DAYTON – The University of Dayton softball team reached the 35-win mark for just the third time in program history and the Flyers made the program's 10th-consecutive and 14th overall appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2023.

UD finished the year with a 35-19 overall mark, tying for most wins on the season among teams in the A-10, and a 15-7 league record to close out its conference slate in third place.

The Flyers were paced by Dayton native sophomore Emma Schutter with a .467 average (5th NCAA), 85 hits (4th NCAA), 44 runs scored, 13 doubles and 29 stolen bases (29th NCAA) while collecting 67 putouts and five assists to zero errors in center field. The 2023 A-10 Player of the Year, Schutter was honored on the NFCA DI Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team and was the first Flyer since 2008 named to the CSC Academic All-America® Second Team.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Izzy Kemp (13-8) led the Dayton pitching corps with a team-low 1.72 ERA, which ranked second in the A-10 and among the top 50 nationally, and led the conference with a .172 opposing batting average. The 2023 A-10 Rookie of the Year tallied 198 strikeouts (28th NCAA), 13 complete games and six saves (11 NCAA) over 154.1 innings of work. The three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week posted 9.0 strikeouts per seven innings, which ranked 23rd in all of Division I, on her way to NFCA DI Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team accolades.

Both Schutter and Kemp earned mention on the 2023 Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team for their efforts in the Flyers' appearance in the postseason tournament. Following the Auburn Tiger Invitational, Schutter was joined by Quinn Pallardy and Kaelene Walter on the All-Tournament Team.

ATLANTIC 10 WEEKLY AWARDS
Emily Daniel – Player of the Week: April 17
Maddie Kapsimalis – Player of the Week: March 27
Izzy Kemp - Rookie of the Week: Feb. 14, March 27, April 3
Emma Schutter – Player of the Week: May 1

ATLANTIC 10 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

First Team:	Maddie Kapsimalis	Emma Schutter
Second Team:	Maddie Kapsimalis	Nicolette Papavasiliou	Emily Daniel	Izzy Kemp
All-Rookie Team:	Izzy Kemp
All-Academic Team:	Alyssa Cacini	Emily Daniel	Emma Schutter	Ali Weekley

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS
.312 - the Flyers posted a program-record .312 batting average (.300 - 2017)
463 - single-season hits record (461 - 2000)
89 - single-season stolen bases record (75 - 2019)
.467 - single-season batting average record, Emma Schutter (.429, Gabby Snyder - 2017)
85 - single-single hits records, Emma Schutter (80, Tanya Leet - 2000)

THANK YOU, DEPARTING FLYERS
Dayton athletics would like to congratulate and thank departing players Alyssa Cacini, Kallie Jones, Quinn Pallardy and Ali Weekley on their athletic accomplishments as members of the Dayton softball team as well as successful academic careers at the university! Best wishes in your future endeavors and #GoFlyers!