Horvath To Join New Professional Softball League

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—2018 Big West Conference Player of the Year Savannah Horvath has joined the newly formed American Softball Association (ASBA), the league announced May 23.

Founded in 2018, the ASBA The American Softball Association (ASBA) is a professional women's softball organization. Based in Mobile, Ala., the league features four teams; Moh-Beel! USA, Outkast, Team 3, and the Future 1s. Horvath is currently awaiting the June 6 ASBA draft for which team she will play for. Competition begins June 15 with games being streamed on the ASBA Network (http://network.asbasoftball.com/).

Horvath was selected third team National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region May 17. This was the second time Horvath has been named All-Region as she earned second team honors as a freshman.

Horvath wrapped up one of the most decorated careers in CSUN history when she was named Big West Player of the Year May 15. The senior led the league in home runs (16), runs (60), total bases (132), slugging percentage (.781) and on base percentage (.507) while ranking second in doubles (16), third in RBI (41) and second in stolen bases (24).

The senior from Las Vegas also ranks in the top 25 in multiple categories nationally including total bases (16th), runs per game (1.02 – 22nd), slugging percentage (23rd), and home runs (25th). She is the third Player of the Year from CSUN in the last four years, following Taylor Glover who won the award in 2017 and Katie Hooper in 2015. Horvath was also named first team All-Conference for the fourth year in a row, marking only the ninth player in league history to be named first team All-Conference four times.

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