Extra Innings Softball has released its Extra Elite 100 rankings, with three Clemson Tigers being named among the Top 100 players in the nation.
Valerie Cagle No. 9
2022 Stats
- NFCA First Team All-American
- NFCA All-Region First Team
- USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
- ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
- First Team All-ACC
- ACC All-Academic
- Tallied a .308 average overall and .282 average in ACC play
- Finished the season with 44 RBIs and 34 runs scored
- Had 55 hits on the year with 10 doubles, one triple and 13 home runs
- Had three hits in the NCAA Clemson Regional, including a home run in the regional championship game against Louisiana (May 22)
- Went 2-for-3 with one home run in ACC Championship Tournament Quarterfinals against Notre Dame (May 12)
- Went 3-for-4 in the opening game at FGCU (Feb. 10) with a double, a home run and six RBIs
- Hit two home runs against Winthrop (March 15)
- Went 3-for-4 at Charlotte (Feb. 23) with one run scored
- Holds a 1.92 ERA through 32 appearances in the circle with three saves
- Has 16 wins, 16 complete games and seven solo shutouts which leads the ACC
- Leads the team with 176 strikeouts through 160.2 innings pitched
- Pitched 6.1 hitless innings against Georgia Tech with 10 strikeouts
- Pitched Clemson 2-0 upset victory over No. 6/5 Washington with 10 strikeouts
- Had a season-high 13 strikeouts in Clemson’s 4-3 win over Tennessee
- Struck out 12 batters at UNC (April 1) after striking out 11 vs. South Carolina (March 30)
- Turned in a shutout with six strikeouts against Auburn (May 21) in the NCAA Clemson Regional
- Preseason All-ACC Selection
- No. 6 on Extra Innings Softball’s Extra Elite 100 list
- No. 19 on Softball America’s 2022 Preseason College Top 100 list
- Preseason D1Softball.com First Team All-American
- Preseason Softball America First Team All-American
- D1Softball.com Preseason Top 10 Pitcher Power Rankings
- Preseason D1Softball.com Player of the Year
McKenzie Clark No. 43
2022 Stats
- ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
- Second Team All-ACC
- ACC All-Academic
- Led the Tigers with a .328 overall average and team-high .356 in ACC play this season
- Led the team with a .624 slugging percentage
- Had a team-high 59 hits on the year with 13 doubles and two triples and team-high 42 runs scored
- Hit 12 home runs this season including nine in ACC play
- Had four hits in the NCAA Clemson Regional, including going 3-for-3 against UNCW (May 20)
- Went 4-for-4 with one run and two RBIs in the ACC Tournament Championship game against Florida State (May 14)
- Went 3-for-4 with three home runs against Florida State (April 22) in Tallahassee
- Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored against Akron (Feb. 26)
- Recorded Clemson’s first inside the park home run against Akron (Feb. 26)
- Finished with three hits against South Carolina with two runs (March 30)
- Fifth on the team with six stolen bases
- Maintains a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on the year with 54 putouts and five assists
- Preseason All-ACC selection
Millie Thompson No. 65
2022 Stats
- Third Team All-ACC selection
- ACC All-Academic
- Named ACC Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 against Georgia Tech and ETSU (May 5)
- Threw her first career solo no-hitter against Furman (April 6) in five innings
- Threw a five-inning no-hitter against UNCW (May 20) in the Clemson NCAA Regional, with four strikeouts and no walks
- Started the season with a combined no-hitter against Kent State (Feb. 11)
- Struck out eight batters without giving up a walk in Clemson’s 10-2 run-rule victory over Duke (March 19)
- Struck out nine batters in victory over Louisville (March 25)
- Struck out a career-high 11 batters vs. Illinois (March 13) and nine against Wisconsin (Feb. 19)
- Threw a five-inning shutout against Louisiana (May 22) in the Clemson NCAA Regional Championship games, with five strikeouts, one hit and one walk
- Maintained a 1.58 ERA through 27 appearances with five solo shutouts and five combined
- Has pitched 119.1 innings this season with 110 strikeouts
- Is fifth in the ACC in fewest batters hit with five
- Led the ACC in strikeout to walk ratio with 6.11 and ranks 18th in the NCAA
- Led the ACC in fewest walks allowed per seven innings with 1.06
- Has 15 wins on the year including five in ACC play
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