Four Indiana softball players earn all-conference honors

The Indiana softball group obtained 5 Huge Ten Convention awards on Wednesday, Could 11.

Sophomore second baseman and proper fielder Cora Bassett was named to the First Group All-Huge Ten in her first season at Indiana. Bassett is hitting .401 for the season, making her one in all solely 4 Huge Ten athletes to be hitting .400 or higher. She additionally holds this system’s doubles report with 19.

This season, Bassett has 61 hits, 13 house runs, 34 runs batted in (RBI), 16 stolen bases, a .783 slugging share and a .505 on base share. She joins different Hoosier First Group All-Huge Ten honorees, together with graduated senior left fielder Gabbi Jenkins and sophomore catcher Grace Lorsung, named to the First Group in 2021.

Freshman left fielder Taylor Minnick made the All-Huge Ten Second Group and the All-Huge Ten Freshman Group. In convention play, she has a .310 batting common, 5 house runs and 22 RBI in her 23 video games performed this season.

Freshman pitcher Heather Johnson was additionally named to the All-Huge Ten Freshman Group. She made her first profession begin within the circle in opposition to then No. 3-ranked Florida State College. In that recreation, she shut out the Seminoles by 5 innings and retired 15 of the 20 batters she confronted. 

This season, Johnson has a 9-6 report with 5 full video games, three shutouts and 4 saves. Within the remaining week of the common season, she helped Indiana to a 5-0 win at Nebraska, marking the primary time that the Huskers had been shut out in convention play this season.

Graduate pupil third baseman Grayson Radcliffe was chosen as Indiana’s honoree for the conference-wide Sportsmanship Award.  This season, Radcliffe got here again from a PCL damage and has turn out to be a worthwhile chief for the Hoosiers. Her profession numbers embody 134 hits, 87 runs, 20 house runs, 52 walks and 41 stolen bases.