Softball Collects Three B1G Honors
May 06 | Softball
ROSEMONT, ILL. -- Seniors Jackie Bates (Lincroft, N.J.), Alyssa Landrith (Vacaville, Calif.) and Chandler Howard (North Wilmington, Del.) each picked up Big Ten awards, the league announced Wednesday. Bates and Landrith were named Second Team All-Big Ten, while Howard was named a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Bates paced the lineup with Rutgers' single-season records in home runs (22), RBIs (56) and walks (36). She also registered a team-high .393 batting average and led the stat sheet with 59 hits, three triples and a .526 on base percentage. Additionally, the senior slugger's 22 home runs led the Big Ten, as well as her .947 slugging percentage. Bates holds the program record with 40 career home runs, while ranking second with 143 career RBIs.
Landrith became RU's all-time career wins leader, registering 67 career wins in her time "On the Banks." The senior lefty also holds the program strikeouts record with over 600 career strikeouts. As one of many highlights of the year, Landrith was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (March 30) after she recorded a 0.00 ERA, allowing only eight hits across 17 innings pitched. Overall, the California native notched 15 wins, 17 complete games, two shutouts and two saves this season. She wrapped up the year with a 3.23 ERA, ranking fifth amongst Big Ten pitchers. Landrith now ranks third in RU history in shutouts (23), second in saves (7) and first in innings pitched (725.1).
Howard joined her classmates by earning an award that epitomizes one of her most important contributions to the team -- the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. The athletes recognized for the honor have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior, in addition to demonstrating good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
In addition to serving as a backbone for the squad, Howard started 46 games at left field for RU, registering a .333 batting average. Howard finished third on the team with 54 hits en route to notching her 200th career hit this year. She now ranks third in the RU record books with 208 career hits. Howard finished second on the team with six home runs and 12 doubles.
The full list of All-Big Ten awards can be found here.
No. 7 Rutgers is set to face No. 10 Iowa on Thursday May 7 at the 2015 Big Ten Softball Tournament. First pitch is set for 8 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.
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