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Flesher Named to SEC Community Service Team
The 2012 team leader in ERA (2.30) and winning percentage (.800), Flesher has been co-president of MSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, while also bringing in more than 4,000 pounds of food to be distributed to impoverished families in the area as a leader of the campus-wide Thanksgiving canned food drive. She has participated in various summer softball camps, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and has worked extensively with Bully's Book Blitz, which encourages literacy to schoolchildren.
Flesher has furthermore helped teach and tutor children around the county area, including Aiken Village Preschool, Sudduth Elementary School and East Oktibbeha County Elementary School. Flesher graduated Cum Laude with a degree in elementary education this past December and is currently enrolled in the instructional technology master's program at State. Along with being a member of the National Collegiate Honorary Society, she has similarly been a five-year member of the MSU Bulldog Honor Roll and Academic All-SEC Honor Roll. The past two years, Flesher has been named a NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
Athletically, Flesher is one of the most decorated pitchers in school history, ranking in the top five all-time in school history in appearances (123, 2nd), wins (44, 4th) and strikeouts (257, 6th).
Bulldog fans can watch Flesher and her teammates Thursday at 7 p.m. on ESPN as the Maroon and White battle No. 3 Alabama in the first round of the 2012 SEC Tournament. The game can also be viewed at ESPN3.com, while free audio streaming will be available through HailStateTV at www.hailstate.com/hstvlive. For more information regarding MSU softball and their postseason push, follow the team on Twitter at @MStateSB and like the team at Facebook.com/MStateSB.
