Columbus State Athletics Top Moments of 2011-12: No. 5
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CSUCougars.com is reliving the top 10 moments of the 2011-12 academic year as the summer nears its end. At No. 5 is Casey Googe's march to the Peach Belt Conference single-season homerun record.
Googe Breaks PBC Homerun Record
Columbus – With two-outs and two-on in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game against three-time defending champion, North Georgia, Casey Googe stepped to the plate. It was the top of the third inning in a scoreless contest between two of the most dominating pitchers in the country. On a 2-2 pitch from 2011 National Pitcher of the Year Jessica Coan, Googe launched a homerun to dead centerfield to give the Lady Cougars a 3-0 lead that they would never relinquish.
The three-run blast helped Googe surpass the all-time single-season PBC homerun mark of 20 set by Cambria McKay of Kennesaw State and Stacey Berrong of USC Spartanburg (now USC Upstate).
She finished the season with 22 round-trippers after hitting a solo shot against Augusta State in the NCAA Tournament to end the season one shy of the national leaders.
Googe was a main cog that led a resurgent Lady Cougar club to a 40-20 record which won 13 of their final 16 games of the season and was one out away from playing in the NCAA Southeast Dahlonega Regional Championship game.
The catcher/shortstop ended the season with a .360 average and
led the PBC with 55 runs batted in. She had a school record
slugging percentage of .790 and 67 hits.
The sophomore became the 12th All-American in program history
after being tabbed on the National Fastipitch Coaches
Association All-America third team. She was also an honorable
mention selection on the Daktronics All-America team.
The homerun didn’t just put Casey Googe in the record books and on the national scene, it lifted Columbus State back into national prominence.
Casey Googe's 2012 Homeruns
| Homerun | Date | Opponent | Opposing Pitcher |
| 1 | 02/11/12 | Augusta State | Emily Headrick |
| 2 | 02/15/12 | Auburn-Montgomery | Brandi Richards |
| 3 | 02/15/12 | Auburn-Montgomery | Cassie Daniels |
| 4 | 02/25/12 | Miles | Amanda Talley |
| 5 | 03/02/12 | Glenville State | Jessica Fedor |
| 6 | 03/02/12 | Glenville State | Brittany May |
| 7 | 03/03/12 | Young Harris | Victoria Sink |
| 8 | 03/03/12 | Lincoln Memorial | Amanda Snow |
| 9 | 03/04/12 | Catawba | Selena Ashley |
| 10 | 03/10/12 | Alabama-Huntsville | Whitney Toler |
| 11 | 03/16/12 | Augusta State | Emily Headrick |
| 12 | 03/18/12 | USC Aiken | Samantha Lemm |
| 13 | 03/21/12 | Young Harris | Katie-Jo Gentry |
| 14 | 03/21/12 | Young Harris | Katie-Jo Gentry |
| 15 | 03/30/12 | Armstrong | Megan Barnwell |
| 16 | 04/11/12 | West Georgia | Antoinette Diaz |
| 17 | 04/11/12 | West Georgia | Holly Barnlund |
| 18 | 04/11/12 | West Georgia | Shea McInerny |
| 19 | 04/17/12 | Georgia College | Haley Burnett |
| 20 | 04/21/12 | Flagler | Donna Munafo |
| 21 | 04/22/12 | North Georgia | Jessica Coan |
| 22 | 05/04/12 | Augusta State | Heather Hughes |
