2013 - Junior Season - Started all 38 games played...Named second team All-Conference and earned USA South All-Tournament team honors...Ranked fifth on the team in hitting with a .357 batting average...Had the second longest reached base streak on the team, with a 24-game roll to end the season...Scored 32 times and drove in eight runs...Scored five runs in the USA South Conference Tournament, hitting .429 with six base hits...
2012 – Sophomore Season – Appeared in 39 games with 34 starts during the year…Ranked sixth on the team with 18 runs scored and tied for seventh with 21 hits…Finished the year with a .276 batting average and a .321 on-base percentage…Went 3-for-3 against N.C. Wesleyan on March 14 before posting another three-hit effort at Mary Washington on March 29…Also matched her season-high with two runs scored against the Eagles…Crossed the plate in three straight appearances from March 18-26…Also scored twice against Maryville on February 11 and Farmingdale State on May 10…Posted a hit in three straight outings from April 18-May 11 with the latter two efforts coming in the NCAA Tournament. Â
2011 - Freshman Season - USA South Rookie of the Year...Second Team All-USA South at shortstop...Started 46 games for the Captains in her first year...Hit .301 with 22 runs scored and eight RBI, picking up nine walks and four HBP...Was 6-9 in stolen bases.
At Western Branch - Played all four years of softball for head coach Sarah Wright...Played shortstop and outfield for the two-time district champion Western Branch Bruins...Named Rookie of the Year in her sophomore year and earned the Coaches Award in her junior season...Earned First Team All-District honors in the outfield...Defensive Player of the Year in her senior season.
Personal - Candice Newman Zollars was born October 7, 1991 in Chesapeake, Va....Daughter of Jerry and Rose Zollars...Two sisters, Angie and Shannon...Father was a two-sport athlete at Waynesburg College...Favorite sports personality is Heath Miller...Favorite movie is "The Proposal"...Dream vacation would be to Italy...Lists her career ambition to become a teacher...Majoring in American Studies.
ON THE DIAMOND:
|
Year |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
|
TOTALS |
123-118 |
304 |
72 |
96 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
.316 |
|
2011 |
46-46 |
113 |
22 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
.301 |
|
2012 |
39-34 |
76 |
18 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.276 |
|
2013 |
38-38 |
115 |
32 |
41 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
.357 |
