BOSTON - Highlighted by a major award winner, five members of the University at Albany's softball team have been awarded a postseason honor from the America East conference, announced Tuesday.
 
Named the America East Player of the Year, Morgan Petty led the pack. The Great Danes put at least one player on each of the four teams - First Team All-Conference, Second Team All-Conference, All-Rookie, and All-Academic. Katie Falotico, Lové Drumgole, Maranda Jimenez, and Petty were voted to the First Team while Sierra Fretz was named to both the Second Team and the All-Rookie Team. Falotico's 3.92 undergrad GPA was good for a spot on the All-Academic Team.
 
Finishing first in the conference in RBI (46) and second in batting average (.371), Morgan Petty was named the America East Player of the Year in her junior year. Fresh off earning All-Rookie and Second Team All-Conference in 2021, the junior ranked second in the conference in runs (33), hits (46), home runs (9), and slugging percentage (.694). A native of Milford, Delaware and a 2022 First Team All-Conference Selection, Petty finished fourth in the conference with 11 doubles. 
 
Tallying her third First Team All-Conference honor, Katie Falotico led the conference in doubles (17) and triples (4). A native of Emerson, New Jersey, she finished in the top-three for batting average (.369), hits (45), RBI (36), slugging percentage (.672), and on-base percentage (.416). The fifth-year student-athlete will close her career with her fourth All-Academic Team honor.
 
A senior with the Great Danes, Lové Drumgole finished second in the conference with 83 assists to earn her first First Team All-Conference nod. The Mount Sinai native tallied a .379 on-base percentage to finish 16th in the conference. A 2018 All-Rookie Team honoree, Drumgole closed her career at UAlbany voted as the best shortstop in the conference.
 
After spending her senior season playing multiple positions - first-baseman, pitcher, and designated player - Maranda Jimenez earned her second First Team All-Conference honor. A native of Riverside, California, she stood out through the second half of the Great Danes' season. In conference-only stats, Jimenez led the America East with five home runs and 17 RBI while finishing in the top three in hits (19), doubles (6), and slugging percentage (.784). 
 
The final postseason honoree from UAlbany is Sierra Fretz. A freshman on the squad, she was named to the All-Conference Second Team as well as the All-Rookie Team. Hailing from Green Lane, Pennsylvania, Fretz finished 15th in the conference with 48 assists to be voted as the second-best third-baseman in the America East. In her first season with the Great Danes, she totaled 19 hits, four doubles, nine RBI, and one home run with 28 starts.
 
Each UAlbany student-athlete honored this year was named to the All-Rookie Team in their respective rookie seasons - Falotico & Jimenez (2018), Drumgole (2019), Petty (2021), and Fretz (2022).
 
For the full list of America East honorees, click here.
 
For the America East release, click here.

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