Three Duke softball players named D1Softball All-Americans

Three Duke Blue Devils, including ACC Player of the Year Claire Davidson, earned D1Softball All-American honors on Tuesday.

D1Softball released its 2024 All-American honorees on Tuesday, and three Duke Blue Devils made the esteemed squad.

Senior right fielder Claire Davidson earned First Team honors while senior pitcher Jala Wright and sophomore second baseman Aminah Vega slotted onto the Second Team.

Davidson led the team with a .439 batting average and set a single-season school record with 67 RBIs. Her 19 doubles also rewrote a program record, and her 18 home runs sit one shy of Ana Gold’s 19 last season.

Vega finished narrowly behind with 18 doubles and 12 home runs, second on the team in both metrics, and she finished with an average of .381.

In the circle, Wright led the team with a 1.28 ERA and a 19-2 record in 33 appearances. She struck out 187 batters in 153.1 innings, going the distance for eight complete games, and opponents batted just .176 against her.

All three players earned conference awards, too. Davidson was named the ACC Player of the Year, Wright won ACC Pitcher of the Year, and Vega took home ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors.

The three landmark campaigns come in the midst of the best season in program history. Duke won the ACC regular-season title and the ACC Tournament, reached 50 wins in a single season for the first time, and booked its first-ever trip to the Women’s College World Series after beating Missouri on Sunday.

The Blue Devils look to keep the momentum going in the first round of the WCWS on Thursday, when they play three-time defending national champion Oklahoma.