USF ATHLETICS GoUSFBulls.com
DATE: April 24, 2019
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Georgina Corrick was named a top-26 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., April 22, 2019 – Right-handed pitcher Georgina Corrick is one of just four sophomores in the country named as a finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year award.
Corrick (Sanford, Fla.) made the list of 26 elite athletes this season who are being considered for the most prestigious honor in Division I women’s collegiate softball, recognizing the outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female players across the country.
Corrick boasts a .87 ERA this season with 30 appearances and 20 wins. She has only lost three times this season and has held batters to a .161 average. She has pitched 14 complete games for USF including a 13-inning battle against rival UCF.
The British National Team ace has earned three saves this season and recorded an impressive eight shutouts. In 160.2 innings, Corrick has struck out 209 batters and reached double-digit strikeouts in nine games this season. One of her three losses was a one-hitter against No. 6 Florida in Gainesville. Corrick has pitched extra innings three times this season, winning each time.
Corrick is ranked in the top-25 nationally in seven statistical categories including No. 3 in ERA (.87), No. 12 in shutouts (8) and strikeouts (209), No. 16 in hits allowed per seven innings (3.96) and victories (20), No. 17 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.81), and No. 24 in strikeouts per seven innings (9.1).
The list of 26 Finalists will be narrowed to the 10 Finalists on May 8 before the Top 3 Finalists will be announced on May 22. The 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed May 28.
In addition to bestowing the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, USA Softball is now in its 17th season of presenting the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll and the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week, which are announced Tuesdays during the regular season.
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Erin Beck // USF Athletics
Assistant Director of Communications
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