FORMER BRENHAM CUBETTE SOFTBALL PLAYER, KELLY JURDEN NAMED TO SCAC 30TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has named former Brenham Cubette softball player and current Texas Lutheran outfielder Kelly Jurden to their 30th Anniversary team. Jurden became the first player in softball history to earn Player-of-the-Year accolades in consecutive seasons.

The 2019 SCAC batting champion (.458), Jurden is the only player in league history to lead the conference in three consecutive seasons in hits, stolen bases and runs scored. Jurden is currently second all-time with 202 hits,  is one of just three players in SCAC history to break the 200-hit plateau and is just 10 hits shy of becoming the conference’s all-time leader in hits. Jurden is also the league’s all-time leader in runs scored (180) and stolen bases (169) and currently holds the top mark for runs per game (1.19) and stolen bases per game (1.21). In 2019, on her way to helping guide TLU to its first ever softball National Championship, Jurden led the entire country with 61 stolen bases, the most ever in a single SCAC season. Jurden has 78 walks in her career, just six shy of becoming the all-time leader in that category, and is currently third all-time with a .431 batting average. Jurden is the third player in SCAC history to earn multiple All-American honors and was named First Team as a junior in 2021.