Joseph City native Tahlisa Blosser has become a national college softball standout with her addition to the All American 1st Team for Division II.
Blosser was ranked fourth at nationals in 2011, up from seventh in 2010.
During her last season at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, where she earned an associate’s degree in psychology in May, she ranked second in the nation in her division for home runs with 28 in the 2011 season.
She helped her team win the Division II Regional tournament in 2010 and 2011, sending the Cougars to Bloomington, Ill., for nationals.
Blosser earned a number of accolades during her tenure at South Mountain, which she attended on a softball scholarship and where she was in the honors program for the past two years.
She was named to the All Conference 2nd Team and All Region for Division II; and the Regional Team and All American 1st Team by the National Fast Pitch Coach Association.
Blosser earned the South Mountain Team Leadership Iron Woman award, and was named Batter of the Week three times by the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference. The National Junior College Ath-letic Association dubbed her Player of the Week last March.
Now a catcher/ outfielder for Jackson State University in Mississippi, Blosser is on scholarship with the Division I school. She is attending the university on a softball scholarship and a Phi Theta Kappa academic scholarship, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Blosser is the daughter of Ronnie and Chari Blosser of Joseph City. She has one sister, Harlie.
