FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University softball coach
Stacey Vallee has announced that former South Florence High School
standout Brittany Cannon will be transferring from Santa Fe College
to FMU and will play for the Patriots this coming season.
Cannon, a 5-8 native of Florence, is a left-handed center fielder.
She played two honor-laden seasons for coach Chris Ahern at Santa
Fe.
This past spring, she earned first-team All-American honors from
both the NJCAA and the NFCA. She was named the FCCAA state Player
of the Year following both of her seasons with the Saints. She was
also a first-team NJCAA All-American as a freshman.
In 2009, she batted a school-record .508 with 74 runs scored, 12
doubles, 10 triples, six home runs, 40 runs batted in, and 51
stolen bases (in 53 attempts). She compiled a .528 on-base
percentage and did not commit an error in 60 fielding chances. She
helped lead Santa Fe to a 47-9 record and a Top 10 national
ranking. She ranked seventh in the NJCAA in stolen bases, 12th in
batting average, and 22nd in on-base percentage.
As a freshman, she set school records for hits (115), doubles (23),
triples (15), and runs scored (85), while batting .491 with six
home runs, 49 RBIs, and 50 stolen bases. She helped lead the Saints
to a 62-5-1 record, the state championship, and a spot in the NJCAA
national championship game.
She ended her two-year career owning the school’s career
marks for hits, average, doubles, triples, runs scored, and stolen
bases.
At South Florence, she played for coach Bobby Jones and helped the
Bruins to a pair of AAAA state championships (2006, 2007). She
earned numerous All-State honors and was named Miss Softball as a
senior by the High School Sports Report.
“We are so excited about Brittany returning to Florence and
attending Francis Marion,” said Vallee. “She may
arguably be the most decorated recruit our program has ever signed.
Her stats and honors speak for themselves. She will immediately
fill our void in center field, and add power and speed to our
line-up.”
Cannon will join nine players who previously committed to the
Patriots: infielder Tristan Faile of Lancaster, S.C.,
catcher-outfielder Olivia Ferguson of Roanoke, Va., catcher-first
baseman Annie Hegar of Jefferson, N.C., catcher-infielder Meghan
Heiser of Sacramento, Calif., shortstop Jessica Hogan of Asheboro,
N.C., right-handed pitcher Cea Knox of Myrtle Beach, right-handed
pitcher Rayna McClinton of Columbia, left-handed pitcher Murphy
McConnell of Milton, Ga., and utility player Jamie Ross of Cape
Coral, Fla.
Francis Marion finished the 2009 season with a 32-19 record, and
narrowly missed earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II
National Tournament.
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