BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College freshman softball player Caroline Rice has been named Second Team All-New England by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
The NESCAC Rookie of the Year and a First Team All-NESCAC selection made an immediate impact on the Polar Bears lineup as she ranked second among all conference players in batting average (.500) and hits (55), third in doubles (14) and fourth in total bases (78).
Rice paced Bowdoin with 23 runs, and was second on the team with 28 RBIs. Defensively, she committed only one error during the season for a .962 fielding percentage.
Bowdoin finished its season with a record of 21-15-2, reaching 20 wins for the 10th consecutive campaign.
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