Sierra Valentine earns 2016 All-Liberty League honors

2016 May 16

Sierra Valentine of the RIT softball team was honored as the Liberty League announced its 2016 end of the season awards on Wednesday, May 11.

Valentine was named the Liberty League Pitcher of the Year and was an All-Liberty League first team selection.

Valentine became RIT's No. 1 starter on the mound, finishing the season with 10 wins, a 3.20 earned run average, two shutouts, and a league best 138 strikeouts (sixth most in one season at RIT) in 135 2/3 innings pitched. Valentine was especially strong in league play recording a 2.44 earned run and 43 strikeouts in 43 innings, holding opponents to a .225 batting average. She struck out nine batters in a two-hit shutout against league foe Skidmore on April 17 and fired a four-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in a crucial conference win over St. Lawrence on April 30.