Farish Beard-Collura will become just the third member from the University of South Alabama softball program to join the Department's Athletic Hall of Fame.
The two-time second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association all-region selection and first-team all-Sun Belt performer is the school's all-time leader in three categories with a 1.57 earned-run average, .148 opponents' batting average and 9.28 strikeouts per seven innings. Beard-Collura also ranks third on the school's career record list in wins (63) and shutouts (21), and is fourth in strikeouts (603) and innings pitched (454.2).
Beard-Collura went a perfect 23-0 her sophomore season en route to second-team all-region and all-Sun Belt honors.