Forbes Named to USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List
1/27/2021 4:33:00 PM | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY – NC State softball's Tatyana Forbes was named to USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, Wednesday afternoon by USA Softball. She is the first NC State player in program history to be named to the Watch List, however, it marks the second time in Forbes' career she has been named to the list.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards enters its 19th season and recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division 1 female collegiate softball players across the country. Forbes is one of three Atlantic Coast Conference athletes on the list, joining Virginia Tech's Keely Rochard and Florida State's Sydney Sherrill.
Forbes made a name for herself in the shortened 2020 season, ranking second nationally in hits (43), fifth in batting average (.538) and eighth in on-base percentage (.593). Forbes led the Atlantic Coast Conference in all three categories in addition to ranking fifth in the ACC in stolen bases per game (0.56). She enters her final season as the NCAA Division 1 career batting average leader, with a career batting average of .463. She also ranks eighth among all active players in stolen base percentage (.918).
In 2020, she started all 25 games for the Wolfpack in right field where she recorded a 10-game hit streak and 17-game on-base streak, tied for the fifth-longest hit streak in program history. She concluded the season ranked No. 97 in the SoftballAmerica Shortened Season Top-100 Players List.
Forbes was also a top-10 finalist for the 2016 NFCA/Schutt Sports Division 1 National Freshman of the Year Award.
The Redmond, Wash. native is a member of Team Mexico and helped Mexico qualify a softball team to the Olympic Games for the first time. She became the first NC State softball player to be named to an Olympic roster over the summer, and is slated to take part in the postponed Tokyo 2020 games later this year.
Forbes was an integral part of the 2020 Wolfpack roster that had a red-hot start to the season, posting the best 15-game start in program history, opening ACC play 3-0 for the first time in five years, and finishing with a 19-6 record. Forbes and the NC State softball team are slated to kick off the 2021 season, Feb. 13 against Longwood.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 21. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. The top 10 Finalists will be announced May 5 and the Top 3 announced May 19. The 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed June 1.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards enters its 19th season and recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division 1 female collegiate softball players across the country. Forbes is one of three Atlantic Coast Conference athletes on the list, joining Virginia Tech's Keely Rochard and Florida State's Sydney Sherrill.
𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩 x @Taty_Forbes.
— NC State Softball (@PackSoftball) January 27, 2021
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Forbes made a name for herself in the shortened 2020 season, ranking second nationally in hits (43), fifth in batting average (.538) and eighth in on-base percentage (.593). Forbes led the Atlantic Coast Conference in all three categories in addition to ranking fifth in the ACC in stolen bases per game (0.56). She enters her final season as the NCAA Division 1 career batting average leader, with a career batting average of .463. She also ranks eighth among all active players in stolen base percentage (.918).
In 2020, she started all 25 games for the Wolfpack in right field where she recorded a 10-game hit streak and 17-game on-base streak, tied for the fifth-longest hit streak in program history. She concluded the season ranked No. 97 in the SoftballAmerica Shortened Season Top-100 Players List.
Forbes was also a top-10 finalist for the 2016 NFCA/Schutt Sports Division 1 National Freshman of the Year Award.
The Redmond, Wash. native is a member of Team Mexico and helped Mexico qualify a softball team to the Olympic Games for the first time. She became the first NC State softball player to be named to an Olympic roster over the summer, and is slated to take part in the postponed Tokyo 2020 games later this year.
Forbes was an integral part of the 2020 Wolfpack roster that had a red-hot start to the season, posting the best 15-game start in program history, opening ACC play 3-0 for the first time in five years, and finishing with a 19-6 record. Forbes and the NC State softball team are slated to kick off the 2021 season, Feb. 13 against Longwood.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 21. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. The top 10 Finalists will be announced May 5 and the Top 3 announced May 19. The 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed June 1.
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