Seymour, an infielder/pitcher from Shelby, Ohio, batted .444 in 22 games as a senior at Shelby High School. She also posted a 2.10 ERA on the mound with 85 strikeouts. She was named to the Northern Ohio League First Team, the Northwest District Division II Second Team, and the Mansfield News Journal First Team in both her junior and senior seasons. Seymour will be the third Whippet on the softball roster as she joins former Shelby teammates Leslie Banichar and Laura Morris, who will be a junior and a senior respectively for the Lady Cougars.

“Tiffany will add a lot of versatility to our roster,” said MVNU head coach Jeana Howald. “She is capable of playing in the infield for us and could be used on the mound as a pitcher. She knows the game well and was a leader on her high school team. We are excited to have her join our program.”

In addition to playing softball at Shelby, Seymour played basketball and golf for the Whippets. She had the lowest average on the golf team the final three years of her high school career and she was a Northwest District Honorable Mention pick each of the three seasons. She was also the first girls’ golfer at Shelby to make three appearances in the district tournament, and she recorded the school’s first hole-in-one in the sectional tournament as a freshman. Seymour graduated with honors and was named to the Academic All-Ohio list as a senior as well as being Shelby’s Most Outstanding Female Senior Athlete. She is also active in the youth group at Journey Life Center.

“I like the fact that MVNU is a smaller school and I like the setting of the campus,” said Seymour of her college choice. “The Christian atmosphere also really made a difference in my selection process. They have a great accounting program along with a great softball team. MVNU just seemed like the perfect school for me.”

MVNU is an NAIA school that competes in the American Mideast Conference. The Lady Cougars posted a 26-20 overall record in 2008, and the program has an all-time mark of 551-370-2 in the 24 years of the program’s history. The team also advanced to the championship game of the NAIA Region IX Tournament in 2008 for the first time ever despite entering the tournament as the fifth seed in the seven-team tournament.