After a standout season at Southern Union Community College last spring that produced one of the top statistically efforts among national junior college players, Dothan’s Natalie Turner felt ready for
“After our season ended last year, I noticed I had pretty good stats and I wanted to see if there was a bigger opportunity for me to get to a different level and that is when I started reaching out to other schools,” Turner said.
“I am super excited,” Turner said, speaking in a Dothan Eagle interview on Monday. “We just had our second day of practice today and our team is looking really good. I am just excited for it.” “I did a little homework and researched and saw she led the nation in triples at Southern Union,” Newell said. “I had her in for visit. Since I was unable to work her out – that is against NCAA Division I rules – I tried to get her into a camp, but her back was against the wall of whether she was going to go back to Southern Union.
“I have been genuinely pleased with what I have seen,” Newell said. “She has come in with a great work ethic. She is a good athlete. You don’t want to judge the book by its cover, but this young lady looks like an athlete.” Mostly a shortstop in her career, Turner said she was rotating between second base, shortstop and third base on defense in the initial practices. She also has had prior experience in the outfield during travel ball. Her work at third is the first of her career.Newell said Turner fits in with his desire to have versatile players on roster.
“Her speed is top tier in the sense that she is probably in the top two or three speed-wise on our team,” Newell said. “She stole a lot of bases at Southern Union. Troy did not steal a lot of bases last year. In fact, that was a glaring weakness in my eyes. They had only 29 stolen bases.”
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