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LeGette Earns All-America Honors From D1Softball
May 26, 2026 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – D1Softball has named Emily LeGette Second Team All-America.
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It is her second All-America honor of the year, earning second team honors from Softball America last week.
LeGette earns All-America honors after rewriting the Carolina record book, setting the single season program records for home runs (27), best slugging percentage (1.117) and most total bases (153). Her RBIÂ (76), batting average (.467), on-base percentage (.573) and walks (46) were second in program history.
LeGette burst onto the national stage after entering the year with 44 hits, six home runs, 24 RBI, 18 runs and 10 walks in 58 games and 38 starts in two seasons at Virginia Tech. The junior made herself right at home in Chapel Hill outpacing her two seasons combined in hits, home runs, total bases, runs, walks, RBI and sac-flies, all in just three more at bats and seven fewer games than she had in the previous two seasons combined.
The Fort Lauderdale native is the 12th Tar Heel to earn All-America honors. UNC has now had All-America selections in consecutive season with LeGette's high school teammate Kat Rodriguez earning first-team honors from D1Softball and Softball America and third team honors from NFCA last year. This marks the first time since Tiffany Tolleson and Jacklyn Holden in 2002-03 that Carolina has had All-America selections in back-to-back seasons.
LeGette has taken home a host of accolades this season. She was a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She earned a NFCA First Team All-Region selection. Softball America named her the No. 3 first baseman in the country. She won NFCA Player of the Week and Softball on SI Player of the Week twice, Softball America Player of the Week, D1Softball Player of the Week and ACC Player of the Week once.
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It is her second All-America honor of the year, earning second team honors from Softball America last week.
LeGette earns All-America honors after rewriting the Carolina record book, setting the single season program records for home runs (27), best slugging percentage (1.117) and most total bases (153). Her RBIÂ (76), batting average (.467), on-base percentage (.573) and walks (46) were second in program history.
LeGette burst onto the national stage after entering the year with 44 hits, six home runs, 24 RBI, 18 runs and 10 walks in 58 games and 38 starts in two seasons at Virginia Tech. The junior made herself right at home in Chapel Hill outpacing her two seasons combined in hits, home runs, total bases, runs, walks, RBI and sac-flies, all in just three more at bats and seven fewer games than she had in the previous two seasons combined.
The Fort Lauderdale native is the 12th Tar Heel to earn All-America honors. UNC has now had All-America selections in consecutive season with LeGette's high school teammate Kat Rodriguez earning first-team honors from D1Softball and Softball America and third team honors from NFCA last year. This marks the first time since Tiffany Tolleson and Jacklyn Holden in 2002-03 that Carolina has had All-America selections in back-to-back seasons.
LeGette has taken home a host of accolades this season. She was a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She earned a NFCA First Team All-Region selection. Softball America named her the No. 3 first baseman in the country. She won NFCA Player of the Week and Softball on SI Player of the Week twice, Softball America Player of the Week, D1Softball Player of the Week and ACC Player of the Week once.
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