Junge voted Big South Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Charleston Southern softball pitcher Annah Junge made history on Wednesday, as the Big South Conference awarded her Big South Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. This makes her the first Charleston Southern athlete ever to win the award dating back to 1995-96, when the award began.
 
Junge won her third-straight Big South Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2024, becoming just the second player in league history to win the award three times in a row. Majoring in Chemistry, she earned a 4.0 GPA for her undergraduate before earning her master’s degree in biology.
 
Junge was selected to the Big South All-Academic team in each of her final four years with the program. In 2023, she was a Second-Team All-Big South recipient, finishing with a 19-9 record with a 2.50 ERA in conference play, eight shutouts and just a 0.98 walks per 7.0 innings.
 
The Ballwin, MO native wrapped up her five-year Charleston Southern career in 2024 with a 7-11 record and a 3.67 ERA, as Charleston Southern earned a bid to the Big South Tournament as a top-four seed. This past season, Junge passed Jennifer Giles (2012-15) as the school’s all-time leader in career strikeouts with 479.