Humboldt State softball’s Izzy Starr has been named to the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American Team as announced the NFCA this afternoon.  Starr becomes the forty-seventh Humboldt State softball player to earn this honor and first since 2017 when Kalyn Paque earned this honor.

Last week, Starr was named to the NFCA Division II All-West Region Team as well as the D2CCA All-West Region Team.  Back in early May, Starr was named to the 2021 Schutt Sports/NFCA DII Player and Pitcher of the Year Top 30 list.  She was one of thirty student-athletes that were selected as finalists for this prestigious honor.

Starr led the Lumberjacks with her .468 batting average, .957 slugging percentage, six home runs and 45 total bases.  The sophomore player started in all 14 games for the 8-6 Lumberjacks. She tied for the team lead with 22 hits with Micaela Harris. Starr scored 13 runs while posting a .468 on-base percentage. She had three doubles and one triple while striking out just once in 47 at bats. 

 During the season, Starr had an eight-game hitting streak while hitting reaching base safely in 11 of the Lumberjacks’ 14 games.  On April 10 at Central Washington, Starr went four-for-four with four runs scored.  The week before at Saint Martin’s on April 6, Starr went three-for-four with four runs batted in, scoring two runs and hitting two home runs.