BLOOMINGTON, IL – Alfred University's Jessica Remm (Carmel, IN/Carmel) was selected as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Second Team All-American on Thursday evening during the NCAA Division III Championship Awards Banquet.
 
Remm joins former teammates, Ashley Lugo '22 M.B.A. '23 and Allison O'Toole '22 M.B.A.'23 as well as Jessica Wilcox '20 M.B.A '21, Liz Thompson '17, Alison Wickwire '15 and Nicole Hedrick '10 as the only AU softball players in school history to earn the honor. All were recipients of Second Team recognition with Thompson earning it twice, once in 2015 and again in 2017.
 
"Jess is a phenomenal student-athlete that had an unbelievable year and we are so pleased that she was able to be recognized by the NFCA for that," Head Coach Luke Wesneski said. "She is driven and passionate and her goal is to be even better next year. It's that determination that makes her the player she is. And not only is she a fantastic player, but also a scholar. She earned a 4.0 in both semesters this year. We are super proud of all of her achievements and leadership."
 
Remm had a standout season, finishing the regular season and Empire 8 Championships with a perfect, 1.000 fielding percentage. She was named the Empire 8 Co-Player of the Week twice and Saxon of the Week five times. At the end of the regular season, Remm broke the single season record for RBI at SUNY Poly with her 55^th and continued to add to it to where she broke the Empire 8 record, held by Laura Remia of Ithaca College in 2001 with 63 RBI, recording her 65^th on Saturday afternoon to help the Saxons go undefeated in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament with a win over St. John Fisher University. Her game-winning home run also clinched her the AU and Empire 8 record for single season runs scored, surpassing Thompson and her record of 56 runs scored in 2015. Remm then added two more RBI in the NCAA Regional Tournament held at Christopher Newport University with a two-run home run against Regional Champion, Randolph-Macon.
 
Remm finished the season with a .462 batting average, recording 67 hits, one shy of the AU school record held by Thompson and three away from the Empire 8 record of 70 hits held by Danielle DeFeo of Stevens Institute of Technology back in 2012. Out of her 67 hits, 17 were double and 12 were home runs with five more being triples. She was walked 18 times and hit-by-pitch five times while only striking out seven times. Remm added 20 stolen bases.
 
Remm was also named an NFCA Division III All-Region III First Team selection, the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year and All-Empire 8 First Team.