Hall of Fame
JESSICA LIDDY (Softball 2004-07)
A Jupiter, Fla., native, Jessica Liddy Wallace was a four-year starter on UNA softball teams from 2004-07.
As a junior she became the program’s first All-American in softball, being named to the second-team of the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America team. She helped lead that 2006 team to a 40-20 record and to the first NCAA Division II Playoff appearance in UNA softball history. A four-time All-Gulf South Conference selection with first-team selections in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and a second-team nod in 2007, she is one of just 16 student-athletes in school history to be selected All-GSC four straight years.
Liddy set school career records for most games played (219), most games started (219), most at bats (675), most hits (225), most runs batted in (169), most doubles (52) and most home runs (31). She finished with a .333 career batting average (225 of 675) and had 88 career extra-base hits. She set single season records for most runs batted in (52 in 2006), most doubles (17 in 2006) and most home runs (15 in in 2005).
An All-South Region selection in 2005, 2006 and 2007, she earned one GSC Player of the Week honor for Feb. 27, 2007. Liddy led the Lions in runs batted in four straight seasons and in home runs three times.
She holds two degrees from UNA with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 2007 and a Masters of Arts and Education in 2013.
Employed as a teacher at Weeden Elementary School, Liddy had served 10 years in the Florence City School System at the time of her induction. She worked eight years at Forest Hills elementary and also coached both softball and volleyball at Florence High School for four years.
Liddy was named Weeden Elementary and Florence City Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year and also created a shoe program for students at Weeden that resulted in more than 400 pair of shoes being donated last year. She also represents District 7 on the Board of Directors for the Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (ASAHPERD).
Liddy is married to Bret Wallace and they have a son, Luke.
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