Joiner named Kentucky Gatorade Softball Player of the Year 6.9.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE GRIFFIN JOINER HAS BEEN SELECTED AS KENTUCKY'S GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

JOINER LED THE LADY COLONELS TO THE SECOND REGION SEMIFINALS THIS SEASON.  SHE HIT .654 WITH 18 DOUBLES, 18 HOME RUNS (A SCHOOL RECORD) AND HAD 66 RBI.  IN THE CIRCLE, JOINER WAS 20-2 WITH A 1.73 EARNED RUN AVERAGE.  JOINER STRUCK OUT 110 BATTERS IN 105 INNINGS PITCHED.  JOINER WAS A 2010 FIRST TEAM ALL STATE AND FINISHED HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH 30 HOME RUNS AND 216 RBI, WHICH PLACED HER SECOND IN STATE HISTORY IN BOTH CATEGORIES.

JOINER--WHO WAS ALSO SALUTATORIAN OF THE 2011 GRADUATING CLASS--WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY THIS FALL TO CONTINUE HER SOFTBALL CAREER.