June 20, 2000

Heather Allister, a first-team NFCA Junior College All-America outfielder from Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif., has signed a letter-of-intent to play softball for the Missouri Tigers, Head Coach Jay Miller announced today.

This spring she led her junior college team to the California junior college state title, hitting .456 - the third best single-season figure ever at Palomar. She also earned first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference and All-State honors and was a member of the California JUCO all-tournament team.

Allister is a native of Nacogdoches, Texas, where she attended Nacogdoches High School.