Softball: 10 Berry players honored by SAA

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The Southern Athletic Association announced the 2015 Softball All-Conference award winners and regular season and tournament champion Berry College earned 10 honors. Berry’s Kassie Howard won the top prize of Player of the Year. Berry’s Cori Thiermann was selected Coach of the Year by her peers for the third straight time. Howard also clinched a spot on the all-conference first team as a pitcher. A freshman out of Duluth, Georgia, Howard posted a league-best 1.01 ERA in 111.0 innings pitched in her first year as a Viking. She also struck out an SAA-high 121 batters, allowing opposing batters a .164 batting average against her in the circle.

Theirmann also earned her third straight SAA Softball Coach of the Year honor, as she improved her career record to 153-73, posting a .674 winning percentage. In only six years at Berry, Theirmann has led BC to three consecutive regular season titles, as well as an SAA tournament title and a 32-6 overall record this season.

Kylie Aiken, Sarah Moore, Brittany Ferrell, and Brittany Tuttle each earned spots on the SAA All-Conference first team as well.

A freshman second baseman from Johns Creek, Aiken batted .404 for the Vikings, hitting in 30 RBIs and scoring 23 runs on the season.

Moore, a sophomore shortstop out of Rising Fawn tabbed her second All-SAA award in as many years. Moore batted .412 on the year, knocking in 40 RBIs and scoring 27 runs for the Vikes.

A sophomore outfielder from Powder Springs, Brittany Ferrell collected her second All-SAA honor for the second straight time. Ferrell posted a .452 batting average, scoring 28 runs and batting in 17 RBIs from the leadoff position.

Tuttle, a freshmen outfielder from Snellville earned a spot on the all-conference first team batting a team-high .470. Tuttle knocked in eight RBIs and scored 37 runs for the Vikings in her 34 game appearances. She also stole 13 bases on the season.

Three other BC players clinched spots on the all-conference second team: Marie Collop, Allison DeBusk, and Allie Coronado.

An SAA honorable mention last year, sophomore first baseman Marie Collop earned a spot on the second team this year as she batted .314 with 23 RBIs and a team-high four home runs on the season.

A sophomore third baseman from Corryton, Tennessee, Allison DeBusk earned her second straight SAA honor batting .356 for the Vikings on the season. DeBusk brought in 19 RBIs for BC and scored 24 runs.

Earning her third SAA honor in as many years, junior pitcher Allie Coronado posted a 2.14 ERA en route to the Vikings best season yet. Coronado struck out 33 batters in her 78.1 innings pitched over the course of the season.

Rachel Bartoe clinched the final SAA all-conference spot for the Vikings on the all-conference honorable mention team. Bartoe hit .321, knocking in 16 RBIs and scoring 26 runs for the Vikings.

Source: Rome News

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