BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference today announced its 2024 softball yearly award winners and all-conference teams prior to the start of the MEC Softball Tournament on Wednesday evening in Troutville, Virginia.

Charleston’s Hannah Rose was voted the league’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row, while teammate Brianna McCown was recognized as the Pitcher of the Year. UC head coach Michelle Frew was also voted the league’s Coach of the Year.

Fairmont State pitcher Delaney Haller is the 2024 MEC Freshman of the Year.

Rose, a senior shortstop from New Haven, West Virginia, batted .486 on the year with six home runs, 12 doubles, three triples and 31 runs batted-in.  She finished the regular season with a .733 slugging percentage and a .547 on-base percentage. Rose also tallied 62 runs scored and 32 stolen bases as a senior. Rose ranks in the top 15 nationally in batting average, on-base percentage and runs per game (1.38).

McCown, a senior pitcher from Nitro, West Virginia, finished the regular season with a 26-3 record and 1.65 ERA. In 30 appearances and 161.0 inning pitched, McCown totaled nine shutouts and 22 complete games, while allowing just 38 earned runs on the season. She tallied 218 strikeouts and allowed opposing hitters to bat just .190 against her. McCown ranks in the top 15 nationally in completed games, shutouts, strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.48), strikeouts, victories and WHIP (0.84).

Frew, in her third season as head coach, led the Golden Eagles to a 41-4 overall record during the regular season, including a 27-3 mark in conference play. Charleston won the 2024 MEC South Division Title and currently ranks 19^th in the NFCA Division II Coaches Poll. UC also ranks third in the latest edition of the NCAA Atlantic Region Rankings.

Haller, a freshman from Shinnston, West Virginia, has a 20-2 record and 1.16 ERA this season for the Falcons. In 31 total appearances and 145.0 innings pitched, Haller has six shutouts, five saves and has allowed just 24 earned runs on the year. She has 119 strikeouts on the year and opposing batters are hitting just .204 against her. Haller ranks 13^th in the nation and first in the conference in ERA. Additionally, she ranks in the top 25 in the country in saves and shutouts.

In addition to announcing the individual award winners, the league also announced its all-conference teams on Tuesday afternoon. Sixteen standouts were named to the All-MEC first team, while 14 were selected on the second team. The MEC awards winners and all-conference teams are selected following a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches.