NIL
Fitzpatrick and Kovach Earn NFCA All-Region Nods
Seniors Devin Fitzpatrick and Zoey Kovach of the Clarkson University Softball team each picked up regional honors for the second time in their respective careers when the NFCA announced its all-region selections on Friday afternoon. Fitzpatrick repeats as an NFCA Region III All-Region First-Team choice while Kovach is an NFCA Region III All-Region Third-Team honoreee, […]
Fitzpatrick repeats as an NFCA Region III All-Region First-Team choice while Kovach is an NFCA Region III All-Region Third-Team honoreee, as she is back on the list for the first time since 2023.
Fitzpatrick was named the Liberty League Player of the Year after leading the conference in home runs, runs batted in, slugging percentage, innings pitched, and saves. She ranks sixth nationally in home runs with 15, the most in the conference in a decade, is 21st in slugging percentage at .843, and is tied for 38th in runs batted in with 44. She is also 43rd in total bases (97), one off the conference lead. As a pitcher, Fitzpatrick was sixth in the league in earned run average (2.08), second in strikeouts (90), fourth in victories (13), fifth in opponents’ average (.249) while also posting a 1.15 WHIP.
Fitzpatrick closed out her collegiate career having hit 24 home runs at the plate and striking out 333 hitters.
Kovach, selected as a Liberty League All-Star for the third time in her four-year career with the Knights, hit .363/.397/.487 on the year, ending the season on a 19-game hitting streak, the second longest hitting streak in program history. She also posted 14 doubles, which was fourth in the conference, and tied the single-season mark at Clarkson. Kovach closed out her collegiate career fourth on the Golden Knights’ all-time list in hits (138), which included 32 doubles, the most in program history. Her 65 runs batted in place her eighth on the all-time list as well.