Sinnie And Hatch Earn All-AAC Softball Honors

GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina junior outfield Taudrea Sinnie has been named to the 2022 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team while RHP Jordan Hatch has earned AAC All-Rookie Team accolades, according to an announcement Wednesday afternoon.

The duo represents the fifth and sixth East Carolina players to earn spots on the All-AAC teams since the Pirates joined the circuit prior to the 2015 season, joining Casey Alcorn (first team/2015), Lydia Ritchie (second team/2017), Erin Poepping (all-rookie/2018) and Rachel McCollum (second team/2021). 2022 marks the first time ECU has garnered multiple All-AAC selections in the same season.

Sinnie has been on a tear since conference play started, hitting .366 (15-for-41) with five doubles. She has produced four multi-hit efforts versus AAC opponents and currently owns a nine-game hitting streak. Sinnie went 5-for-10 in the series with Wichita State with a pair of two-hit performances while also rapping out three base knocks in an April 9 meeting with Houston. She has struck out just five times versus league pitchers.

Hatch has racked up 26 strikeouts in 31.2 innings of work during AAC play, including six in a complete-game effort against Wichita State April 30. She's authored six multi-strikeout outings, fanning seven batters in both the Houston and Wichita State series. Hatch also struck out five UCF hitters in 5.1 frames of work in a road game versus the eventual regular season champion Knights April 15.

No. 6 seed and host East Carolina opens the 2022 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship with a first-round contest against third-seeded South Florida Thursday at 5 p.m. inside Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.

2022 American Athletic Conference Softball Regular-Season Awards

Player of the Year
Addison Barnard, Wichita State

Defensive Player of the Year
Justene Molina, UCF

Pitcher of the Year
Georgina Corrick, South Florida*

Rookie of the Year
Micaela Macario, UCF

Coaching Staff of the Year
UCF*

All-Conference First Team
P – Gianna Mancha, UCF
P – Georgina Corrick, South Florida*
C – Jada Cody, UCF*
1B – Neleigh Herring, Wichita State
1B – Kylie Norwood, Tulsa
2B – Justene Molina, UCF
3B – Kennedy Searcy, UCF*
SS – Sydney McKinney, Wichita State*
OF – Denali Schappacher, UCF
OF – Alexis Johns, South Florida
OF – Addison Barnard, Wichita State
OF – Lauren Lucas, Wichita State
DP/U/Non-P – Lauren Mills, Wichita State

All-Conference Second Team
P – Kama Woodall, UCF
P – Kenna Wilkey, Houston
P – Erin McDonald, Wichita State
C – Kati Ray Brown, Houston
IF – Micaela Macario, UCF
IF – Becca Schulte, Houston
IF – Abby Jones, Tulsa
IF – Jessica Garcia, Wichita State
IF – Zoe Jones, Wichita State
OF – Taudrea Sinnie, East Carolina
OF – Paige Hulsey, Houston
OF – Gracie Morton, Memphis
DP/U/Non-P – Ashleigh Griffin, UCF

All-Rookie Team
P – Jordan Hatch, East Carolina
P – Alison Cooper, Wichita State*
C/DP – Ashleigh Griffin, UCF*
IF – Micaela Macario, UCF*
IF – Celeste Wood, Tulsa
OF – Kailyn Bearpaw, Tulsa

*Denotes unanimous selection

Players Mentioned

Jordan Hatch

Rachel McCollum

Erin Poepping

Lydia Ritchie

Taudrea Sinnie

Kama Woodall

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