While the Badger softball program didn’t make the NCAA tournament it still was a banner year for the program. They tied a program record for most conference wins with 13 as well as overall wins with 34 and on Wednesday Wisconsin tied a school record with four players on All-Big Ten teams.
A first was made when juniors Whitney Massey and Kendall Grimm became the first duo of Badgers to be named to the All-Big Ten first team.
Massey, a second baseman, led Wisconsin with a .358 batting average and 36 RBI’s. She also set a school record with 22 doubles on the season and led the conference with 12 doubles in Big Ten play.
Grimm, an outfielder, didn’t commit a single error this season and batted .333 (.407 in conference play).
Besides Grimm and Massey the Badgers placed sophomore pitcher Cassandra Darrah on the All-Big Ten 2nd team. She was twice named the Big Ten pitcher of the week during the season and Darrah had a 22-13 overall record (10-9 in B1G) with a 2.27 ERA (2.50 in B1G).
The final Badger to garner All-Big Ten honors was senior designated player Karla Powell, who was named to the 3rd team. A year after being named to the 1st team Powell had a battle with injuries all season but managed a .314 batting average in conference play (.268 batting average overall). She only started 22 of 50 games she played this season.
Michigan won the conference and as you’d expect they took a ton of honors including Player of the Year (Amanda Chidester 1B), Pitcher of the Year (Haylie Wagner – unanimous selection), Freshman of the Year (Haylie Wagner), and Coach of the Year (Carol Hutchins). Only Michigan and Iowa had more players on the first team than Wisconsin with three a piece.
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