Kentucky softball’s Erin Coffel and Stephanie Schoonover were named to the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team on Wednesday.
Coffel hit .440 last season with 19 home runs and 55 runs batted in. She had a nation-leading 64 walks drawn and she scored 60 runs on 55 hits en route to an All-SEC and All-America season for the Wildcats.
Schoonover was 12-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 27 appearances last season.
Here are more details from UK Athletics:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Softball team placed two of its members on the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team, the league office announced Wednesday morning. Both Erin Coffel and Stephanie Schoonover were named to the team, as two of the 24-member team that was voted on by the 13 SEC head coaches.
Last season, Erin Coffel joined Kayla Kowalik as the first-ever two-time National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association All-American in Kentucky Softball history. The senior from Bremen, Indiana hit .440 on the season with 19 home runs and 55 runs batted in. Coffel had a nation-leading 64 walks drawn and she scored 60 runs on 55 hits en route to an All-SEC and All-America season for the Wildcats.
Stephanie Schoonover had a 12-2 record in the circle a year ago with a 2.01 ERA in 27 appearances for the Blue and White. Schoonover threw 12 complete games, had eight shutouts in her 20 starts and had a team-leading 160 strikeouts in 114.2 innings of work. The Vicksburg, Mississippi native had three saves as well, in addition to her 12 wins.
Additionally, the SEC preseason coaches’ poll was released Wednesday with Kentucky picked to finish 10th by the league head coaches. Tennessee was picked to win the SEC by one vote, with six first-place votes. Georgia got six first-place votes and was picked second. Florida, who was picked seventh, received one first-place vote.
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Kentucky was picked to finished 10th in the league.
