The University of Mississippi Athletics
DeDe Justice Selected All-Region
5/14/2003 | Softball
May 14, 2003
OXFORD, Miss. - DeDe Justice became the first Ole Miss softball player to be named All-Region Wednesday, earning Louisville Slugger/NFCA second team honors for the South Region.
A sophomore designated player from Vero Beach, Fla., Justice now awaits a May 21 announcement on possible All-American accolades. She was chosen All-SEC second team last week, making her the first Rebel honoree since 1998.
Justice led the SEC in home runs (11) and RBI (28) in conference play this year, and finished top three in homers (15), RBI (45) and slugging percentage (.693) for the season overall. The part-time catcher also set new single-season school records in those three categories.
Justice, who was elected Team MVP by her teammates, launched game-winning, walk-off home runs in the final two games of the Mississippi State series, and also homered during late game-winning rallies against No. 10 Georgia and Tennessee.
Justice became the first Rebel to homer twice in one game, and pulled off the feat three times all against SEC opponents, including 11th-ranked LSU. Her school-record two-homer, six-RBI performance against Kentucky earned her the first SEC Player of the Week selection ever for an Ole Miss player.
Only two seasons into her college career, she has already risen atop the Rebel career charts in batting average (.317), on-base percentage (.417), slugging percentage (.640) and home runs (26).
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA ALL-SOUTH REGIONFirst TeamP: Kristin Schmidt - LSUP: Brooke Mitchell - Louisiana-LafayetteC: Casey Goodman - Louisiana-Monroe1B: Jackie McClain - Alabama2B: Shelly Floyd - Western Kentucky3B: Becky McMurtry - Louisiana-LafayetteSS: Courtney Mitchell - Middle Tennessee StateOF: Iyhia McMichael - Mississippi StateOF: Kristen Zaleski - Southwest Texas StateOF: Danyele Gomez - Louisiana-LafayetteDP: Janae Bonin - Jacksonville StateUT: Stephanie VanBrakle - Alabama
Second TeamP: Sarah Pauly - Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiP: Nicole Neuerburg - Southwest Texas StateP: Katy Cox - Texas-Arlington (automatic selection as Southland Pitcher of the Year)P: Jonelle Csora - Eastern Kentucky (automatic selection as Ohio Valley Pitcher of the Year)C: Kristi Durant - Tennessee1B: Krystal Gibson - Texas-San Antonio2B: Nikki Jones - Kentucky3B: Kristen Glowacz - HoustonSS: Erin Flater - Troy StateOF: Ashley Courtney - AlabamaOF: Stephanie Dallman - Tennessee TechOF: Melanie Williams - Texas-ArlingtonDP: DeDe Justice - Ole MissUT: Lauren Mattox - Tennessee
