CSU Adds Local Prep Standout During Early Period

Columbus, Ga. -- Columbus State softball coach Brad Huskisson has announced the signing of Northside High School catcher Casey Googe. The signing took place as part of the NCAA Early Signing Period. Googe will join her brother, Tyler, who signed with the CSU baseball program during the early period, as well.

This fall, Googe led coach Chera Riles’ Northside Patriot team all the way to the AAA State Championship game for the first time in school history. On the season, Casey batted .352 with 6 doubles and three homers and had a whopping .457 slugging percentage. She also added eight stolen bases.

Googe has been an All Bi-City selection in each of her four high school seasons and was chosen in the Georgia Elite 80 as a junior and a senior. She is a three-time All-State selection and will likely earn a fourth straight honor when the 2009 team is released. Huskisson believes Casey to be a true 5 tool athlete; she can hit for power, hit for average, run, throw, and play just about any position on the field. "Casey is another player that fits the mold of what we are looking for in our players at CSU. She is an excellent student, a gifted athlete, and an all around great person, not to mention she has the strongest arm I have ever seen on a softball player" says Huskisson.

Googe joins fellow freshman signee Erin Tyson, a left-handed pitcher out of Central High School in Phenix City, as the only two early signees for Huskisson's program in 2009.