Louisville, Ky. – Freshman first baseman Danielle Gibson has been listed among the Twenty-five student-athletes who are in the running for the 2018 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, announced by the Association on Wednesday morning.
Gibson leads the Sun Devils in numerous statistical categories including batting average (.416) slugging percentage (.796), on-base percentage (.488), home runs (11), RBI (32) and total bases (90). So far this season, Gibson has had 15 total multi hit games, and 10 games where she drove in two or more runs.
This year's finalists hail from 24 different universities and represent nine Division I conferences from across the nation.