OKLAHOMA CITY – Just nine days before beginning her senior season, Tar Heel shortstop Kristen Brown was named to the Top 50 “Watch List” for the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awrd, as announced by the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) and USA Softball on Wednesday. Now its its 15th year, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, presented by the National Governing Body for Softball in the United States, recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female collegiate softball players across the country.
Brown is in the running for the prestigious honor for the second year in a row.