Charleston’s Conroy, UNCW’s Hamilton Tabbed D1Softball.com Freshman All-Americans
Dylan Smith
RICHMOND, Va. – Charleston’s
Bronwyn Conroy and UNCW’s
Camille Hamilton were named Freshman All-America Second Team selections by D1Softball.com on Thursday morning.
Conroy has been lethal at the dish and on the base path all season, boasting a .382/.441/.457 slash line. The Marietta, Ga., native is second in the conference with 76 hits in total, a mark that sits third among freshmen nationally. Packaged with her ability to get on base frequently, Conroy has swiped 44 bases on 48 attempts, leading all first-year players and sitting third overall in NCAA Division I. The speedy outfielder produced an 89.8% efficiency in stolen bases, also sitting first in the conference and 19
th in the country. Conroy garnered All-Rookie and All-CAA Second Team honors following the regular season.
CAA Pitcher and Rookie of the Year Hamilton went off with a 15-6 mark, five complete games and a league-best 2.16 ERA across 113.1 innings of work. Furthermore, she has been vital to six shutouts this season, including three on her own. The Garner, N.C., product’s best performance of the season came on the opening night of conference play as Hamilton tossed the program’s first perfect game, based on available records, in just her fourth career start. The two-time CAA Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honoree struck out a season-best 11 hitters in the 8-0 win over N.C. A&T on March 13, retiring seven of the first 12 batters she faced on strikes.
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