LOUISVILLE, Ky. — BYU softball's Ilove'a Brittingham was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-American, the organization announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Brittingham, also a Softball America Freshman All-American, NFCA Freshman of the Year top 10 finalist, an NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team honoree, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, an All-Big 12 First Team honoree and Big 12 All-Freshman Team member, is the Cougars' first NFCA All-American since Libby Sugg was also tabbed a Third-Teamer in 2018.
The freshman outfielder led BYU in 10 offensive categories this season en route to setting the Cougars' freshman RBI record (69) and tied the program's single-season freshman home run (21) record.
She led the Big 12 in seven offensive categories: home runs (21), home runs per game (0.43), RBI (69), RBI per game (1.41), sacrifice flies (4), slugging percentage (.839) and total bases (135), and ranked in the top 20 nationally in four of those categories, including No. 3 in the country in RBI per game and No. 7 in home runs per game.
Brittingham also paced the team with 20 multi-RBI games and 19 multi-hit contests, posting five or more RBI on four separate occasions. The Nipomo, California native had five two-homer games on the year as well.
View the NFCA's full list of All-Americans at the organization's website.