NDSCS softball completed a 55-8 national championship season
North Dakota State College of Science has four players selected to the National Fastball Coaches Association All-American First Team. The selections mark yet another triumph for the Wildcats following back-to-back NJCAA DIII Softball National Championships.
Ella Stewart, Rayelle Cooley, Blythe Proulx and Izzi Parsons earned the honors.
Izzi Parsons (Fr.) – .372/.410/.398
Parsons, an outfielder from Hartford, South Dakota, broke the NDSCS steals record this season with 64. Meredith Frey’s record of 63 stood for just one season. The slap hitter batted .372 with 71 hits and 23 RBIs. Parsons added a .987 fielding percentage, committing only one error over 59 games.
Blythe Proulx (So.) – .448/.534/.968
Proulx, an outfielder from Cloquet, Minnesota, supplied the power. The strong righty clobbered 13 home runs, matching her freshman total. Proulx added nine doubles, one triple and 51 RBIs, upping her season-to-season batting average by 66 points.
Rayelle Cooley (So.) – .403/.495/.643
Cooley, a second baseman from Oxbow, Saskatchewan, blended speed and power and played great defense at the keystone. The right-handed hitter tallied 20 doubles, four triples and three long balls while generating 49 runs and 49 RBIs.
Ella Stewart (So.) – 2.28 ERA/0.95 WHIP
Stewart, a sophomore pitcher from Prescott, Wisconsin, completed a 20-5 campaign while making 27 starts in the circle. The righty hurler chewed up 147 innings, posting a sharp 188:17 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Stewart finishes her NDSCS career with 338 strikeouts in 85 appearances.
