Christine (KORVER) YON
played softball at Win-
throp from 1993-1997 and is one of the greatest hitters
in the history of the school and the Big South.
She ranks among the Winthrop career top 10 lead-
ers in eight offensive categories and was a two-time
All-Big South Conference and Big South All-Tourna-
ment Team selection in 1994 and 1995.
After the 1995 Big South Tournament she was voted
the tournament’s Most Valuable Player by the head
coaches and was the only Eagle on the all-tournament
team that season. She helped Winthrop defeat Coast-
al Carolina, and Charleston Southern before finally
being elimnated in game 12 of the tourney. In the win
over the Bucs she hit a three-run, lead-changing home
run and had four RBI in the game. She finished the
tournament with two doubles, two home runs and nine
RBI in three games while batting over .500.
She ranks as Winthrop’s all-time leader in RBI with
145. That also ranks 8th all-time in Big South history.
She is second in total hits, home runs and total bases.
Before the 2007 season, she was the single season
record holder for highest batting average at .410, hits
with 73, doubles with 17, triples with 7 and RBI with
57. She is still on top of batting average, doubles, and
triples, but her hits and RBI records were broken. She
ranks 9th all-time with 14 triples in Big South history.
She is the all-time leader with 30 home runs,
but played several games on fields that did not have an outfield fence. Had she done so, her career total could be
a lot more.
As a freshman she started all 19 games she played and batted .500 with 15 runs, 15 RBI and a .707 slugging
%. As a sophomore and full-time starter she led the team with a .331 average, seven triples, six home runs and
40 RBI. It was her junior year when she broke through and had a huge season for the Eagles. She finished with a
.410 average, which is still the school record. She had 17 doubles, 57 RBI, 41 runs and only struck out six times.
Her senior season she finished with better than a .400 batting average again and became just the second player
in school history to finish with a .400 average or more in two seasons.
Christine is currently employed at Anderson University in Anderson, SC.
Hall Of Famer Christine (Korver) Yon
