NFCA Announces 2015 Catcher of the Year

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NCAA Division I
LEXIE ELKINS – LOUISIANA

Elkins, the NCAA's 2015 home run champion, launched a program-record 32 long balls and played a key role in the Ragin' Cajuns (42-12) reaching Super Regionals. Her 0.59 home runs per game fell just short of the NCAA single-season record of 0.60 held by Camilla Career of UTEP (2012). The NFCA First Team All-American is just one of eight players in NCAA Division I history to record 30-plus home runs in a season. Not just known for her power, Elkins was a stalwart behind the dish, making just one error in 403 attempts for a .998 fielding percentage. Setting numerous program records, Elkins became the fourth Cajun to garner back-to-back Sun Belt Player of the Year honors and the 13th two-time All-American in the Louisiana-Lafayette annals. The Victoria, Texas native and USA Softball Top 26 Player of the Year finalist finished her junior campaign with 83 RBI, a 1.077 slugging percentage, seven multi-homer games and a NCAA best 1.54 RBI per game. Elkins is the first student-athlete from the Sun Belt to garner this distinction as it becomes the fifth conference to have a representative of this award.

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Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball standout Lexie Elkins added the distinction of nation's top catcher to her list of awards for a record-breaking 2015 season on Thursday, as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) named her the 2015 Diamond Sports Division I Catcher of the Year.

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Louisiana catcher Lexie Elkins' stellar 2015 campaign — in which she hit a nation-leading and program-record 32 home runs — was capped off Thursday when she was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year. ...

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