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Mississippi State – Official Athletics Website
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State’s Sierra Sacco, Raelin Chaffin and Nadia Barbary earned All-SEC recognition as voted on by the league’s coaches, the conference announced on Friday. Sacco was a First Team selection, and Chaffin and Barbary landed on the Second Team. Additionally, Barbary was tabbed to the All-Defense Team at third base.
It marked the second consecutive year with three All-SEC honorees for the Bulldogs, and Sacco has now been named all-conference in every year of her career. Barbary is State’s first All-Defense selection since Chloe Malau’ulu won the award in left field in 2021 and the first Bulldog infielder ever to win the recognition.
Sacco hit .421 in SEC play, which ranked second in the league and seventh in MSU history. Her SEC-only slugging percentage (.724) was sixth in program history and sixth in the league. She ranked fourth in the conference in total bases (55) in league play and her on-base percentage (.505) was seventh. The graduating senior was third on the team in conference play with 18 RBIs and she had multiple hits in 11 of 24 league games.
Chaffin broke the MSU single-season record with 10 wins in conference play on her way to her first career all-conference honor while throwing nine complete games. For the year, her 21 wins in the regular season led the conference, and she led the league in strikeouts looking (47) while ranking third in total strikeouts (180) and second in innings pitched (166.0). Chaffin also landed in the top 10 in MSU single-season history in SEC play in walks per seven innings (2.00) and strikeouts per seven innings (6.62). She appeared in 20 of 24 games, making 14 starts in the conference slate.
Barbary earned her first career all-conference selection after leading the Bulldogs with 22 RBIs and ranking second on the team with 27 hits in league games. Both of those totals were among the top 15 in the SEC, and her RBIs were the sixth-most in program history by a Bulldog in SEC play. She slugged .571 with an on-base percentage of .416 for a .987 OPS in SEC play while batting .351. She collected five doubles and four homers to post 44 total bases.
Defensively, Barbary made just two errors in conference play while playing every inning at third base. She had the second-fewest errors of any SEC third baseman in conference play while having the second-most chances. Previous Bulldogs to earn All-Defensive honors include Malau’ulu (LF) and Amanda Ivy (CF, 2017).
No. 17 Mississippi State will learn its postseason destination on Sunday night. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching “HailStateSB.”
It marked the second consecutive year with three All-SEC honorees for the Bulldogs, and Sacco has now been named all-conference in every year of her career. Barbary is State’s first All-Defense selection since Chloe Malau’ulu won the award in left field in 2021 and the first Bulldog infielder ever to win the recognition.
Sacco hit .421 in SEC play, which ranked second in the league and seventh in MSU history. Her SEC-only slugging percentage (.724) was sixth in program history and sixth in the league. She ranked fourth in the conference in total bases (55) in league play and her on-base percentage (.505) was seventh. The graduating senior was third on the team in conference play with 18 RBIs and she had multiple hits in 11 of 24 league games.
Chaffin broke the MSU single-season record with 10 wins in conference play on her way to her first career all-conference honor while throwing nine complete games. For the year, her 21 wins in the regular season led the conference, and she led the league in strikeouts looking (47) while ranking third in total strikeouts (180) and second in innings pitched (166.0). Chaffin also landed in the top 10 in MSU single-season history in SEC play in walks per seven innings (2.00) and strikeouts per seven innings (6.62). She appeared in 20 of 24 games, making 14 starts in the conference slate.
Barbary earned her first career all-conference selection after leading the Bulldogs with 22 RBIs and ranking second on the team with 27 hits in league games. Both of those totals were among the top 15 in the SEC, and her RBIs were the sixth-most in program history by a Bulldog in SEC play. She slugged .571 with an on-base percentage of .416 for a .987 OPS in SEC play while batting .351. She collected five doubles and four homers to post 44 total bases.
Defensively, Barbary made just two errors in conference play while playing every inning at third base. She had the second-fewest errors of any SEC third baseman in conference play while having the second-most chances. Previous Bulldogs to earn All-Defensive honors include Malau’ulu (LF) and Amanda Ivy (CF, 2017).
No. 17 Mississippi State will learn its postseason destination on Sunday night. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching “HailStateSB.”