COLLEGE STATION – Six members of the Texas A&M softball team earned National Fastpitch Coaches Assocation (NFCA) All-South Region Team honors, it was announced Thursday.
Riley Sartain and Samantha Show were named to the first team, while Kaitlyn Alderink, Lexi Smith, Ashley Walters and Tori Vidales earned second team accolades.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's 10 regions with first, second and third team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams, and all the honorees now become eligible for selection to the 2017 NFCA Division I All-American squads.
Sartain leads the Aggies in batting average (.354) and RBI (41) and is second in slugging percentage (.646), hits (51), home runs (11) and on-base percentage (.448).
Show, who was named to the second team a year ago, is batting .293 with six home runs and 36 RBI. In the circle, the East Bernard, Texas, native holds a 17-6 record with a 1.87 ERA and 110 strikeouts.
Smith has thrown eight complete games and is 11-1 with a 1.65 ERA. The Temple, Texas, native has struck out 108 batters in 102 innings, and fanned a season-high 14 against Ole Miss on March 19.
Alderink, who was started in every game at second base, is second on the team with a .335 batting average and tops the team with 55 hits. Alderink's lone home run of the season came in the Aggies' upset victory over then-No. 1 Florida State at the Mary Nutter Classic.
A second team member a year ago, Walters powers the Aggies with 16 doubles and is batting .329 with three home runs and 34 RBI.
Vidales has started in every game at first base and is the team leader in home runs with 15 and is third all-time in program history with 49. The La Porte, Texas, native has scored 41 times this season, which also leads the team.
The Aggies return to action Friday as they begin their run to Oklahoma City with a 6:30 p.m. matchup against Texas Southern in the NCAA College Station Regional.
To learn more about Texas A&M softball, log on to 12thMan.com or follow @AggieSoftball on Twitter.
Riley Sartain and Samantha Show were named to the first team, while Kaitlyn Alderink, Lexi Smith, Ashley Walters and Tori Vidales earned second team accolades.
The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's 10 regions with first, second and third team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams, and all the honorees now become eligible for selection to the 2017 NFCA Division I All-American squads.
Sartain leads the Aggies in batting average (.354) and RBI (41) and is second in slugging percentage (.646), hits (51), home runs (11) and on-base percentage (.448).
Show, who was named to the second team a year ago, is batting .293 with six home runs and 36 RBI. In the circle, the East Bernard, Texas, native holds a 17-6 record with a 1.87 ERA and 110 strikeouts.
Smith has thrown eight complete games and is 11-1 with a 1.65 ERA. The Temple, Texas, native has struck out 108 batters in 102 innings, and fanned a season-high 14 against Ole Miss on March 19.
Alderink, who was started in every game at second base, is second on the team with a .335 batting average and tops the team with 55 hits. Alderink's lone home run of the season came in the Aggies' upset victory over then-No. 1 Florida State at the Mary Nutter Classic.
A second team member a year ago, Walters powers the Aggies with 16 doubles and is batting .329 with three home runs and 34 RBI.
Vidales has started in every game at first base and is the team leader in home runs with 15 and is third all-time in program history with 49. The La Porte, Texas, native has scored 41 times this season, which also leads the team.
The Aggies return to action Friday as they begin their run to Oklahoma City with a 6:30 p.m. matchup against Texas Southern in the NCAA College Station Regional.
To learn more about Texas A&M softball, log on to 12thMan.com or follow @AggieSoftball on Twitter.