As fall ball gets started around the country, Softball America has put out its list of 10 2023 Player of the Year candidates. Arizona’s Allie Skaggs is one of three Pac-12 players to make the list.
Skaggs had a breakout sophomore year, tying Washington’s Baylee Klingler for the Pac-12 lead with 24 home runs while starting all 61 games for the Wildcats at second base. In addition to home runs, her name was all over the league’s offensive categories’ top 10 lists: fourth in slugging percentage (.797), ninth in on-base percentage (.462), sixth in runs scored (48), tied for seventh in hits (65), sixth in RBI (58), second in total bases (141), seventh in walks (30), and fourth in total plate appearances (212).