Hartwig Named to NFCA All-Region First Team
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Following a record-setting campaign, St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) junior Ashleigh Hartwig (Santee, Calif./West Hills) has been honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) selected to the Division III All-Northeast Region First Team, announced by the Association this afternoon.
Hartwig receives All-Region honors for the second time in her career after a Second Team nod as a freshman in 2019. She becomes the first first-team selection in program history earning the accolade at the third base position and is the first to receive the honor multiple times.
The Bears three-hole hitter compiled the most prolific offensive season in program history, setting new single-season records for batting average (.556), slugging percentage (.914), and on-base percentage (.598) — breaking standards that stood since 2005. She also became the fastest player in team history to record 100 hits, reaching the milestone in just 63 games and 199 at-bats.
A two-time Skyline Player of the Week, she led the league in OPS (1.512), RBI (59), and hits (34) and was second in home runs (4) and doubles (11).
Hartwig assembled impressive streaks this season. She recorded an impressive 18-game hitting streak and a 25-game reached base safely streak. She succumbed to just one strikeout all season, on the second-to-last day of the regular season, which snapped a streak of 46 games and 205 plate appearances dating back to March 2019 without a strikeout.
In total, the Skyline Conference received seven All-Region honorees — 45 institutions comprising the Northeast Region. Hartwig and Manhattanville's Amaya Esparza were the league's lone First Team selections.
The NFCA awards salute student-athletes from the Association's eight NCAA regions with first, second and third-team honors. NFCA member coaches voted on the teams in their respective regions, and all honorees are eligible for selection to the 2021 NFCA Division III All-America squads.
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Division III - Northeast Region - First Team |
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| P | Jessica Wilcox | Alfred University |
| P | Jess Patterson | St. John Fisher College |
| P | Olivia Zoeller | Clarkson University |
| C | Amaya Esparza | Manhattanville College |
| 1B | Lexi Szesnat | SUNY Cortland |
| 2B | Gabby Laccona | Ithaca College |
| 3B | Ashleigh Hartwig | Saint Joseph's College (Brooklyn) |
| SS | Ashley Lugo | Alfred University |
| OF | Kelly O'Gorman | SUNY Cortland |
| OF | Allie Klonowski | St. John Fisher College |
| OF | Arianna Papas | The Sage Colleges |
| UT/P | Emily Trotman | St. John Fisher College |
| DP or UT/Non-P | Allison O'Toole | Alfred University |
Division III - Northeast Region - Second Team |
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| P | Charli Shinstine | Manhattanville College |
| P | Karlee Weeden | SUNY Cortland |
| C | Cailey Cuttita | SUNY Cortland |
| 1B | Haley Gaffney | Ithaca College |
| 2B | Giovanna Liggett | Manhattanville College |
| 3B | Kayla Robert | Clarkson University |
| SS | Jayleen Torres | Manhattanville College |
| OF | Isela Casillas | Manhattanville College |
| OF | Julia Loffredo | Ithaca College |
| OF | Jen Carson | University of Rochester |
| UT/P | Taylor Dicranian | The Sage Colleges |
| DP or UT/Non-P | Rachel Evans | St. John Fisher College |
Division III - Northeast Region - Third Team |
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| P | Riley Piromalli | Ithaca College |
| P | Hannah Leahy | University of Rochester |
| C | Katie Anderson | Skidmore College |
| 1B | Hannah Keiper | University of Rochester |
| 2B | Olivia Hemstock | Pennsylvania College of Technology |
| 3B | Tatiana Mejia | Alfred University |
| 3B | Allison Dell'Orto | Ithaca College |
| SS | Taylor Felicello | SUNY Cortland |
| OF | Oriana Castello | Buffalo State College |
| OF | Jenna DeFina | St. Joseph's College (Long Island) |
| OF | Alyssa Guitron | Alfred University |
| UT/P | Katie Yudin | SUNY Fredonia |
| DP or UT/Non-P | Jordan Specht | Pennsylvania College of Technology |