Corrick earns USF’s first top-three finalist spot; winner named prior to Women’s College World Series
TAMPA, May 18, 2022 – University of South Florida senior pitcher Georgina Corrick (Sanford, Fla.) is one of three finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, the organization announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Considered the most prestigious individual honor in Division I college softball, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female softball players across the country and will honor its 20th athlete at the conclusion of the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. Corrick is one of three finalists, joining Oklahoma utility player Jocelyn Alo and Washington infielder Baylee Klingler. Alo is the reigning USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
Corrick, who leads the country in innings pitched (266.1), shutouts (20), strikeouts (407) strikeout-to-walk ratio (13.13) and victories (36), also ranks in the top 10 in ERA (third, 0.53), hits allowed per seven innings (third, 2.89) and walks allowed per seven innings (eighth, 0.81).
The two-time NFCA All-American has reached new heights in her final year of eligibility. At one point during the season, Corrick’s ERA was as low as 0.06 in 118 innings pitched and she had a perfect 18-0 record. Her early-season streak of 88.1 consecutive scoreless innings in the circle was the seventh longest streak in NCAA history.
Corrick was named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year for the fourth consecutive season, the only pitcher in AAC history to win the award in every year of their career.
She’s also been breaking records at a tremendous pace. So far, she’s broken the following records in her time at USF:
- USF Career Strikeouts (1,291; Previous: 1,103, Sara Nevins)
- USF Career Innings Pitched (977.2; Previous: 844.1, Sara Nevins)
- USF Career Complete Games (102; Previous: 79, Monica Triner)
- USF Career Shutouts (54; Previous: 37, Monica Triner)
- USF Career Games Started (141; Previous: 109, Sara Nevins/Monica Triner)
- USF Career Wins (112; Previous: 101, Sara Nevins)
- AAC Career Strikeouts (1,291; Previous: 903, Emily Watson, Tulsa))
- AAC Career Shutouts (54; Previous: 31, Emily Watson (Tulsa))
- AAC Career Wins (112; Previous: 99, Alea White (UCF))
- USF Single-Season Shutouts (20; Previous: 15, Leigh Ann Ellis/Georgina Corrick)
- USF Single-Season Strikeouts (407; Previous: 336, Sara Nevins)
- AAC Single-Season Strikeouts (407; Previous: 348, Emily Watson (Tulsa))
- AAC Single-Season Wins (36; Previous: 30, Emily Watson (Tulsa))
- AAC Career Perfect Games (2; Previous: 1, Trystan Melancon (Houston)/Sara Nevins)
- AAC Career No-Hitters (8; Previous: 4, Sara Nevins)
- USF Single-Season Perfect Games (2; Previous: 1, Sara Nevins/Leigh Ann Ellis)
- AAC Single-Season Perfect Games (2; Previous: 1, Trystan Melancon (Houston)/Sara Nevins)
The 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced on May 31 at the team-only banquet prior to the NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year is voted on by coaching representatives of 10 Division I Conferences in the 10 USA Softball Regions, members of the media who consistently cover Division I Softball across the country as well as past winners of the award.
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