MAAC Softball Sees Four Earn All-ECAC Honors
DANBURY, CT - Four MAAC Softball student-athletes collected All-ECAC Honors as announced by the organization Thursday.
Marist College's Ali Milam and Monmouth University's Katie Baron picked up First Team honors. Fairfield University's Courtney Hankins and Monmouth's Amanda Riley made the Second Team.
Baron and Milam were First Team All-MAAC selections at designated player and outfield respectively. Both also earned All-Region honors from the NFCA. Baron helped Monmouth claim the program's first MAAC Regular Season and Championship titles. Baron led the MAAC with a .441 and was top three in the MAAC in hits, RBI, doubles, total bases, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage. Milam led the MAAC in home runs (11), and total bases (103), and led Marist in RBI (54), batting average (.355), home runs, total bases, on-base percentage (.443) and slugging percentage (.599).
Hankins was the 2018 MAAC Player of the Year, and Riley was the MAAC Pitcher of the Year. Both were First Team All-MAAC and NFCA All-Region selections as well. In league play, Hankins hit .491, which led the league, led in on-base percentage (.595), in slugging at (.818), and tied for the league lead with 45 total bases. Riley was 11-0 in conference regular season play with a 0.66 ERA and struck out 99 over 74.1 innings.
About the ECAC
Established in 1938, the ECAC is the nation's largest Conference, ranging in location from Maine to Georgia, and westerly to Missouri. The ECAC hosts numerous championships in men's and women's sports across Divisions I, II and III, offering opportunities for thousands of student-athletes. For more information, visit www.ecacsports.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.