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Atkocaitis, Pray Named Female Athletes of the Year

Atkocaitis, Pray Named Female Athletes of the Year

WESTFIELD, Mass. - Senior softball third baseman Maddy Atkocaitis (Westfield, Mass.) and senior track and field athlete Sabrina Pray (Mansfield, Mass.) were honored as the Westfield State University female athletes of the year as Westfield State recently honored it's senior athletes and special award winners at the Student Athlete Advisory Committee banquet.

Atkocaitis, the most productive hitter in Westfield State softball history, is the Owls all-time leader in home runs, triples, doubles, and runs batted in.
Maddy Atkocaitis


She graduated with career totals of 32 doubles, 25 triples, and 16 home runs, with 100 runs batted in.

This season she led the Owls with a .364 batting average, nine doubles, six triples and two home runs, and currently ranks seventh in the nation in triples.

She has been a two-time All-MASCAC selection, and an All-ECAC choice while playing a sensational defensive third base.

Atkocaitis helped lead the Owls to a 9-5 MASCAC record and the third seed in the MASCAC Tournament.

Pray, a highly talented track and field hurdler, earned All-New England Division III All-Region Honors for the second time after placing third in the 100-meter hurdles (14.43), and broke the school record in the preliminaries (14.29) at the 2018 New England Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

She earned All-America last season after finishing seventh in the nation in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2017 NCAA Division III track and field championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Pray has continued to break school records in the 100m hurdles throughout her years at Westfield State, and helped lead the Owls track and field team to four straight MASCAC titles.

Pray is currently sixth in the nation on the NCAA DIII performance list in the 100m hurdles, and will most likely qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships on May 24-26 in La Crosse, Wisconsin for the second year in a row.
Sabrina Pray