South Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame
During her four-year career from 2012-15, Farish Beard was a two-time second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association all-region selection who earned all-Sun Belt Conference honors on three different occasions after being named first-team all-league as a junior as well as second-team all-SBC two other years.
In addition, the right-hander from Fairhope, Ala., was also chosen the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week five times throughout her career while also making the all-tournament team at the league championship her senior season.
At the time of her induction, Beard sat as the school’s all-time leader in three different statistical categories — earned-run average (1.57), opponents’ batting average (.148) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.28) — while also standing third on the career record list with 63 wins and 21 shutouts, and fourth with 603 strikeouts and 454.2 innings pitched.
She went 23-0 with a 1.61 ERA and posted 201 strikeouts in 143.1 innings as a sophomore, following up with a 22-7 mark, 1.23 ERA and 224 strikeouts in 164.2 innings the next season to be named second-team all-region both years.
Her efforts helped the Jaguars go 171-53 (76.3%) over a four-year span, with the team winning three Sun Belt Tournament championships while making four NCAA Regional appearances during that stretch.
