The Omnibus

Issue date: 5/6/04 Section: Sports

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Senior softball player Cassi Haines was recently named to the Honorable Mention All-MIAA softball team. She was the only Southwest Baptist University player to receive this honor.

Senior Cassi Haines recently completed her four-year career as a SBU softball player.

Haines finished the season leading the Bearcats with a .274 batting average and had a 3.33 ERA as a pitcher. She also had 17 hits and an on-base percentage of .319.

Last year, Haines was named a First-Team All-MIAA selection and was on the All-MIAA Academic team. She is the fourth softball player in SBU history to be selected to an All-MIAA team two years in a row.

"I was really surprised when I found out that I had made the team," Haines said. "It is a great honor since I'm only the fourth person to make the team two years in a row."

Haines played softball for the Bearcats all four years of college, and she has a lot of great memories from all the time she dedicated to softball.

"Most of my best memories are of my teammates and the friendships that I built with them on and off the field," Haines said. "We went through a lot of hard times together."

Haines was vital to her team, not only because of her great statistics, but also because she was a utility player.

"I played outfield and pitched and I am a left-handed hitter," Haines said.

After graduating in May with a degree in Sports Management, Haines is still unsure of her plans. She has an internship for this summer and is interested in becoming a dental hygenist.

"The times that I spent at SBU have really prepared me for something great later in my life," Haines said. "It's been very bittersweet, but I am better because of it."

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