OKLAHOMA CITY -- San Diego State softball's Mac Barbara (Long Beach, Calif.) has been named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third-Team All-American, the association announced at its annual press conference Wednesday at the Women's College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City.
Barbara is the fifth Aztec to be earn NFCA All-America accolades, joining Erin Floros (2006 third team), Samantha Beasley (2010 third team), Hayley Miles (2012 third team) and Jenavee Peres (2017 second team).
The All-America teams are voted on by the NFCA's All-America committee, which is comprised of one selected member head coach from each of the NFCA's 10 regions. All student-athletes who were voted to the first-, second- or third-team All-Region teams were eligible for All-America consideration.
Barbara, who also was named a first-team all-NFCA West Region selection, the Mountain West Player of the Year and a finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year as a redshirt freshman, batted .395 (68-for-172) with 18 home runs, 61 RBIs, 32 runs, 14 doubles and a triple for a .802 slugging percentage and a .493 on-base mark. Barbara, who reached base safely in 40 consecutive games from Feb. 17-May 6, which was the longest streak in the country this year and set a program record, is tied for 14th in the country in RBIs (61), 16th in total bases (138), 26th in slugging percentage (.802) and tied for 28th in home runs (18).
Among the Aztec single-season leaders, Barbara ranked second in RBIs (61), third in total bases (138), tied for third in home runs (18) and extra-base hits (33), fourth in on-base percentage (.493), slugging percentage (.802) and OPS percentage (1.295), tied for fourth in walks (34), tied for sixth in doubles (14), seventh in batting average (.395) and eighth in hits (68).
SDSU finished the 2022 season with a 39-16 record (.709), the second-best record in program history, before falling to No. 8/5 Arizona State, 8-4, in the NCAA Tempe Regional final. San Diego State also captured its league-record eighth MW title with a 20-4 conference record.