Florida State
The perennial ACC favorites will begin the season with the same status. The Seminoles are deeper in the circle with redshirt senior Caylan Arnold, redshirt sophomore Kathryn Sandercock, Louisville transfer Danielle Watson and redshirt freshman Emma Wilson. Arnold was 5-3 with a team-leading 1.40 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 60 IP in 2020 her first season at FSU after transferring from Tennessee. Sandercock was 9-1 with a 2.19 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 60.2 IP. The Seminoles have experience remaining from their 2018 WCWS championship team with Sydney Sherrill, Dani Morgan, Anna Shelnutt and Elizabeth Mason. Devyn Flaherty improved after competing in the Florida Gulf Coast League over the summer. True freshman outfielder Jahni Kerr is expected to make an early impact. True freshman Hallie Wacaser, a two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year in Arkansas and Under-17 U.S. national team member, is recovering from a torn ACL suffered in the fall.
Hannah Goodwin (INF) and
Marissa Guimbarda (OF/UTL) have been named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2021 Preseason All-ACC Team, the league office announced Thursday. The preseason all-conference distinctions mark a first for the program, which enters its second season in 2021. Additionally, the Tigers were predicted to finish in sixth in the ACC standings, according to the league’s head coaches.
Cagle dominated as a true freshman for the Tigers in 2020. Having started in all 27 games last season, including 13 starts in the circle, Cagle hit .376 and was tenth in the nation in home runs (10), making her the only freshman in the country with double-digit homers. She was also second in the nation and led the league with 36 RBIs. Last season, Cagle was the only player in the conference to earn ACC Player of the Week honors on two occasions (Feb. 18 & March 3). The Yorktown, Virginia native was also one of four players in the country to record eight RBIs in a single game. Her e