Bailey Parshall capped a career season in the pitching circle at Penn State with an All-American nod.
The senior from Belle Vernon was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Third Team.
She is just the fifth Penn State softball player to be named an All-American, and the first since Cassidy Bell in 2013.
Parshall finished 22-9 with a 1.68 ERA, nine shutouts and 211 strikeouts. She ranked 10th in Division I in shutouts and opponents hit .199 against the left-hander.
Parshall tied the program record for wins in a season and became the third PSU pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts in a season.
She tossed the fifth perfect game in school history against Florida International and later was named to the Big Ten all-tournament team and made the NFCA All-Great Lakes First Team.
Baseball
Pitt-Bradford: Jake McNabb (Valley) was named an assistant coach at UPB, where he was a standout player.
A four-year starting catcher and designated hitter, McNabb was an All-AMCC player.
Seton Hill: Senior relief pitcher Nash Bryan was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Region First Team.
His teammate, junior third baseman Jack Oberdorf (Greensburg Salem) was picked for the second team.
Bryan led the Griffins with 11 saves and struck out 54 in 33 innings while walking only nine.
Oberdorf led the team with a .357 batting average, 65 hits, 43 runs, 11 home runs and 41 RBIs.
Washington & Jefferson: Junior Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford) was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region Second Team.
Horvat, one of the top utility players in Division III, hit a team-best .445 with 38 runs and 30 RBIs, and was 8-1 with a 2.13 ERA on the mound.
He missed 10 games as he worked his way back from an injury.
Horvat also made the D3baseball.com All-Region Second Team and was named to the D3baseball.com Fifth Team All-America Team.
W&J finished 37-10, including a 25-2 mark in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play. The Presidents won their 14th conference title.
