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Durham Lords Media Release
Monday, May 04, 2009

Lords women’s fastball goes west for new recruit

Oshawa, Ont. – Women’s fastball head coach Jim Nemish and the Durham College Athletic Department is proud to announce that Janna Hagan will be joining the program next fall.

Hagan, a native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, joins the Lords after an impressive 12 year minor fastball career out west with the Sherwood Park Belles.

It is anticipated that Hagan will both pitch and play the outfield for the Lords next season. At the plate, she is a feared slugger who hits for power and average. Last season, she finished the year with a .393 batting average and a slugging percentage of .538. She also led the team in RBI’s with 31 on the season. On the mound, Hagan has dominated opposing batters as she can throw a variety of pitches while reaching 56-58 mph on the radar gun.

Hagan also has plenty of experience playing at the provincial and national level, going on to win a number of awards.

In 2008, her team won a silver medal at the Alberta Provincial Championship and participated at the Canada Cup, placing sixth out of 21 teams. One year prior, Hagan played for Team Alberta at the Western Canada Games where the team won bronze. She also won silver at the Canadian Bantam Nationals in Montreal, where she was recognized as the Player of the Game. In 2006, her team went on to win the bronze medal at the Alberta Summer Games.

Upon viewing her profile and meeting with Hagan and her family, Nemish immediately knew that she would be a great fit for the program as well as the college. “She has a tremendous work ethic and is dedicated to the game of fastball. She is also an excellent student in the classroom. Janna has plenty of experience in pressure situations and she will bring an added dimension to our program. We are looking forward to having her in our lineup next season.”

Hagan had a chance to visit the college this past February before choosing to enroll at Durham. She was able to talk to academic and athletic staff, meet some of the current players and tour the excellent facilities on campus.

“I feel that Janna will fit right in with our returning players in seeing them together in the short time she was here,” commented Nemish. “Along with all of our returning freshmen class and a couple of third year veterans, the addition of Janna will only help to make us stronger for this fall.”

The Durham College women’s fastball program is coming off a silver medal performance in 2008. The Lords have won provincial medals in twelve consecutive seasons have collected a total of 26 since 1981 (14 gold, 8 silver, 4 bronze), the most of any college in league history.

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