FROSTBURG, Md. – Frostburg State senior centerfielder Taylor Vandegrift earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Banquet, Thursday evening. Vandegrift becomes the program’s first All-American after being placed on the third team.

Vandegrift, a three-time All-Capital Athletic Conference selection, was Frostburg’s leadoff hitter and an important piece of one of the nation’s top hitting teams. The Westminster, Md. Native, hit a career-best .424, set a pair of individual school records and tied a teammate for a third school mark.

In her final season as a Bobcat, she led the CAC and set school records in both hits (70) and at-bats (165) and tied junior Caitlin Lovend for the single-season mark with 48 runs scored.

Vandegrift appeared in 158 games during her Frostburg career and is second all-time in runs (125) and hits (187), third in at-bats (495), fourth in total bases (219), sixth in batting average (.377) and seventh in both RBI (71) and walks (42). She led the team in runs, hits, triples (4) and at-bats.

FSU finished the 2013 season with a school record 33-12 overall record and won the ECAC South Region Tournament Title. The Bobcats finished 15th in the nation in batting average (.351), were fourth in home runs per game (1.04), sixth in slugging percentage (.526) and 11th in scoring (7.29).

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