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Jersey Number 7
Molly Hutchison
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Steele Canyon
Bio
Second Team All-ACC Selection (2016)
All-ACC Academic Team (2016)
USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week (3/8/16)
ACC Softball Player of the Week (3/7/16)
2017 - Senior Season
2016 - Junior Season
2015 - Sophomore Season
2014 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
All-ACC Academic Team (2016)
USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week (3/8/16)
ACC Softball Player of the Week (3/7/16)
2017 - Senior Season
- Made 49 career starts as catcher and three as the designated player
- Tallied 39 hits, in including five doubles and 10 home runs – the second most on the team
- Scored 21 runs and charted 33 RBIs, and drew 25 walks which was the second-most on the team
- Defensively had 169 putouts and 24 assists behind the plate
- Broke the school record for most RBIs on April 12 at Elon, finishing with 162 in her career. She tallied 33 in her final collegiate season
- Broke the school record for career walks (110) on April 23 at Pitt.
- On April 8 at Georgia Tech she broke the single game record for home runs (3), RBIs (7) and total bases (13)
- Turned in eight multi-hit games and six multiple RBI games
2016 - Junior Season
- One of four players to start all 56 games
- Finished the year second on the team with a .329 batting average
- She also collected 55 hits, the second most on the team
- Smacked 11 home runs and led the Wolfpack with 51 RBI, the third-highest total in program history and ninth in the ACC
- Compiled a .587 slugging percentage and a .446 on-base percentage
- Tallied 15 multi-RBI games, 14 multi-hit games, had a 10-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 12 consecutive games
- Named ACC Player of the Week on March 7 and became just the second player in NC State history to collect USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week honors, one day later
- Had a .600 batting average with the bases loaded, .393 average with runners in scoring position and .340 clip with two outs
2015 - Sophomore Season
- Started all 60 games during the season, making 56 starts behind the plate and the remainder at first base
- Tallied the fourth-best batting average on the squad at .271 with 49 hits
- Smacked 13 home runs, the third most on the team
- Also had 42 RBI, the third-highest total for the Wolfpack
- Scored 35 runs and drew 32 walks
- Compiled a slugging percentage of .514 and an on-base percentage
2014 - Freshman Season
- Started 53 of 54 games as a freshman, splitting time between catcher and the outfield
- Hit .255 with a team-leading 36 runs batted in (RBI)
- Blasted 10 home runs to finish second on the team in that category
- Recorded the first multi-homer game of her career against then-No. 25 USC Upstate
- Tied the school record with six RBI against Radford after smacking her first career grand slam and a two-run single later in the contest
- Tallied nine multi-hit games
- Paced the squad in multi-RBI contests with 10 to her credit
High School / Prep Career
- Attended Steele Canyon High School and played for head coach Julie Neubauer
- Named first-team All-CIF San Diego Section, first-team All-Grossmont Hills League and first-team All-East County as a senior
- Also tabbed the team's Most Valuable Player and the East County Player of the Year in 2013
- Recognized as first-team All-East County, second-team All-Grossmont Hills League and the squad's best offensive player after her junior season
- As a freshman, named first-team All-Grossmont Hills League, all-freshmen team, second-team All-East County and the best offensive player
- Also tabbed the Athlete of the Week numerous times during her prep career