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League Record 13 Student-Athletes Named 2026 NFCA Division I All-Americans

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference had a league record 13 student-athletes named to the 2026 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I All-America teams, while Florida State’s Isa Torres and Louisville’s Camryn Lockadoo were named Division I Rawlings Gold Glove Award® recipients, the association announced on Wednesday.

Florida State led the way with four selections. Duke, North Carolina and Virginia Tech had two honorees apiece, while Louisville, Stanford and Virginia each had one student-athlete named to the prestigious list.

Earning First-Team honors were Duke’s Aminah Vega, Florida State’s Isa Torres and North Carolina’s Emily LeGette.

Vega became the first Blue Devil in program history to garner NFCA All-America distinction twice after leading Duke in batting average (.462), runs (87), doubles (21), triples (5) and total bases (174). In her final season, the DeBary, Florida, native set the program record for career doubles with 67 and established the single-season doubles mark with 21. Vega sits second in Duke history with 301 career hits and became the program's career home run leader during the NCAA Super Regional at Arkansas with her 55th career long ball, passing Ana Gold’s 54. She is the only player in program history to garner NFCA All-Region and All-ACC First Team honors in four consecutive seasons.

Torres was named an NFCA First-Team All-American for the second consecutive season and became just the third Seminole to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Torres put together one of the greatest seasons in program history, breaking the Seminoles’ single-season records for batting average (.530), runs scored (78), on-base percentage (.591) and slugging percentage (.978). Torres finished tied for second all-time with 98 hits and was third all-time with 21 doubles. She broke the NCAA record with 16 consecutive hits in 16 at-bats from March 8-20 and also reached base in 23 consecutive plate appearances, recording the third-longest streak in NCAA history. Defensively, she did not commit an error in her first 164 chances at shortstop and ended the year with just two errors.

LeGette earned First-Team All-America honors after rewriting the Tar Heels’ record book, setting the single-season program records for home runs (27), slugging percentage (1.117) and total bases (153). Her RBI (76), batting average (.467), on-base percentage (.573) and walks (46) were second in program history. LeGette was a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and an NFCA First-Team All-Region selection.

Lockadoo was one of the most consistent hitters and fielders in the nation this season, hitting .382 with 60 hits and 58 RBIs. The infielder started all 58 games at first base this year, recording 364 putouts and 12 assists with a .992 fielding percentage and 16 double plays turned, while committing just three errors all season. She is the first Division I Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipient in Louisville’s program history.

First-Team All-American
Aminah Vega, Duke, 2B
Isa Torres, Florida State, SS
Emily LeGette, North Carolina, 1B
 
Second-Team All-American
Jessica Oakland, Duke, SS
Ashtyn Danley, Florida State, UTL/P
Sanaa Thompson, North Carolina, OF
Macee Eaton, Virginia, 1B
Jordan Lynch, Virginia Tech, 3B
Taryn Kern, Stanford, DP/UTL

Third-Team All-American
Jazzy Francik, Florida State, P
Jaysoni Beachum, Florida State, 3B
Bri Despines, Louisville, C
Bree Carrico, Virginia Tech, P