Aliso Viejo, Calif. - Hannah Taylor adds to her postseason awards with her second All-American nod, earning honors from the Division II Conference Commissioner Association (D2CCA).
Taylor, a catcher from Brooksville, Florida, earned second-team honors from the D2CCA and received second-team honors from the NFCA yesterday. She became just the second Triton to earn NFCA All-American honors. Taylor is the first D2CCA Softball All-American and the first player in program history to receive two All-American honors in one season.
Taylor also earned D2CCA South Region Player of the Year, D2CCA First Team All-Region, NFCA First Team All-Region, SSC Player of the Year, and All-SSC First Team honors this season. She was just the second Triton to earn SSC Player of the Year honors. She is the first Triton to receive D2CCA Player of the Year honors.
She led the SSC in the regular season in hits (75), homeruns (13), RBIs (59), batting average (.446), slugging percentage (.762), and OPS (1.281). Nationally, in the regular season, she ranked 18th in RBIs, 23rd in total bases, 30th in hits, 36th in slugging percentage, and 41st in homeruns.
She was a two-time SSC Player of the Week and was named to the NFCA National Player of the Year Watch list.
She set two Eckerd single-season program records for hits and RBIs and tied the record for homeruns.
Her award is the third All-American award for the department this year, and the 66th in Eckerd Athletics history.
She is the only player in the Sunshine State Conference to be named to the D2CCA All-American team this year.
