LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- Senior catcher Brooke Wehr of the Moravian University softball program has been selected to the 2022 Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III National Player and Pitcher of the Year Top 50 List announced by the NFCA this past week.
The Player of the Year award was established in 2016 to honor the season's top performer in NCAA Division III and was expanded in 2019 to include both a Player and Pitcher of the Year honoree.
Wehr, who returned to the Greyhounds to utilize her fifth year of eligibility, has played in all 18 games this season, posting a .373 batting average with 25 hits, a double, three triples and six home runs. She has driven in 19 RBIs and has scored 16 runs for the Blue and Grey with an on-base percentage of .411 and a slugging percentage of .746. Wehr just reached 200 career hits with a grand slam against Delaware Valley University this past week to become the fifth member of the Moravian softball program to reach the milestone and has now tied the school record of 35 career home runs.
Wehr was named to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Softball First Team, to the NFCA Division III All-America Third Team and the 2021 Landmark Conference Player of the Year. She was selected to the Landmark All-Conference First Team for the third time, twice as a catcher in 2021 and 2019 and as an outfielder in 2018. Wehr is a three-time NFCA All-Atlantic Region honoree, earning a spot on the Second Team in 2021 and being named to the Third Team in 2018 and 2019.
Wehr has played in 142 career games and has amassed 202 hits in 504 career at-bats to go with 32 doubles, 11 triples (Tied for 3rd), 35 home runs (Tied for 1st), 141 RBIs (3rd all-time) and 158 runs scored (2nd all-time). She has a .401 career batting average, .450 on-base percentage and a .716 slugging percentage. Wehr has 424 career putouts in 459 total chances with 30 assists for a .989 fielding percentage and has thrown out nine runners caught stealing.
The Top 25 finalists for the 2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player and Pitcher of the Year awards will be announced on May 10. A student-athlete does not have to be on the Top 50 list to be considered for the Top 25. The winner of each award will be announced on June 3, following the conclusion of the 2022 season.
To view the entire NFCA Division III Top 50 release, click the link: https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/nfca-diii-player-pitcher-of-the-year-top-50
