SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State University softball first baseman Torrian Wright was named the College Sports Madness Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Field Player of the Year.
 
Wright was named the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year on Friday for the third consecutive season and has been named the MEAC Postseason Player of the year for the last two years and was named the MEAC Rookie of the Year after her freshman season.
 
Last year, The McDonough, Ga., native led the National Collegiate Athletic Association in batting average (.566), slugging percentage (1.229), on-base percentage (.748) and walks per game (1.44). 
 
Wright also led SSU in runs scored (43), home runs (17), runs batted in (50), total bases (102) and walks (56). 
 
In conference play, the first basemen led the team with a .633 (19-for-30) batting average with two doubles, six home runs, 22 RBIs and 20 walks.  Wright also sported a 1.300 slugging percentage and a .784 on-base percentage.
 
Wright was the only Savannah State to make the first team as an infielder, but sophomore pitcher Ashley Eichenlaub and junior utility player Amanda Hallman were named on the second team.
  
Hallman, who was named on the MEAC preseason first-team on Friday, batted .343 (37-for-108) last season with 26 runs scored, 11 doubles and eight RBIs overall and batted .400 (16-for-40) in conference play with 17 runs scored, five doubles and 12 RBIs. 
 
Eichenlaub led the Lady Tigers with a 6.15 ERA with a 14-10 record and pitched 143.1 innings and pitched 14 complete games with two shutouts.  In conference play, the Savannah, Ga., native recorded a 3.32 ERA with a 9-1 record pitching 65.0 innings in 11 games with nine complete games and two shutouts.
 
The Lady Tigers opened the 2016 season with a five-team tournament, hosting Western Carolina, Jacksonville State, Drexel and College of Charleston in 11 games over three days in the 1^st Annual Tiger Classic at the Lady Tiger Softball Field from Feb. 12-14.
 
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Field Player of the Year			Pitcher of the Year
Torrian Wright, Savannah State			Allyson Babinsack, Hampton
Freshman of the Year			Coach of the Year
MacKenzie Brown, Maryland-Eastern Shore			Laura Watten, Bethune-Cookman
First Team			Second Team
P	Allyson Babinsack, Hampton		P	Tara Tursellino, Delaware State
P	Kenya Pereira, Florida A&M		P	Dominique Wilson, North Carolina Central
P	Sabrina Anguiano, Bethune-Cookman		P	Ashley Eichenlaub, Savannah State
IF	Torrian Wright, Savannah State		IF	Taylor McCoy, Hampton
IF	Jordan Stamps, Delaware State		IF	Danielle Pitpit, Morgan State
IF	Vanessa Washington, Delaware State		IF	Seana Moriarty, Norfolk State
IF	Chloe Oro, Delaware State		IF	Danielle Smith, Coppin State
IF	Sandy Hawthorne, Delaware State		IF	Jessica Nathan, Florida A&M
OF	Al'Asia Davis, Howard		OF	Vanessa Gomez, Maryland-Eastern Shore
OF	Mariah Davis, Bethune-Cookman		OF	Diamond Ponds, Hampton
OF	Nicole Gazzola, Delaware State		OF	Raven Gray, North Carolina A&T
UTIL	Casey Hargett, North Carolina Central		UTIL	Amanda Hallman, Savannah State

 
 
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