Kim Bandy Named Named Lousiville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-American

2009 Division III All-America Team

Emory University senior Kim Bandy (Duluth, GA) has been named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-America Team.

Bandy, the starting first baseman for the 24th-ranked Eagles, was selected as a second-team All-American.  This season, Bandy helped Emory to an overall record of 32-12 and the program's fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.

Just one of two players to start all 44 games in 2009, Bandy finished third on the team and sixth among University Athletic Association players with a.401 batting average. She tied for first on the squad and second among UAA performers with a slugging percentage of .667, good for an eighth-place tie on the school's seasonal chart. The owner of 18 multi-hit contests this year, she tied for the team's lead with 59 safeties and topped all Eagles with seven triples, tying the school's third-highest seasonal total, and smacked five homers, second on the club.

Career-wise, Bandy ranks prominently in numerous school categories including first in home runs (14), total bases (335) and stolen bases (60).   A starter in 171 of the 172 contests she played in at Emory, her .396 career hitting average is good for the sixth place on the school's list and she holds down the No. 3 spot in hits (212), is second in triples (20) and third in doubles (41).

Earlier in the season, Bandy was picked as a first-team honoree to both the All-Atlantic Region and the All-University Athletic Association Teams.

She becomes the fifth Emory player in program history to earn All-America acclaim, joining Tamara Boggs (2001 & 2003), Mary Nicol (2003), Emily Sunshine (2006) and Ali Braverman (2007).