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Winthrop resident earns spot on National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Third Team

Posted 6/23/15

Lindsey Thayer of Winthrop recently earned a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Third Team, according to a release on St. John Fisher’s website. Thayer is the …

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Winthrop resident earns spot on National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Third Team

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Lindsey Thayer of Winthrop recently earned a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Third Team, according to a release on St. John Fisher’s website.

Thayer is the college’s first pitcher and first freshman to pick up the national award and first All-American in softball since.

Thayer, the Empire 8 Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year, tallied 294 strikeouts over 202 innings pitched en route to recording a 1.00 earned run average, the release said.

She broke the previous school record of 290 strikeouts and in fewer innings pitched at 222, the release said.

She ranks third and fourth in Fisher's single-season top-10 lists for innings pitched and wins, respectively.

Thayer's rookie season featured her first career no-hitter and the program's first since 2004 in an 8-0 win over Elmira College. In that doubleheader, she tallied 30 strikeouts out of a possible 36, the college said.

She continued to dominate throughout the season, shutting out SUNY Cortland, the then-top-ranked team in the region, allowing just two hits and striking out 11, the release said.

In addition to the All-American award, Thayer earned a spot on the NFCA Northeast Region First Team and garnered the Empire 8 Conference Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.

She was the first player to receive two All-Conference awards since 2004, when Ithaca College's Zahida Sherman swept the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards, according to the college.