Also, Rochard, Bennett, and Bailey all named ACC First Team

From Hokiesports:

"Virginia Tech softball's Jayme Bailey, Kelsey Bennett and Keely Rochard have been named to the preseason All-ACC team, the conference announced Thursday.

"The preseason All-ACC team is voted on by the conference's coaches. The Hokies, with three honorees, tie Clemson for the second-most players of the list behind Florida State's four. Bailey, Bennett and Rochard all make the team for the second consecutive season.

"Bailey started all 25 games for the Hokies last season and had a slugging percentage of .679, registering five doubles, three triples and four home runs for 21 runs batted in. The West Virginia native was named to the 2020 VaSID first-team all-state after recording a hit in 21 games, including eight multi-hit games. Softball America named Bailey the 81st-ranked played in its shortened season top 100 players at the conclusion of last season.

"The 2019 ACC Freshman of the Year, Bennett continued to rake in 2020, leading the team in RBIs with 25 and tied for the team lead with seven home runs. She was named to the VaSID first-team all-state and Softball America's shortened season top 100, coming in at No. 71. Bennett led all qualifying Hokies in slugging percentage at .794 and had 13 extra-base hits in 2020, over half her total hits for the season. This month, Bennett was also named to the Softball America preseason top-100 players, ranked No. 75.

"Rochard was arguably the most dominant pitcher in the country in 2020, leading the NCAA in strikeouts (183), wins (15) and shutouts (7). She went 15-3 and threw two no-hitters in the shortened season. Rochard was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week three consecutive weeks from Feb. 25 to March 10, 2020 and National Pitcher of the Week on March 3. Softball America named her a first-team All-American and listed her as the No. 14 player in the country in the shortened season, and VaSID named Rochard the state Pitcher of the Year.

"Rochard has already pulled in accolades for the 2021 season on top of preseason All-ACC. Wednesday, she was among the 50 players on the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year watchlist. Softball America also named Rochard to the preseason top 100 players (No. 9) and to the top 25 juniors (No. 2). Thursday, D1Softball named Rochard a preseason second-team All-American.

Chip here - the season can't start soon enough!!!

Let's Go Hokies!!!

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Posted: 01/28/2021 at 11:04PM

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Hokies picked 2nd in the ACC by the coaches -- VTChip 01/28/2021 11:01PM

Looking forward to the season. Hope ACCN or ACCX carries a lot of games -- Hokie`79 01/29/2021 10:57AM

Agree! The ESPN app will hopefully have all or almost all games. ** -- ONELLY 01/31/2021 1:40PM

Remember, you have to get ACCN on your cable to get ACCNX. ** -- hokietony 02/02/2021 1:12PM

I didn't realize that Miami doesn't play softball -- UpperQuad 01/29/2021 01:34AM

The "U" image doesn't extend to softball... ;) ** -- palmbeachhokie 02/02/2021 08:54AM

They could have a Home Run Chain ** -- UpperQuad 02/02/2021 08:56AM

Miami said ,no place on campus to build a park. ** -- Sportsman 02/02/2021 04:33AM

Didn't stop them from having a football team ** -- UpperQuad 02/02/2021 08:24AM

Wake Forest is the other ACC school that doesn’t have softball. -- RJHokie 01/29/2021 09:14AM

It is strange - but this is also only year 2 for Clemson & year 3 for Duke -- VTChip 01/29/2021 09:05AM

Especially a south Florida school -- EDGEMAN 01/29/2021 06:49AM

Living in south florida -- Go VT 02/01/2021 09:59AM

Affluent suburbanites have figured out that lacrosse is the easiest -- UpperQuad 02/01/2021 4:51PM

The thing is... -- Go VT 02/01/2021 9:00PM

Having lived in Palm Beach County for 30 years and raising my kids there -- palmbeachhokie 02/02/2021 08:47AM

Lax families often only want the scholly for bragging rights -- UpperQuad 02/01/2021 9:44PM

Exactly -- HokieMama18 02/02/2021 09:45AM

I spent 3 years in Dade, and two in Monroe -- EDGEMAN 02/01/2021 10:22AM

Agree with you - not particularly logical, but apparently not much interest -- VTChip 01/29/2021 10:10AM

Also, Rochard, Bennett, and Bailey all named ACC First Team -- VTChip 01/28/2021 11:04PM

Also, Rochard, Bennett, and Bailey all named ACC First Team

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