OSU Softball's Mikela Manewa Selected in NPF Draft
April 15, 2016 | Softball
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior second baseman Mikela Manewa of the Oregon State softball team was selected by the Scrap Yard Dawgs of National Pro Fastpitch at the NPF Draft held at the CMA Theatre in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Thursday night.
The Scrap Yard Dawgs, which play in Conroe, Texas, chose Manewa in the sixth round of the NPF Draft at No. 40 overall. The senior from Kapolei, Hawai'I will potentially be the seventh player from the Oregon State softball program to play in the NPF, joining Beaver greats Lisa Allen, Adrienne Alo, Tarrah Beyster, Clare Burnum, Jodi Chmielewski and Shelly Prochaska.
“I'm excited and really proud of Mikela,” Oregon State head coach Laura Berg said. “She really has earned this through her play the past couple of years. For her to be drafted is very exciting. This is great for her and great for the program.”
Manewa has been a fixture in the middle of the Oregon State infield since arriving from the College of Southern Nevada prior to the 2015 season, starting 88 games, including 38 this season. For her career, Manewa is a .333 hitter, batting .338 last season with a .328 average in 2016. The senior has driven in 55 runs on 17 doubles, three triples and seven home runs over her career at Oregon State.
Manewa. an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in 2015, has also been a key piece of the Beavers' defense, committing only eight errors in 38 starts at second base this season after posting a .963 fielding percentage over 50 starts a year ago.
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