Friday, May 26, 2017

Big East All Conference Softball

Big East Softball coaches have three years of misery as the Big East player of the year is a freshman.  Yes a freshman is the best player in the league and it is  Hunt shortstop Bri Tucker.

Pitcher of the year is Hunt's senior Samantha Waddell.   Hunt makes a clean sweep of All the softball awards when coach Tiffany Rowe wins the coach of the year.

Hunt has six all conference spots being the conference champions and joining Tucker and Waddell are sophomores 3rd baseman Allyson Matthews, senior 2nd baseman Madison Pyle.  Junior catcher Julianne Etheridge and Hannah Williams senior centerfielder.  Hunt Honorable Mentions player is Destiny Norris freshman 1st baseman.

Fike the second place team earns  four all conference selections.  Senior c.f./p Erin Pitchey, LeAnn Pittman soph p/3b/1b,  Bailee Summerlin  junior 2b, Elizabeth Secrest fr of/c/3b.  Fike's honorable mention player is Tameron Taylor Sr of.

Third place belongs to Southern Nash who gets four all stars. Senior shortstop Kayla Moore, Sr 3b Katie Hill, senior 1b Olivia Lamm and freshman pitcher Cardigan Ewers.  The Lady Birds honorable mentions player is Elizabeth Collie fr 3b/ rd

Nash Central has three spots for 4th place.  Haley Baker Sr utility,  Cara Schrock fr Utility and Zhatterica Cherry fr c.  Honorable mentions belongs to Katya Fox fr 1b/c

Northern Nash has three slots and it starts with Sr ss Madison Lamprecht,  Jenna McKenny Soph P and Destiny Cheeseman fr 3b.  Northern's honorable mention performer is Emily Garner Jr 1b.

Rocky Mount rounds out the field with one all star Sr shortstop Jessica Little.  Honorable mentions goes to Destiny Morton.

They may have moved the ACC tournament away  from North Carolina for this year but tell the Big Four North Carolina members of the ACC.  Duke has won the D bracket beating Clemson and Virginia.  Wake is 1-0 while State and Carolina both are 1-0 and play each other tonight for the right to win B bracket.  From what I have seen on TV so far I doubt the attendance average for all games is less than a 1000.  Even the Louisville game against Notre Dame only had maybe 3 thousand.  The ACC is taking a great hit financially by moving the tournament from the Triangle.