Bucknell University Athletics
Softball's Taylor Wolfgang Named to Preseason All-Patriot League Squad
2/4/2021 1:00:00 PM | Softball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior catcher Taylor Wolfgang has been named to the 12-player Softball Preseason All-Patriot League Team for the first time in her career, as announced by the league office on Thursday. The 2021 Patriot League Preseason Poll was also announced on Thursday, and the Bison were picked fifth with 35 votes.
Wolfgang, who has started 122 of the 123 games she's played in for the Orange & Blue, was third in the Patriot League in on-base percentage (.442), second in the league in putouts (154), and was third on the Bison roster in batting average (.328) during last year's shortened 22-game season. Wolfgang also tied for the team-lead with 14 RBIs in 2020, including three in the season finale at George Washington.
As a sophomore, the Groton, Conn. native led all Patriot League players with a career-high 41 RBIs and hit a league-best 18 doubles, which ranks second in program history. Wolfgang finished the 2019 season with 10 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games. She earned a spot on the Patriot League All-Tournament Team after going 4-for-9 (.444) with two doubles and five RBIs in Bucknell's three playoff games.
Wolfgang was twice named the Rookie of the Week in 2018 and led all Patriot League rookies in doubles and RBIs. Wolfgang currently ranks eighth in the Bucknell record books with 34 career doubles and is eighth in homers with 14.
Boston U. was picked first in the Preseason Poll with 12 first-place votes, followed by Army and Lehigh, who each received one first-place vote. Boston U.'s Aliyah Huerta Leipner was named the Preseason Player of the Year, while the Terriers' Ali DuBois took home Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
Below is a complete list of the 2021 Patriot League Preseason honors.
Softball Preseason All-Patriot League Team
Taylor Drayton, Army West Point, Sr., IF
Ally Snelling, Army West Point, So., IF
Jolie Duong, Army West Point, Jr., P/UTL
Aliyah Huerta Leipner, Boston University, Jr., OF
Ali DuBois, Boston University, Sr., P
Emily Gant, Boston University, Jr., P
Taylor Wolfgang, Bucknell, Sr., C
Virginia Irby, Colgate, Sr., C/UTL
Morgan Farrah, Colgate, Jr., IF
Kelly Nelson, Holy Cross, Jr., P
Gabriella Nori, Lehigh, Jr., P
Jaelynn Chesson, Lehigh, Jr., P/UTL
Patriot League Softball Preseason Poll
Boston U – 72 (12 first-place votes)
Army West Point – 53 (1)
Lehigh – 52 (1)
Colgate – 49
Bucknell – 35
Holy Cross – 25
Lafayette – 12
