University of Georgia Athletics
Five Bulldogs Earn NFCA All-Region Honors
May 18, 2023 | Softball
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has announced the 2023 All-Region awards. Five University of Georgia softball student-athletes have been named to the Southeast All-Region Team.
Second baseman Sydney Kuma and outfielder Jayda Kearney earned First Team All-Region honors. Third baseman Sara Mosley was named Second Team while pitcher Shelby Walters and first baseman Jaiden Fields each earned Third Team All-Region honors.
Georgia had five All-Region honors a season ago with Mosley, Kearney, and Kuma landing the honors in 2022. Fields was an All-Region performer in 2021. Walters earned All-Region honors in 2021 at Duke. She becomes Georgia's first All-Region pitcher since Brittany Gray in 2018.
All five each earned All-SEC honors in 2023.
A native of Columbus, New Jersey, Jayda Kearney enters postseason hit .379 and leads the team with 18 home runs and an .834 slugging percentage. Her 43 runs scored also leads the team. She's drawn 32 walks en route to a team-best .492 on base clip.
Sydney Kuma, a native of Fresno, California, leads Georgia with a .381 batting average. She's driven in 45 runs and knocked 11 home runs this season while slugging .712. Kuma has started every game for the Bulldogs at second base this season.
2022 All-American Sara Mosley had another great season for the Bulldogs, blasting 16 home runs and leading the team with 47 RBI, scattering a team-best 58 hits, hitting .347. Mosley started every game at third base in 2023, committing only two errors on the hot corner. She also co-led the team with 12 doubles.
Shelby Walters, hailing from Cohutta, Georgia, registered a 1.36 ERA in 2023 with a 17-5 record and seven saves. She made 39 appearances in the circle, making 20 starts and working 149 total innings. Walters recorded 99 strikeouts, walking only 28 on the season.
Jaiden Fields, from Kennesaw, Georgia, drove in 31 runs for the Dogs this season, knocking eight home runs, five doubles, and a pair of triples, slugging .543. She enters postseason with 43 hits, hitting .307.
The 14th-seeded Bulldogs host the NCAA Athens Regional this weekend at Jack Turner Stadium. Georgia plays North Carolina Central Friday at 4:30 p.m. streaming live on ESPN+.
Second baseman Sydney Kuma and outfielder Jayda Kearney earned First Team All-Region honors. Third baseman Sara Mosley was named Second Team while pitcher Shelby Walters and first baseman Jaiden Fields each earned Third Team All-Region honors.
Georgia had five All-Region honors a season ago with Mosley, Kearney, and Kuma landing the honors in 2022. Fields was an All-Region performer in 2021. Walters earned All-Region honors in 2021 at Duke. She becomes Georgia's first All-Region pitcher since Brittany Gray in 2018.
All five each earned All-SEC honors in 2023.
A native of Columbus, New Jersey, Jayda Kearney enters postseason hit .379 and leads the team with 18 home runs and an .834 slugging percentage. Her 43 runs scored also leads the team. She's drawn 32 walks en route to a team-best .492 on base clip.
Sydney Kuma, a native of Fresno, California, leads Georgia with a .381 batting average. She's driven in 45 runs and knocked 11 home runs this season while slugging .712. Kuma has started every game for the Bulldogs at second base this season.
2022 All-American Sara Mosley had another great season for the Bulldogs, blasting 16 home runs and leading the team with 47 RBI, scattering a team-best 58 hits, hitting .347. Mosley started every game at third base in 2023, committing only two errors on the hot corner. She also co-led the team with 12 doubles.
Shelby Walters, hailing from Cohutta, Georgia, registered a 1.36 ERA in 2023 with a 17-5 record and seven saves. She made 39 appearances in the circle, making 20 starts and working 149 total innings. Walters recorded 99 strikeouts, walking only 28 on the season.
Jaiden Fields, from Kennesaw, Georgia, drove in 31 runs for the Dogs this season, knocking eight home runs, five doubles, and a pair of triples, slugging .543. She enters postseason with 43 hits, hitting .307.
The 14th-seeded Bulldogs host the NCAA Athens Regional this weekend at Jack Turner Stadium. Georgia plays North Carolina Central Friday at 4:30 p.m. streaming live on ESPN+.
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