Harris, Sohm pick up D2CCA All-America honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Carson-Newman senior second baseman Emily Harris (Cumming, Ga.) and senior short stop Leah Sohm (Knoxville, Tenn.) have garnered All-American honors from the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association, the organization announced Wednesday morning.
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Carson-Newman senior second baseman Emily Harris (Cumming, Ga.) and senior short stop Leah Sohm (Knoxville, Tenn.) have garnered All-American honors from the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association, the organization announced Wednesday morning.
Harris becomes a consensus All-American after garnering first team honors from the NFCA. Harris was named to the D2CCA second team. Sohm garners third-team honors to become Carson-Newman's first All-American shortstop since Brittany Hefner in 2013.
The duo becomes the first pair of Carson-Newman players to be named All-Americans since Lacie Rinus and Abby Fiessinger both garnered All-American honors in 2017 from the D2CCA. This marks the sixth time in C-N history that two Eagles have been honored in the same season and the fourth time in the NCAA era
Sohm is the 21st All-American in Carson-Newman softball history.
Harris is just the third player in Carson-Newman history to earn All-America honors at second base. Abby Fessinger was lauded in 2017 as a freshman at the position while Whitney Cruze (ne' Hickam) picked up honors at second base in 2008. Siebert played second in 2015 but garnered her accolade as a utility player after splitting time in the outfield, behind the plate and at short.
Harris, NCAA Division II's active hits leader, finished her career with 334 knock.. She's 11th in NCAA Division II history for career hits.
Harris led the SAC and is fourth nationally with 85 knocks. Harris has the fourth highest batting average in the country (.486). A total that is fourth-best in program history and SAC history.
Harris is one of five players in program history to have produced 80 or more hits in a year (Carol Zachary Mitchell, Kelli Hensley, Jessie Howard and Sammi Hatcher Chafin).
She finished the year with the fourth-most hits in a single-season in school history. Additionally, Harris as smoked 18 doubles, two away from the single-season school record shared by Whitney Hickam (2008) and Mandy Stevens (2007).
Harris finished the year with 36 stolen bases in 38 attempts good for the sixth most swipes in a single season in school history.
Harris has produced a trio of double-digit hitting streaks, topping out at 11 consecutive games. She didn't go back-to-back games without a hit this season.
The senior had a four-hit day against King (Feb. 19). She matched a single-game school record by drilling three doubles against Emmanuel (Feb. 6.).
With 39 stolen bases, Leah Sohm had the fifth-most stolen bases in a single-season in school history.
Arguably the fastest player in the in the Southeast Region, Sohm finished her career with the third-most stolen bases for a career in school history with 89.
Sohm sits on 30 runs scored this season, fourth most in school history.
The shortstop hit .413 this season with 78 knocks, the sixth most hits for a single season in school history. She also hit seven doubles, seven triples and two inside-the-park home runs. Unbelievably, she put a home run over the fence in the SAC tournament quarterfinals against Wingate.
Sohm produced a career-long 13-game hitting streak earlier this season. She has 23 multi-hit games, including a school-record five-hit day against Shorter (Feb. 12). She drove in a career-high four RBI against both the Hawks and the Catawba Indians.
