Two-time reigning Player of Year  

Right to left-handed switch 

nets NCAA #2 batting average
 

This story greatly condenses much larger article by Mike Finney/ The News Journal (www.delawareonline.com).

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Delaware State University's Jordan Reid (Accokeek, Md)... “is the two-time reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, becoming the first DSU athlete in any sport to win consecutive Player of the Year awards. She had the second-highest batting average in the NCAA last year at .497, which led the MEAC by nearly 90 points.

Jordan Reid

“But don't be fooled, says Delaware State softball coach Jeff Savage. Reid had to work hard for everything she has been able to attain.

“'The funny thing about Jordan Reid is when she was a freshman, she had 29 at-bats,' Savage said. 'She's a right-handed hitter who we thought was really athletic, but it just wasn't clicking for her.

“'So we said to Jordan, 'Go home over the summer and work on your left-handed hitting and come back in the fall and we'll rep it out.' When she did, she became a two-time Player of the Year.'…

“Reid, who leads DSU with a .379 batting average, four triples and a .579 slugging percentage, is hoping she can lead her team to its second MEAC championship, and first since 2008, in her last season...

“Delaware State is 19-14-1 overall, 9-3 in the MEAC, and is tied with Norfolk State for the Northern Division lead with six regular-season conference games remaining. The Hornets won a school-record 11 consecutive games this spring.

“Savage is quick to note Reid's role in his team's success.

“'She makes us go. She stirs the drink,' Savage said. 'When we can get Jordan on base and we can get her rolling, it makes us much more difficult. We've got the lumber, but she's our lightning.'

"Delaware State's Jordan Reid, a two-time MEAC Softball Player of the Year, had the second-highest batting average in the NCAA last year at .497, which led the MEAC by nearly 90 points. SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL/EMILY VARISCO"

“Reid has made the most of her career at Delaware State, both on the field and in the classroom. The criminal justice major hopes to one day become a federal agent. She has earned Dean's List honors five out of her seven semesters enrolled at DSU...

“Savage said that Reid will return to school next fall to begin work on her master's degree, and she will help coach the Hornets as a graduate assistant.”