{"id":9421,"date":"2017-05-25T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9421"},"modified":"2017-05-25T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:26:30","slug":"megan-good-named-finalist-for-national-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9421","title":{"rendered":"Megan Good Named Finalist for National Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9422\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?fit=1400%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Softball POY Finalists\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9422\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?resize=599%2C337\" alt=\"Softball POY Finalists\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5925f1d76face.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>JMU Softball had a disappointing end to its season last weekend, bowing out of the tournament with a loss to Baylor. But everyone associated with the program got a much needed pick-me-up yesterday. Megan Good was named one of the 3 finalists for the 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Not, CAA player of the year, regional player of the year, or some sort of sliced and diced non-P5 player of the year. But the actual honest to goodness National Player of the Year. It&#8217;s kind of a big deal.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Megan as finalists are Kelly Barnhill, as sophomore pitcher from Florida, and Meghan Gregg, a junior infielder from Tennessee. All three nominees are well deserving. Good, as you all know, was lights out from the circle and from the plate all season. She amassed a 38-3 and 0.63 ERA as a pitcher. She also had a 70.1 inning scoreless streak and 14 shutouts. Pretty good year even without considering her batting. But we must, so it&#8217;s worth noting she also hit .383 with 12 homers.<\/p>\n<p>Barnhill and Gregg put up similarly gaudy numbers. Barnhill lead the nation with a 0.35 ERA for the #1 overall seed Florida Gators. Gregg was the SEC player of the year and lead that league in pretty much any offensive stat you can think of. She can rake. It&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess who will actually win the award, but there&#8217;s no doubt that all 3 had amazing seasons and are deserving of the honor.<\/p>\n<p>Good still has one more season left and she&#8217;s already going down as an all time great JMU athlete. If next year is anything close to (or better than) this year, she could cement herself as the JMU G.O.A.T. But that&#8217;s not something to worry about now. Just another reason to look forward to more JMU sports next year.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9421&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU Softball had a disappointing end to its season last weekend, bowing out of the tournament with a loss to Baylor. But everyone associated with the program got a much needed pick-me-up yesterday. Megan Good was named one of the 3 finalists for the 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Not, CAA player [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8587,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8587","url_meta":{"origin":9421,"position":0},"title":"Megan Good &#038; Jailyn Ford Earn All America Honors","date":"June 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The headline pretty much says it all. Never in the history of JMU softball has a player been named to the National Fast Pitch Coaches All-America team. Now two have. Sophomore sensation Megan Ford and Jailyn Ford, the greatest player in program history, both made the first team. Both players\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Megan Good","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/042915-JMU-VT-SFB3-DL.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9261,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9261","url_meta":{"origin":9421,"position":1},"title":"Megan Good is One of the Top 10 Softball Players in the Country","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We all knew Megan Good was, well, good (sorry). That's obvious to anyone who's every seen her play. But it's not just JMU fans who are so impressed with her abilities. ESPN named Good the sixth best softball player in the country in its annual NCAA softball preview. 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This season, she has pitched in 16 games and given up runs in two of them.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"good stats","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CjZDrUJXAAAby1O-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8530,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8530","url_meta":{"origin":9421,"position":3},"title":"Guest Post: CAA Softball Tourney Preview","date":"May 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian Hansen is back with another guest post about JMU's juggernaut of a softball program. The ladies finished the regular season 43-4. Here Brian breaks down phase 1 of the postseason, the CAA tourney.\u00a0 At the start of this season, I wrote about how I thought this could be a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"softball walk off","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/7687840_G.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8490,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8490","url_meta":{"origin":9421,"position":4},"title":"Megan Good Pitches Second Perfect Game in JMU Softball History","date":"April 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was a good day for JMU softball. In fact it, you could say it was a Megan Good day. (ed. note: please pretend you didn't read that sentence and we'll pretend we never wrote it.) The team won, because that's what it does. This particularly victory was especially sweet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Megan Good","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/44692044001_4245221149001_0505-JMU-MT-76905.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9412,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9412","url_meta":{"origin":9421,"position":5},"title":"Guest Post: JMU Softball is Poised to Make a Run","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Chase Kiddy is a JMU alum living in working in the 'burg. He's been fortunate enough to catch many of JMU softball's games live and in person, so he agreed to write a tourney preview for us. 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