After being a steady pitching ace for an up and down team all season, East Carolina University freshman pitcher Erin Poepping has made the 2018 American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team following a solid freshman season.
Poepping finished the season with a record of 13-15 and a ERA of 3.36. Poepping pitched 159.1 innings and struck out 92 batters. Poepping went 5-7 in AAC play, with her ERA going slightly up to 3.73 and threw five complete games in conference. Poepping had a particularly good stretch to end the season, as her last 12 appearances saw her go 5-5 with a 2.