Softball Lands Two on ACC All-Conference Squad

May 11, 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Senior Katie Park (Scottsdale, Ariz.) earned First Team All-ACC honors while classmate Kaitlin Fitzgerald (Placentia, Calif.) was listed on the second team. It was the first time the Cavaliers received multiple selections since 2010.

Park finished the regular season as the team leader in batting average (.383), runs (34), hits (67), doubles (12) and total bases (110). Her 67 hits were the fifth most in the ACC and tied for the eighth most in a single season in Virginia history. She takes a career-best, 12-game hit streak into the postseason and reached safely in her final 14 regular season games. In ACC play she batted a staggering .412 (35-for-85), scored 19 runs and belted five home runs.

Fitzgerald, a 2014 All-Big East selection as a freshman at St. John’s, elevated her game as a senior in conference play, batting .391 (25-for-64) with six doubles and 15 RBIs. She produced walk-off hits against Virginia Tech (March 4) and Georgia Tech (April 15). In the series sweep against Notre Dame, she compiled eight hits, including four in the series finale. She struck out once in her first 68 at bats is the ACC’s third-toughest batter to strikeout.

Park becomes the first Cavalier since Melanie Mitchell in 2010 to garner First Team All-ACC honors. Virginia has now had a student-athlete recognized back-to-back seasons with Allison Davis (Oak Hill, Va.) earning a second team nod in 2016.

Complete 2017 ACC All-Conference Team
Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Jessica Warren, Florida State
Pitcher of the Year: Jessica Burroughs, Florida State
Freshman of the Year: Brittany Pickett, North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Jessica Warren, Florida State
Coach of the Year: Lonni Alameda, Florida State

All- ACC First Team
Chloe Sharabba, SS, Boston College
Jessica Dreswick, Jr., P, Boston College
Jessica Warren, Jr., 3B, Florida State
Jessica Burroughs, R-Sr., P, Florida State
Morgan Klaevemann, Sr., OF, Florida State
Alex Powers, R-Sr., 1B, Florida State
Meghan King, R-So., P, Florida State
Sydney Broderick, Sr., C, Florida State
Brittany Pickett, Fr., UT, North Carolina
Tyler Ross, Sr., LF, NC State
Karley Wester, Sr., CF, Notre Dame
Ali Wester, So., OF, Notre Dame
Sydney O’Hara, Sr., DP, Syracuse
Alicia Hansen, So., 2B, Syracuse
Katie Park, Sr., C, Virginia

All- ACC Second Team
Annie Murphy, Jr., OF, Boston College
Tatiana Cortez, Sr., 3B, Boston College
Cali Harrod, SS, Florida State
Nicole Pufahl, CF, Louisville
Maryssa Becker, Sr., P, Louisville
Morgan Meyer, RF, Louisville
Jordan McNary, Fr., LF, Louisville
Jade Caraway, Fr., CF, NC State
Kendra Lynch, Sr., DP, North Carolina
Taylor Wike, Jr., SS, North Carolina
Leah Murray, So., OF, North Carolina
Morgan Reed, Jr., SS, Notre Dame
Melissa Rochford, So., 3B, Notre Dame
Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Sr., 3B, Virginia
Breanna Davenport, Jr., DP, Virginia Tech

All- ACC Freshman Team
Dani Morgan, OF, Florida State
Caitlin Ferguson, SS, Louisville
Jade Caraway, CF, NC State
Peyton Silverman, P, NC State
Brittany Pickett, UT, North Carolina
Valerie Ortega, C, Pitt
Alexa Romero, P, Syracuse
Carre Eberle, P, Virginia Tech