El Paso's Andrea Morales named Division II Pitcher of the year for Rogers State
El Paso's Andrea Morales, who helped Rogers State to the NCAA Division II softball championship, has been named the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II National Pitcher of the Year by a unanimous vote.
She is the first player in program history to win this award.
Morales, who played high school softball at Parkland, holds every major pitching record in RSU softball history. The 2022 MIAA Player of the Year finished her final campaign with a NCAA-best 38-4 record and a 1.20 ERA, 348 strikeouts and 43 walks in 280.1 innings.
The NFCA and D2CAA First Team All-American is one of only 17 NCAA Division II pitchers in history to log 110 wins and 1,000 strikeouts and was one of two active pitchers across all levels of the NCAA (I, II, III) to accomplish this feat, joining Division I USF's Georgina Corrick.
Morales played a critical role in helping the Hillcats to their first NCAA Division II Softball National Championship earlier this week. She went 4-0 in the tournament with a 2.60 ERA in 31.2 innings with four complete games in five appearances.
The Player of the Year award was created in 2015 to honor the outstanding athletic achievements among softball student-athletes throughout NCAA Division II. In 2019, the Association expanded the award to include a Player and Pitcher of the Year.
The awards are voted on by the elected members of the NFCA Division II All-American Committee with one head coach representing each of the eight NCAA regions. To be eligible, a student-athlete's head coach must be a member.
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