GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its softball season award winners for 2021. ACC regular-season champion Clemson earned three of the five awards: Valerie Cagle (Player and Freshman of the Year) and John Rittman (Coach of the Year). Virginia Tech’s Keely Rochard was named Pitcher of the Year and Florida State’s Sydney Sherrill was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year.
The awards were selected following a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Cagle is the first ACC student-athlete to be named Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same season.