{"id":1535,"date":"2019-05-29T01:34:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T01:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2019-05-29T01:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T01:34:16","slug":"northwesterns-danielle-williams-named-2019-schutt-sports-nfca-division-i-national-freshman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=1535","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern\u2019s Danielle Williams named 2019 Schutt Sports \/ NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Northwestern\u2019s Danielle Williams was named the 2019 Schutt Sports \/ NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year, announced at the NCAA Women\u2019s College World Series banquet, Tuesday evening at the OKC Farmers Market event center.<\/p>\n<p>Williams becomes the first Freshman of the Year from the Big Ten Conference after being named the Wildcats\u2019 first-ever top-three finalist. She&nbsp;led the Big Ten this season with 31 wins and 13 shutouts, ranking tied for third and fifth in the nation, respectively. It is the most victories and shutouts for a Northwestern pitcher in her rookie season since 1984.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams, the Wildcats\u2019 first pitcher to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year since 2004, is also ranked among the top 10 in the nation with 317 strikeouts (6<sup>th<\/sup>) and 9.7 strikeouts per seven innings (9<sup>th<\/sup>), while posting a 1.55 ERA with just 46 walks and a .163 batting average against. The rookie southpaw played a pivotal role in Northwestern\u2019s first Super Regional appearance since 2008. Williams, a native of Pleasanton, Calif., earned first team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region recognition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s Natalie DenHartog and Alabama\u2019s Montana Fouts joined Williams as top-three finalists.<\/p>\n<p>In its sixth year, the Schutt Sports \/ NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award was created to honor outstanding athletic achievement among Division I freshmen softball student-athletes. The top three and the winner are voted on by the NFCA\u2019s Division I All-American Committee, consisting of one head coach from each of the Association\u2019s 10 regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schutt Sports\/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year<\/strong><br \/>2019 \u2013 Danielle Williams, Northwestern<br \/>2018 \u2013 Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p>2017 \u2013 Rachel Garcia, UCLA<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2013 Amanda Lorenz, Florida<\/p>\n<p>2015 \u2013 Paige Parker, Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p>2014 \u2013 Annie Aldrete, Tennessee &amp; Kasey Cooper, Auburn&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='' title=''><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013&nbsp;Northwestern\u2019s Danielle Williams was named the 2019 Schutt Sports \/ NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year, announced at the NCAA Women\u2019s College World Series banquet, Tuesday evening at the OKC Farmers Market event center. Williams becomes the first Freshman of the Year from the Big Ten Conference after being named the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}