LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ursinus Softball senior Samantha Mallen was named a First Team All-Region V Selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Friday afternoon.
 
 
Mallen was one of four Centennial Conference players to earn first team honors and is the first Ursinus softball player to earn NFCA All-Region honors since Allison Pfrommer in 2013.
 
 
Mallen adds to a growing list of postseason awards after one of the best individual seasons in Ursinus history. Mallen became the first Ursinus player to be named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year since Pfrommer in 2013 and set the Ursinus single-season hits, stolen bases, and runs scored record while also retaking the Centennial Conference single-season stolen base record. She became the first player in Ursinus program history to record 200+ hits for her career and now owns the Bears career hits, stolen bases, and runs scored program record. She added her second straight First Team All-Centennial selection as well.
 
 
This season, Mallen posted a career best .462 batting average that ranked third in the Centennial Conference and led the Centennial with 67 hits after the regular season. She ranked second in the Centennial with 49 runs scored and swiped 48 bases that also ranks third in all of NCAA Division III. Mallen had multi-hit games in 22 of the Bears 42 games and stole at least one base in 32 of them with only being thrown out twice. She also hit a double and recorded five RBI. Mallen will finish her career with 202 hits which ranks fourth all-time in Centennial Conference history, 139 runs scored, 120 stolen bases, and 49 RBI.
 
All honorees move forward to be considered for selection for the three NFCA Division III All-America squads, which will be announced May 28 online and on-site at the NCAA Division III Finals banquet in Bloomington, Ill.