SB’s Orme Added to POTY’s Top 50 Watch List
Dariana Orme, a senior pitcher for Baylor softball, was selected on Wednesday by the national organization to the Top 50 Watch List for the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
Entering its 23rd season, USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, honors exceptional athletic achievement by naming Division I female collegiate softball players nationwide with the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.
With 149.2 innings pitched and 126 strikeouts in his career, Orme led the Bears in the circle and led the Big 12 conference in batters who stuck out looking (34). She had a career-high 11 strikeouts in a no-hitter against then-No. 21 Maryland the same week that she pitched the first seven-inning perfect game in Baylor history against SFA.
Orme, a right-handed starter who pitched 4.0 innings without giving up an earned run, was the only pitcher to win against No. 1 Oklahoma in the previous season. The Bears handed the Sooners their lone setback of the 2023 campaign. Orme won both the Big 12 and NFCA National Pitcher of the Week awards for her victory over Oklahoma, which she combined with the perfect game against SFA. During the 2023 season, she won three conference pitcher of the week awards.
Orme, who was named to the NFCA All-Region first team, defeated seven teams in the top-25 last season. Orme delivered a complete game shutout in game one of the Bears’ two-game series sweep of the Lady Vols at No. 4 Tennessee, where she recorded a 0.00 ERA through 9.0 innings pitched and struck out seven.
Orme returns to the diamond for her senior season in 2024 after missing the 2023 postseason due to an injury.
On May 1, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year 2024 Top 25 Finalists will be revealed. The eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be chosen from the Top 25 Finalists, though an athlete does not have to be on the Watch List to be considered for the Top 25. On May 15, the Top 10 Finalists will be made public, and on May 20, the Top 3. The NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) will take place before the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year announcement.
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