve that since the move to C-USA, in addition to landing on the C-USA All-Freshman Team.