Coffman and Parker headline the softball ALL AMERICAN list

Four TCCAA Softball Players named NJCAA All-Americans

Four softball players from the TCCAA were named NJCAA All-Americans on Tuesday. 

Named to the First Team were Walters State’s Tori Coffman and Chattanooga State’s Caydra Parker, while Walters State’s Kasey Bennett was named to the Second Team and Volunteer State’s Sydney Harris was named to the Third Team. 

Coffman earned First Team All-American honors after a record-breaking freshman season. Coffman finished the season with a record of 32-2, recording two saves as well. Coffman gave up just 30 earned runs all season for an ERA of 1.14. She totaled 296 strikeouts and allowed just 90 hits in 185.0 innings pitched. 

Coffman was first in the country in wins, second in strikeouts, seventh in ERA and fifth in K/7 at 11.20. She was named the TCCAA Pitcher of the Year, as well.

Chattanooga State’s Caydra Parker was also named a First Team All-American, as well. In 58 games, Parker hit .500. She had 14 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Parker also stole 11 bases and scored 69 times. 

Parker was Top-20 in the country in batting average, top-15 in hits with 91 and top-15 in doubles with 24. 

Named to the Second Team was Walters State’s Bennett. Bennett hit .427 on the season, mashing 24 homers and driving in 77 runs. Bennett was top-25 in the country in RBIs, eighth in runs scored with 82 and top-15 in home runs.

Bennett was named the TCCAA Player of the Year, as well. 

Rounding things out was Volunteer State’s Harris on the Third Team. In 51 games, Harris hit .451 and drove in 51 runs. She scored 51 runs as well, while stealing 30 bases. Harris had a .959 fielding percentage and had 67 putouts.