Three Earn All-Big Ten Softball Awards
May 09 | Softball
Rebecca Hall & Jess Hughes are All-Big Ten Second Team; Meaghan Wells makes All-Defensive Team at 3B
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (May 9, 2018) – Senior first baseman Rebecca Hall and junior shortstop Jess Hughes of Rutgers softball have been selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team, and senior third baseman Meaghan Wells has been named to the All-Defensive Team in the conference's year-end awards announced on Wednesday.
Thirty-six players from across the conference were named to All-Big Ten Teams, which are voted on by the league's coaches. Hall and Hughes both earn their first selections to the all-conference list and become the fourth and fifth Scarlet Knights to become All-Big Ten players since joining the conference in 2015. Wells also earns her first career Big Ten award with the All-Defensive Team accolade, which is awarded to one student-athlete at each position.
Hughes was named the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner from Rutgers.
Hall leaves a legacy at Rutgers as one of the most productive hitters in program history. This season, she left her mark on the Big Ten with a .345 average and .410 on-base percentage in conference games with five doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs, while also playing perfect defense in 89 chances at first base. Overall in 2018, the second place all-time leader at RU in hits (220) and doubles (48) connected on 61 hits as a senior to lead the team with a .387 average.
Hughes enjoyed a memorable first season as a Scarlet Knight after transferring from Fordham before the 2018 season. Following her success against the A-10, she punished Big Ten pitching with similar consistency while sporting a .375 average and .521 on-base percentage against conference opponents with 11 runs scored. The hitting and on-base marks ranked 11th and eighth in the Big Ten, respectively. Hughes had the third-longest hit streak in the conference this season at 17-straight, and from the first game of that streak until the end of the season, she slashed .402/.495/.528 over her final 31 games of 2018.
Wells not only produced a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at third base in 20 Big Ten contests, she was perfect at third base all year long. The Piscataway, N.J. native did not make a single error in 107 total chances at the hot corner, with 44 putouts and 63 assists. She helped turn five double plays this season as her squad set a program record and ranked second in the NCAA with 35 double plays turned.
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Thirty-six players from across the conference were named to All-Big Ten Teams, which are voted on by the league's coaches. Hall and Hughes both earn their first selections to the all-conference list and become the fourth and fifth Scarlet Knights to become All-Big Ten players since joining the conference in 2015. Wells also earns her first career Big Ten award with the All-Defensive Team accolade, which is awarded to one student-athlete at each position.
Hughes was named the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner from Rutgers.
Hall leaves a legacy at Rutgers as one of the most productive hitters in program history. This season, she left her mark on the Big Ten with a .345 average and .410 on-base percentage in conference games with five doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs, while also playing perfect defense in 89 chances at first base. Overall in 2018, the second place all-time leader at RU in hits (220) and doubles (48) connected on 61 hits as a senior to lead the team with a .387 average.
Hughes enjoyed a memorable first season as a Scarlet Knight after transferring from Fordham before the 2018 season. Following her success against the A-10, she punished Big Ten pitching with similar consistency while sporting a .375 average and .521 on-base percentage against conference opponents with 11 runs scored. The hitting and on-base marks ranked 11th and eighth in the Big Ten, respectively. Hughes had the third-longest hit streak in the conference this season at 17-straight, and from the first game of that streak until the end of the season, she slashed .402/.495/.528 over her final 31 games of 2018.
Wells not only produced a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at third base in 20 Big Ten contests, she was perfect at third base all year long. The Piscataway, N.J. native did not make a single error in 107 total chances at the hot corner, with 44 putouts and 63 assists. She helped turn five double plays this season as her squad set a program record and ranked second in the NCAA with 35 double plays turned.
Congrats to Rebecca Hall on All-@bigten Second Team!
— Rutgers Softball (@RUSoftball) May 9, 2018
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Congrats to Jess Hughes on All-@bigten Second Team!
— Rutgers Softball (@RUSoftball) May 9, 2018
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Congrats to Meaghan Wells on @bigten All-Defensive Team at 3B!
— Rutgers Softball (@RUSoftball) May 9, 2018
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