Victoria Blue capped off a dominant 2019 Australian Women’s Baseball Championships in Canberra by claiming three of four Open Women’s individual accolades on offer.
Abbey Kelly was named Open Women’s Most Valuable Player after playing a key role in Victoria Blue going undefeated on its way to the gold medal.
Kelly hit .500 (15-for-30) across nine games in Blue’s batting lineup and finished with a tidy ERA of 1.40 after throwing five innings on Day 1 of the event.
Teammate Morgan Doty received the pitching award after not giving up a run in 9 1/3 innings.
Doty struck out 10 hitters and allowed just three hits without a walk (one hit by pitch).
Abbey McLellan earned the Batting Award after hitting .556 with a slugging percentage of .815.
McLellan drove in a tournament-high 19 runs in 10 appearances.
Western Australia’s Yuuki Ishikawa collected the Fielding Award after not making an error across #AWC2019.
Queensland’s Hannah Marshall was named the Youth MVP after averaging .556 with 10 RBI.
Soraya Hamson picked up the Fielding Award after compiling a 1.000 fielding percentage and helping Queensland turn three double plays.
Olivia Bonello (New South Wales) took out the Batting Award after hitting .667 with 14 RBI.
Victorian Keeley Harrison collected the Pitching Award after putting together a 0.00 ERA in 6 1/3 innings of work.
AWARDS SUMMARY
Open Women:
MVP - Abbey Kelly (Victoria Blue)
Batting Award - Abbey McLellan (Victoria Blue)
Pitching Award - Morgan Doty (Victoria Blue)
Fielding Award - Yuuki Ishikawa (Western Australia)
Youth Women:
MVP - Hannah Marshall (Queensland)
Batting Award - Olivia Bonello (New South Wales)
Pitching Award - Keeley Harrison (Victoria)
Fielding Award - Soraya Hamson (Queensland)
FINAL STANDINGS
Open Women:
1 Victoria Blue
2 Western Australia
3 South Australia
4 New South Wales
5 Victoria White
6 Queensland
Youth Women:
1 New South Wales
2 Queensland
3 Victoria
4 Western Australia
5 Indonesia