Jan. 24, 2007
OKLAHOMA CITY - Sophomore Erin Floros (San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel HS) has been named to the 2007 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List for the upcoming season. The complete list of 50 was compiled by the Amateur Softball Association, the national governing body of softball in the United States. Floros is the only student-athlete on the list from the Mountain West Conference and one of 11 sophomores.
The ASA will announce the 25 finalists on April 4, before narrowing the list to 10 on May 9 and the final three on May 23. The winner of the 2007 USA Softball Player of the Year will be announced in a ceremony prior to the start of the 2007 NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Last season, Floros became SDSU's first softball All-American when she was named to Louisville Slugger/NFCA third team and later to the Easton-Bell Sports first-team.
The 2006 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year and first-team all-West Region selection, Floros put together one of the finest seasons in SDSU history as the Aztecs won their third MWC regular season championship in five years. In 49 games, she batted .388 (No. 2 all-time) and recorded the highest ever slugging percentage (.558) and on-base percentage (.467) in SDSU history.
Floros also led the team in hits (57), doubles (13), total bases (82), multi-hit games (18) and multi-RBI games (seven), and was second with four home runs.
Over the final 19 games, she batted .492 (30-for-61) with 10 RBI, including a team-best .364 (4-for-11) at the NCAA Regional in Los Angeles.
A catcher, Floros also shined on the defensive side of the ball. Committing only two errors in 295 chances for a remarkable .993 fielding percentage, she threw out 57.9 percent (11 of 19) base stealers and picked off five runners.
SDSU, which finished the campaign with a 34-15 record and its best winning percentage (.694) in program history, gets the season underway when it plays host to the prestigious Campbell-Cartier Classic from Feb. 8-11. All six teams - California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Oregon State, San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara - competing in the Classic played in last year's NCAA tournament.