Tarrah Beyster Earns First Team All-American Honors
May 25, 2000
OKLAHOMA CITY - Tarrah Beyster has been named an NFCA/Louisville Slugger first team All-American, the NFCA announced late Wednesday night.
Beyster, now a four-time All-American, capped off an outstanding senior year by earning first team status for the first time in her career. She earned second team honors in 1998 and 1999 and was a third team pick as a freshman in 1997.
The pitcher/designated player led the Beavers to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in 2000. She posted a team-best .424 batting average to go along with 16 home runs, 44 RBI and 28 runs scored. Her home run and RBI totals were single-season school records, and her batting average makes her just the third Beaver to hit above .400 for a season.
In the circle, she was 27-13, just one win shy of tying her single-season school record for victories. She posted a 2.45 ERA in 46 appearances and struck out 180 batters with just 44 walks in 234.2 innings of work.
Beyster was a first team All-Pacific-10 selection for the fourth year in a row, and she also earned second team All-Pacific Region honors this season. She was named Pac-10 Player of the Week twice this season, finishing her career with seven Pac-10 Player or Pitcher of the Week honors.
She finished her four-year career with a total of 24 school records. As a pitcher, she is the school's all-time leader for wins (91), strikeouts (694), complete games (104), and innings pitched (949.0). Offensively, she is OSU's all-time leader for batting average (.381), RBI (143), home runs (52) and walks (211). She finished with 223 career hits, just three hits shy of the record. She also holds several single-season and single-game records.
A total of 16 athletes from the Pacific-10 Conference earned All-American honors, more than any other conference. Seven Pac-10 players earned first team recognition, while eight were named second team All-Americans. The Pac-10 also had one third team All-American. The SEC had nine total All-Americans, while the Big 12 had eight.
