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May 28, 2014

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Utah freshman second baseman Hannah Flippen was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association All-American Second Team, it was announced Wednesday.

Twelve different Utah players have earned 14 All-American honors in school history and Flippen is the first Ute to be recognized since second baseman Jackie Wong earned a second-team nod in 2006.

Flippen was also named to the First All-NFCA Pacific Region, First Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Teams after leading the conference with 163 assists from her second base position and was second with six triples. She tied for second in the Pac-12 with 27 double plays turned and tied for third with 68 hits. In the league-only stats, Flippen tied for second with four sacrifice bunts and 15 turned double plays. Against league foes, Flippen turned in a team-high .362 average and was second on the squad with a .393 mark overall.

A member of the NFCA's Freshman of the Year Top 25 Watch List, Flippen was also third on the squad with 17 multi-hit games to go with 33 RBI.

The Bonita, Calif., native went 4-for-5 with 4 RBI against Northwestern (2/8). She was 3-for-4 with two RBI against Long Beach State (2/15) and drove a three-run homer against Seattle (2/15). Flippen followed that with a two-run homer against Hawaii (2/16), a 2-for-3 performance against Ole Miss (3/3), two hits and an RBI versus Utah State (3/3), and two hits at No. 5 Washington (3/14). She went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored the game-winning run against BYU (3/20) and was 3-for-4 with two with doubles and two RBI against No. 3 Oregon (3/22) before going 3-for-3 with an RBI at No. 1 UCLA on Mar. 29. She went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two doubles vs. Cal (5/1) and also had a 6-for-8 day with five RBI during a doubleheader versus Southern Utah (4/22).

Read the complete release from the NFCA at nfca.org.

Utah Softball All-AmericansMelonie Kent        1981        First TeamCindy Lyon      1982        First TeamAnnette Ausseresses 1985        First TeamMichelle Townsend   1985        Second TeamPipi Hollingsworth  1987        Second TeamCharmelle Green         1990        First Team            1991        Second TeamAmy Hogue       1994        Second TeamAli (Andrus) Sagas  1994        Second TeamSandy Rhea      1997        First Team            1998        Second TeamSunny Smith        2000        Second TeamJackie Wong       2006        Second TeamHannah Flippen           2014        Second Team

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