The preseason honors keep rolling in for Auburn junior RHP [autotag]Maddie Penta[/autotag].
Penta has earned several preseason accolades such as preseason All-SEC, D1 Softball’s top 100 players, and is on the watchlist for USA Softball’s Player of the Year award. Now, she can include “Preseason All-American” to her docket.
Softball America released its preseason All-American team on Monday and included Penta on its first team. Penta joins the likes of Nebraska‘s Jordy Bahl, Oklahoma‘s Kelly Maxwell, and Stanford’s NiJaree Canady as preseason first-team All-American pitchers.
The Softball America preseason All-American team is loaded with SEC talent, as five players from the conference occupy the first team while six more are a part of the second team. Penta is joined by Tennessee‘s McKenna Gibson and Kiki Maloy, as well as Florida‘s Skylar Wallace, Georgia‘s Jayda Kearney, and Kentucky‘s Erin Coffell by earning a first-team nod.
Penta enters her fourth season as an Auburn pitcher with 677 strikeouts, 60 wins, and an ERA of 1.75 in 503.2 total innings pitched.
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— Auburn Softball (@AuburnSoftball) January 29, 2024
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