WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For the first time in program history, Purdue earns two names on D1 Softball's All-American teams, with Moriah Polar landing on the second team and Anna Moore on the freshman team.
The award is Polar's third All-American honor this season after earning Third Team on the prestigious NFCA list.
The USA Softball Top 25 Player of the Year finalist put together one of best campaigns seen in Purdue softball history, breaking four individual Purdue records (single-season hits, single-season runs scored, single-season batting average, single-season on-base percentage), tying the career-triples record, and writing herself into the Big Ten record book and NCAA record book, tying for second in single-season hits and taking the seven spot for single-season batting average, respectively.
Through all of the NCAA Tournament games and the Women's College World Series, Polar still leads the nation in hits (101) and batting average (.555), where teams have played up to 14 more games than Polar.
Moore, alongside Polar, etched herself into the Purdue record book as one the program’s top first year players. The NFCA Top 25 Freshman of the Year finalist broke Purdue’s freshman home run record, broke Purdue's single-season slugging record, broke the single-season RBI record, and tied the program’s single season home run record.
The Indianapolis native finished the season hitting just below .400 (.393) with 59 hits, 61 RBI, and a team-leading 14 home runs. Moore earned her fourth and fifth Big Ten accolades this year, landing on both the All-Big Ten First Team, and the All-Big Ten freshman team.
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