India Chiles,
the 2007 SEC Player of the Year,
to play for the racers
Tennessee’s
All-Time Career Batting Champion
headed to Akron
Akron, OH----
Joey Arrietta announced today
that India Chiles, one of the
nation’s premier hitters this
past spring, has inked a
contract to play for the Akron
Racers in 2008. Chiles, a third
round selection in the 2007 NPF
Draft, sat out the 2007 NPF
season due to an injury. “I
visited with India this past
fall and I am really excited to
have her join our squad this
summer,” noted Arrietta.
Statistically, Chiles has an
impressive resume including a
career .417 batting average in
256 total games played for the
University of Tennessee. Chiles
was one of only a handful of
athletes to record back-to-back
.400+ batting averages. She
posted a .437 in 2006 followed
by an incredible .459
performance in 2007. Her .459
mark was the 4th best
performance in the nation this
past year. In her four-year
career, the left-handed
slap-hitting specialist has
scored 157 runs and swiped 85
bases.
Chiles captured the 2007 SEC
Player of the Year award after
posting an almost unbelievable
2007 season. Her list of honors
include 2007 First-Team
Louisville Slugger/NFCA
All-American, 2007 First-Team
NFCA All-South Region,
First-Team All-SEC and a
four-time ESPN the Magazine
All-Academic selection.
Chiles is the fourth SEC Player
of the Year honoree to play for
the Racers. Outfielder, Trena
Peel, LSU, (2002), outfielder,
Iyhia McMichael, Mississippi
State (2003, 2004) and catcher
Kristen Butler, the University
of Florida (2006) have also been
tapped for the SEC’s top honor.
