The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 1/1 Softball’s Atwood named one of three finalists for 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
05.20.2024 | Softball
Reese Atwood is the only position player named as a finalist for prestigious honor.
AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time since Cat Osterman earned the final of her awards selections in 2006, The University of Texas softball program will have a representative among the final three for the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year as the organization named Reese Atwood as one of the three best Division I softball student-athletes this season.
Through 57 games of the 2024 campaign, Atwood has shattered both the program's single-season home run, RBI and total base records with 22, 88 and 154, respectively. In 171 official plate appearances, she has recorded a .433 batting average with a .488 on-base percentage and a .901 slugging percentage. She is also tied for sixth on the program's single-season hit list with 74 and has been credited with the most sacrifice flies (8) in a single season in program history.
Atwood, the Big 12 Conference's Player of the Year, has led the Longhorns with 24 multi-RBI games — eight more than the next closest Texas softball student-athlete — and is tied for second on the team with 20 multi-hit games, four back of tying for the team lead. She's also recorded an 11-game hitting streak this season, which is tied for the second longest by a Longhorn in 2024, while her 16-game on-base streak was the fourth-longest streak this season.
Atwood, who was also selected to the All-Big 12 First Team, was named the Big 12's Player of the Week on three separate occasions this season as well as being named the Louisville Slugger / NFCA DI Player of the Week three times, too. Additionally, DISoftball tabbed her as the publication's player of the week twice.
Stanford's NiJaree Canady and Oklahoma State's Lexi Kilfoyl were tabbed as the other two finalist for the award alongside Atwood. In two games against the Cardinal, Atwood hit two home runs and drove in four runs, including a two-run home run off of Canady in a game played in Austin on Feb. 24. Atwood was also one of five different Longhorns to record a base hit off Kilfoyl during Texas' trip to Stillwater in late March.
UP NEXT
- Texas (50-7) will take on Texas A&M (43-13) in this weekend's NCAA Super Regional action with the best-of-three series set to begin at 5 p.m. CT on Friday, May 24.
- Saturday's game is slated for 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 25, with a potential game three scheduled for Sunday, May 26 with a start time to be determined.
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