IRVING, Texas – South Florida pitcher Georgina Corrick and Wichita State outfielder Addison Barnard were among 37 Division I softball players nationally to be named to 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America teams on Tuesday. Corrick, with a perfect 4.00 GPA as a global sustainability graduate student after graduating with a 3.68 GPA and a undergraduate degree in marine biology, and Barnard, a health science major with a 3.73 GPA, were each included on the Academic All-America first team. Corrick was further recognized for outstanding athletic and academic achievement as the 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for DI softball.
The pair are the fifth and sixth overall softball honorees from the American Athletic Conference to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, with Corrick previously landing on the third team in 2020-21. Former UCF pitcher Mackenzie Audas was the only prior first-team softball performer from the conference after earning that honor in 2014-15. Corrick also joined former SMU volleyball standout Avery Acker (2015-16) as American student-athletes to capture the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year award in their given sport.
One of three national finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, first-team choice Corrick captured NFCA All-America honors for the third straight season to go along with a third-team selection in 2021 and a second-team nod in 2019. Barnard was recognized as a first-time All-America selection after landing on the NFCA’s second team, joining teammate and two-time honoree Sydney McKinney as just the second All-America player in Wichita State program history.
Corrick continued to re-write The American record book in her senior campaign, becoming the first student-athlete in conference history with four straight major yearly awards (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) and was the unanimous American Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive campaign. Over 47 appearances (40 starts) in the circle in 2022 Corrick posted a 37-5 record and 0.51 ERA with two saves, three total no-hitters and two perfect games. Corrick spun 34 complete games, 21 solo shutouts and five combined shutouts across all starts, striking out 418 batters while allowing just 34 walks over 274.1 innings pitched (.121 batting average against).
Corrick was the 2022 national leader in victories, shutouts and strikeouts as of the latest NCAA DI statistics report on June 6 and set American conference records for pitching wins (113 career, 37 season), strikeouts (1,302 career, 418 season), shutouts (55 career, 21 season) and career no-hitters (eight solo, one combined).
Barnard enjoyed the most dominant offensive showing in conference history as a sophomore starter in the Wichita State outfield, bashing an American record 33 home runs and 84 RBI with an incredible 1.018 slugging percentage in 52 starts. Barnard is believed to be the first DI softball player in NCAA history to finish a season with at least 30 home runs and at least 25 stolen bases after chipping in 25 steals during the year. Barnard was named the 2022 American Player of the Year and captured national player of the week from the NFCA on three separate occasions. Barnard remained the NCAA DI leader in both home runs and RBI as of June 6.
2022 American Athletic Conference Softball CoSIDA Academic All-America
CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year (Division I)
Georgina Corrick, Sr., RHP, South Florida
CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (Division I)
Addison Barnard, So., OF, Wichita State
Georgina Corrick, Sr., RHP, South Florida