McMillan headlines Hokies’ All-ACC honorees

CHARLOTTE – Cori McMillan was named ACC Player of the Year and six other Hokies garnered All-ACC recognition, the ACC announced on Wednesday morning.

McMillan and Michelle Chatfield were named to the First Team while Kylie Aldridge earned Second Team recognition. Emma Lemley, Jordan Lynch, Emma Mazzarone and Zoe Yaeger were selected to the Third Team.

Tech’s seven All-ACC selections were tied for the most with Florida State.

All-ACC honorees were voted on by the league’s head coaches based on their performance in conference play.

Player of the Year
Cori McMillan, Sr., OF

First Team
Michelle Chatfield, So., INF
Cori McMillan, Sr., OF

Second Team
Kylie Aldridge, Jr., C/DP

Third Team
Emma Lemley, Sr., P
Jordan Lynch*, Fr., INF
Emma Mazzarone, So., P
Zoe Yaeger, So., C

*Also on All-Freshman Team

McMillan becomes the first Hokie to win ACC Player of the Year since 2006 (Angela Tincher) and the second ever to win the award. The senior leads the country with 29 home runs and hit 18 of them in ACC play. Hitting .410, McMillan finished ACC play with 32 hits, 30 RBIs, a 1.115 slugging percentage and a 1.636 OPS.

The Greensboro, N.C., native has been instrumental in some of the Hokies’ biggest wins. She hit the walk-off home run in Tech’s 6-5 win over then-No. 16 Stanford and hit two home runs against then-No. 9 Seminoles as Tech defeated Florida State, 8-6.

Three of McMillan’s four multi-home run games have come in ACC play. She spearheaded Tech’s record-setting 11 home runs at Pitt – the second most home runs ever hit in an NCAA softball game – with three home runs of her own. McMillan became just the fourth person in Hokie history to hit three home runs in a game.

She won ACC Player of the Week (May 6) and is now a back-to-back First Team All-ACC honoree.

Chatfield led the Hokies with a .427 average in conference play. Hitting 10 home runs in the ACC slate, Chatfield garnered ACC Player of the Week twice for her stellar weekends against conference opponents Louisville and Cal.

Against the Cardinal, Chatfield hit four home runs with seven RBIs and a 1.727 slugging percentage to lead Tech to a series sweep. She also earned D1 Softball National Player of the Week honors. During Tech’s series win at Cal, Chatfield hit .700 with three home runs, with one being a grand slam, to earn her second ACC Player of the Week honor.

This is Chatfield’s second All-ACC honor as she was tabbed to the All-ACC Third Team in 2024.

Aldridge was named an all-conference…