Softball Postseason Awards

[Stickboy46]

Softball team damn near had a clean sweep of individual awards. Player of the year, Defensive Player of the year, Rookie of the year and Coaching staff of the year. Only non WSU individual awards went to the USF Pitcher for pitcher of the year

[1972Shocker]

KungWu can you merge this into the Softball Postseason Honors thread that already exists or merge the previouis one into this one:

https://shockernet.net/forum/wichita-state-athletics/wichita-state-women-s-sports/1297345-2021-post-season-softball-honors#post1297398

Thanks.

[1972Shocker]

Barnard Invited to Team USA U-18 Team Trials

https://goshockers.com/news/2021/5/25/softball-barnard-invited-to-team-usa-u-18-team-trials.aspx

Wichita State freshman outfielder Addison Barnard is one of 32 players selected to participate at the USA Softball U-18 Junior Women's National Team (JWNT) selection trials, which will take place June 22-25 in Oklahoma City.

[1972Shocker]

All-American Status: McKinney Tabbed NFCA All-American

https://goshockers.com/news/2021/6/2/softball-all-american-status-mckinney-tabbed-nfca-all-american.aspx

Wichita State softball's 2021 campaign recorded another first. Sophomore shortstop Sydney McKinney was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-American Wednesday, becoming the first Shocker in program history to earn All-America honors.

The Norborne, Mo., native broke the Wichita State single season record for hits (87) and batting average (.439) in 2021. Her 87 hits ranked second nationally, while her .439 average ranked No. 23 and led the American Athletic Conference. Considered one of the toughest to strikeout at the plate, McKinney struck out only four times this season in 198 at bats.

She started all 55 games for Wichita State and added seven home runs, 10 doubles, 56 runs and 31 RBI. Her 56 runs scored rank second on the single season charts at Wichita State.

McKinney also completed one of the best league offensive seasons in American Athletic Conference history, narrowly missing The American single-season record with a .529 batting average in 24 starts. She did establish top all-time conference marks for hits (46), runs scored (34) and total bases (67) in league matchups. McKinney safely reached base in her first 23 conference games played during the regular season, finishing the league slate with 17 multi-hit outings.

[1972Shocker]

I guess this would be covered by post-season awards and acknowledgements for a job well done:

Pressley Bell Named Pitching Coach; Elizabeth Economon Elevated to Associate Head Coach

https://goshockers.com/news/2021/6/1...ead-coach.aspx