In the batter’s box Jordanna Freemer is known as a beast or animal. However, looks do not always paint the picture, but her insane average sure does.

The 19-year-old kinesiology major from Oakley, a small town near Pittsburgh, is on the verge of consecutive multi award-winning years.

Last year Freemer accumulated a career's worth of awards: she was the California Collegiate Athletic Association Freshman of the Year, a CCAA first teamer, and a 2005 NCAA Division II Softball Championship All-Tournament Team recipient.

Teammate Danielle Russo, a junior outfielder, believes Freemer, with her uncanny ability to hit, is not of human genotype.

“She hits bombs, she is an animal, a beast, Jordanna the beast. The beast is what we call her (on the field),” said Russo.

A beast? Not literally, but the girl puts up a monster batting average of .500, which Barry Bonds cannot even touch. Add on four homeruns and a .742 slugging percentage, and you have a hitting machine.

Coach Kristi Lansford said, in an e-mail, that Freemer is a huge part of SF State softball. With amazing power and incredible bat speed, coach Lansford thinks Freemer has already established herself as one of SF State’s greatest.

“She is one of the best hitters to ever play here,” Lansford said.

But the shy yet outgoing Freemer is humble and does not take credit for being the power hitter of the team.

“I wouldn’t consider myself the power hitter of the team because everybody has the ability to hit the ball,” said Freemer.

But the numbers do not lie and neither do her teammates.

“She hits the snot out of the ball,” exclaimed junior infielder Nicole Hartfield.

Hartfield remembered a moment when Freemer hit a ball so hard she knocked the opposing pitcher out of the game.

“In the Grand Canyon game, Jordanna hit a bomb at the pitcher, knocked her glove off, and she was out for the game.”

Freemer admits while taking batting practice, she sometimes hammers the ball over a second wall rather than the diamonds regular fence.

Not only does Freemer love to smack balls all around the field like it is target practice, but she also enjoys mixing. The DJ wannabe said she loves to mix CD’s and her favorite song right now is Nelly’s “Grillz.”

“I like mixing music, making music CD’s, and mixing, things like that,” said DJ Freemer. She said she was getting better and had been working at the craft for two years, using her friend’s turntables.

If the DJ stint does not work out, her teammates agree that she would be a great photographer. Freemer is known as the team’s photo girl.

“She’s the team's photographer; she always has her camera out,” said junior utility player Kristin Bartholomay.

“I always have my camera with me, when we (the team) hang out and go to different places,” said Freemer.

She not only has a keen eye for photos, hitting the ball enormous distances and an ear for some hip-hop, but most importantly Freemer is a teammate first. Her teammates enjoy her fun loving spirit, her comedic attitude and a friendship that runs deeper than softball.

“Jordanna is a wonderful person, very caring and she will always be there whenever you need her,” said Russo. “We love her, she’s awesome.”