Wheeler, Morrisey name All-Region In Softball
Grinnell College Athletics
GRINNELL, Iowa – For the second year in a row, Grinnell College has placed a player on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Great Lakes Region softball first team.
Darice Wheeler ’21 garnered that honor this year after a record-breaking season and was joined on the list by second-teamer Kayla Morrissey ’18, now an All-Region pick for the fourth time in her career.
Wheeler, a pitcher/second baseman, is fresh off earning Midwest Conference Player and Newcomer of the Year honors while guiding the Pioneers to their first league tourney berth since 2006. She is the national leader in RBIs and slugging percentage at 63 and 1.093, respectively. She set Grinnell school records in both categories as well as batting average (.500), on-base percentage (.595), runs (49), hits (59), doubles (14), home runs (18), total bases (129) and bases on balls (27). Additionally, she is Grinnell’s career leader in home runs with 18. As a pitcher, she was 11-5 with 80 strikeouts in 106 winnings.
Morrissey, a third baseman, helped Grinnell set a school record for wins with 23 this season. She established Grinnell career records for games played (142), games started (142), at bats (472), runs (117), hits (196), triples (14), RBIs (102) and total bases (271). The MWC all-time leader in career hits also set a Pioneer record for at bats in a season with 141.
