Jaquish, Landry Selected in First Round of NPF Draft

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Clyde VerdinAssociate SID



BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU seniors Sahvanna Jaquish and Bailey Landry were both selected in the first round of the 2017 NPF College Draft presented by 2XU on Monday night, with Jaquish being selected third overall by the Chicago Bandits, as Landry was selected fifth overall by Texas Charge.
Gathered with the team in the clubhouse at Tiger Park, friends and family were on hand to see LSU’s All-American duo continue LSU’s legacy of placing players in the league, which includes former Tigers A.J. Andrews with the Akron Racers and Brittany Mack Oaks who recently signed on to play with the Texas Charge.
Jaquish and Landry were the first two positional players selected in the draft, both in the top five amid pitchers who were selected around them.

Congratulations to Sahvanna Jaquish, taken third overall by the Chicago Bandits in the 2017 NPF Draft. pic.twitter.com/M5p5ihyM4d
— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) April 25, 2017
“It’s exciting, especially with these two because they are both deserving and have worked really hard for this,” head coach Beth Torina said. “I’m a big supporter of this league and really believe in it, so it’s always fun to have our players be a part of it.”
Jaquish, the Highland, California, native has started over 240 games for LSU in her career, earning All-America honors in each of the last three seasons and will be going for a fourth this season. With a lifetime batting average over .330, Jaquish this season shattered the career RBI mark and has 251 and counting with the rest of the regular season and postseason remaining.
As a senior, Jaquish is on pace to also break the single-season walks record with 46, owning the career record in that mark as well. She is the only player in LSU history to have two seasons with 70-plus RBIs, while ...

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