SB 2024 All-Conference

Three WildCats Named to Softball All-ODAC Team

FOREST, Va.- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference announced its All-Conference Team in softball on Monday afternoon. Randolph had three WildCats selected. Senior outfielder Dominique Irving (Amherst, Va./Amherst County) was named to the First Team, senior outfielder Jenna McDermott (Townsend, Del./Middletown) to the Second Team, and senior catcher Lexi Hawkins (Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian) to the Third Team.

It is Irving's third All-Conference selection after being named to the Third Team last year and the First Team in 2022. She is the first Randolph player since Hunter Glavè to be named All-Conference three times. Irving started all 36 games in left field batting a team-leading .391. In 110 at-bats, she collected 43 hits, five triples, two doubles, one homerun, 26 runs scored, and nine RBI. She had 13 multi-hit games and stole 15 bases. In the field, Irving had 77 putouts and eight assists for a career-high .977 fielding percentage.

McDermott started all 36 games in center field. She batted .375 in a team-high 120 at-bats and slugged .517. She led the 'Cats with 45 hits smacking 12 doubles, one triple, and one homerun. Her 12 doubles rank tied for the sixth-most in program single season history. She had 15 multi-hit games and both of Randolph's four-hit performances. She stole 12 bases. In the field, McDermott had 98 putouts, one assist, and fielding percentage of .980.

Hawkins is the first WildCat catcher since Becca Montgomery in 2017 to earn All-Conference accolades for Randolph. She started 33 of 34 games and had career-highs in batting average (.309), hits (30) and runs batted in with 21, which led the WildCats. Hawkins had a solid season in the backstop as she totaled 71 putouts and 27 assists for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. She threw out 14 would-be base stealers to lead the ODAC and set a Randolph single season record.

 

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