| Darby Cottle |
Full Name: Darby Lynn Cottle
School: Tift County High School in Tifton, Georgia
Awards: 1982 Broderick Award
2019 Champions Beyond the Game
Retired Jersey: 15
Legacy Bricks: Legacy Walk Map Link
1981, 82 Softball AA - Loc 4
1988 Softball HOF - Loc 41
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| Retirement of Jessica van der Linden's jersey with Darby Cottle. |
| FSU Career |
| Softball | |
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1980 SS 5-3 127 R R Fr * Ty Ty, GA 1981 15 SS 5-3 120 R R So * Ty Ty, GA 1982 15 SS 5-3 127 R R Jr * Ty Ty, GA 1983 15 SS 5-3 120 R R Sr * Ty Ty, GA |
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| All-American Awards |
| Softball |
Year Award 1981 Assoc of Intercollegiate Ath for Women - All-American 1982 Assoc of Intercollegiate Ath for Women - All-American |
| Member of the FSU Hall of Fame |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1988 |
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Darby Cottle made such an impact on Florida State softball from 1979 to 1982 that she is the only player to have her number retired. Cottle, who won the prestigious Broderick Award in 1982 as the
nation's finest softball player, led the Lady Seminoles to consecutive AIAW slow pitch national championships in 1981 and 1982. The Ty Ty, Georgia native was named All-American in both her junior and
senior years and also was selected to the All-Region and All-National teams. Selected as a Champion Beyond the Game in 2019 Darby Cottle Veazey, a member of the AIAW FSU slow-pitch
softball team is a two-time All American. Darby is one of the only two female athletes to have their number retired at FSU. In her athletic career, Cottle Veazey earned some of the highest honors ever
given to a female athlete at FSU including the Broderick Award for slow-pitch softball. She was later named the amateur softball player of the year for slow-pitch softball by the United States Olympic
Committee. After graduating in 1983, she married her husband, Todd Veazey, and had two children, Carly and Chance. She has been the owner of a State Farm Insurance Agency since 1994 and has received
the Production Award 21 times as well as the Quality Business award every year since 1994. Darby has been greatly involved locally by being a Community Coach for basketball and softball with the Tift
County Rec Department. She is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Adult Chapter and provides support for student-athletes through school clubs. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Softball |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 .333 47 47 141 47 4 2 3 46 64 .454 .333 1981 .428 60 194 52 83 6 3 12 45 131 .675 4 4 .439 5 1982 .459 63 209 74 96 11 3 10 44 143 .684 11 1 .486 3 1983 .454 52 185 43 84 5 4 7 46 118 .638 11 2 .485 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .425 222 47 729 169 310 26 12 32 181 456 .626 26 0 7 0 .445 0 15 0 0 |
Fielding Statistics Year PO AST E FLD% DP ---------------------------- 1981 113 136 44 .850 1982 102 139 16 .938 1983 107 159 14 .950 ---------------------------- Tot 322 434 74 .911 0 |
| Softball |
Game Statistics |
1980 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 28 North Florida JC 2 .667 1 SS 3 2 1 2 0 Feb 28 North Florida JC 2 .429 1 SS 4 1 1 1 0 Mar 4 Central Florida 2 .300 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 4 Florida 2 .231 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 6 Brevard CC 2 .313 1 SS 3 2 1 0 4 0 Mar 6 Brevard CC 2 .263 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 14 Florida A&M 2 .273 1 SS 3 1 1 0 2 0 Mar 14 Florida JC 2 .269 1 SS 4 1 0 1 0 Mar 16 Flagler College 2 .276 1 SS 3 1 0 1 0 Mar 16 Lake City CC 2 .267 1 SS 1 0 2 0 0 Mar 16 Florida 2 .303 1 SS 3 2 1 2 0 Mar 16 Lake City CC 2 .306 1 SS 3 1 0 1 0 Mar 21 South Florida 2 .316 1 SS 2 1 0 1 0 Mar 21 South Florida 2 .293 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 22 Central Florida 2 .273 1 SS 3 0 1 0 0 Mar 22 South Florida 2 .250 1 SS 4 0 0 0 0 Mar 23 Florida Southern Col 2 .235 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 23 Florida 2 .259 1 SS 3 2 0 2 0 Mar 25 Florida 2 .250 1 SS 2 0 0 0 0 Mar 25 Florida A&M 2 .237 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Mar 28 Stetson 2 .258 1 SS 3 2 2 2 0 Mar 28 FL International 2 .277 1 SS 3 2 2 2 0 Mar 28 Florida 2 .269 1 SS 2 0 0 0 0 Apr 1 Flagler College 2 .271 1 SS 3 1 2 1 0 Apr 1 Flagler College 2 .280 1 SS 5 2 2 0 Apr 8 Chipola CC 1 .269 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 Apr 8 Lake City CC 2 .275 1 SS 2 1 0 1 0 Apr 11 Appalachian State 2 .298 1 SS 4 3 1 1 4 0 Apr 11 Northern Kentucky 2 .310 1 SS 3 2 1 1 4 0 Apr 12 Florida 2 .303 1 SS 2 0 0 0 0 Apr 12 North Carolina State 2 .304 1 SS 3 1 1 1 0 Apr 12 Florida 2 .301 1 SS 1 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 Chipola CC 1 .309 1 SS 4 2 3 2 0 Apr 14 Chipola CC 1 .310 1 SS 3 1 1 3 4 0 Apr 17 Miami 2 .333 1 SS 5 4 1 1 5 0 Apr 18 South Florida 2 .339 1 SS 4 2 1 3 5 0 Apr 18 Central Florida 2 .333 1 SS 2 0 0 0 0 Apr 19 Florida 2 .333 1 SS 3 1 0 1 0 Apr 22 North Florida JC 2 .345 1 SS 2 2 2 0 Apr 22 North Florida JC 2 .339 1 SS 5 1 1 0 Apr 28 Auburn 2 .331 1 SS 3 0 0 0 Apr 28 Auburn 2 .328 1 SS 4 1 1 0 May 1 West Georgia 2 .326 1 SS 1 0 0 0 May 1 Auburn 2 .338 1 SS 4 3 3 0 May 2 Florida 2 .338 1 SS 3 1 1 0 May 2 Auburn 2 .341 1 SS 2 1 1 0 May 3 Florida 2 .333 1 SS 3 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals .333 47 47 141 0 47 3 2 2 25 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1981 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 14 Western Carolina 3 .500 1 SS 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 May 15 North Carolina State 3 .571 1 SS 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 May 15 East Carolina 3 .583 1 SS 5 2 3 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 3 2 May 16 North Carolina 3 .600 1 SS 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals .600 4 4 15 3 9 2 0 1 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 1 1982 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 14 South Florida 2 .750 1 SS 4 3 3 0 3 0 May 15 Florida 2 .750 1 SS 4 3 3 1 0 4 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals .750 2 2 8 6 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1983 Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 2 Lake City CC 3 .600 1 SS 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 Mar 2 Lake City CC 3 .500 1 SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Mar 9 Florida Atlantic 3 .583 1 SS 4 1 3 1 6 6 0 0 0 1 2 Mar 9 Florida Atlantic 3 .643 1 SS 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 4 3 Mar 11 Campbell 3 .611 1 SS 4 2 2 2 7 8 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 Mar 11 East Carolina 3 .524 1 SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 Mar 11 Miami Dade North CC 3 .500 1 SS 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 Mar 11 West Florida 3 .500 1 SS 2 3 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 Mar 12 Jacksonville 3 .516 1 SS 5 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 Mar 12 Lake City CC 3 .500 1 SS 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 Mar 18 Armstrong State Coll 3 .528 1 SS 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 Mar 18 Edison CC 3 .487 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Mar 19 South Florida 3 .488 1 SS 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 Mar 19 Lake City CC 3 .455 1 SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Mar 21 Cleveland State 3 .447 1 SS 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 Mar 21 Cleveland State 3 .440 1 SS 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 Mar 22 Florida A&M 3 .481 1 SS 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 5 Mar 22 Florida A&M 3 .474 1 SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 Apr 1 Pensacola CC 1 .459 1 SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Apr 11 Jacksonville 1 .453 1 SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Apr 11 Jacksonville 1 .441 1 SS 4 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals .441 21 21 68 15 30 2 1 5 26 49 8 0 1 5 0 0 0 35 55 6 |