Emory University junior pitcher Brittany File has been named to the 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-America Team.  The announcement was made Wednesday evening at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, the site of the NCAA D-III Championships.  

File earned a first-team berth after turning in an outstanding campaign in the circle that has fueled the Eagles' drive to the NCAA Division III Championships.  File owns a glittering won-lost record of 35-4, with her victory total representing a school season record while pacing all D-III hurlers this year. She has tossed a school-record 222 1/3 innings and struck out a school-record 330 batters, second among all D-III pitchers this season. Named the University Athletic Association's Player of the Year, she has fanned 10 or more batters on 14 occasions this season and her average of 10.4 strikeouts per seven innings is third nationally.  File's ERA of 1.23 ranks as the top effort in the league, 15^th on the national scene and 12^th on the program's seasonal list.

Named as the UAA's Pitcher of the Week on six occasions this year, she was named the Most Valuable Player in the NCAA Mount Berry Regional and the Most Outstanding Pitcher at last weekend's NCAA Atlanta Super Regional.  She whiffed a season-high 14 batters (third-highest career total) en route to crafting a no-hitter vs. Huntingdon College back on Feb. 13, and at one point had not allowed a run over 41 consecutive innings that stretched from Apr. 9 through May 13.

Career-wise, she figures prominently in a number of Emory all-time categories including first in both strikeouts (647) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.84), second in wins (62) and games started (72), third in innings pitched (460 1/3) and sixth in complete games (35).  She is the 11th different player in program history to bring home All-America acclaim.

Emory, 45-6 on the year, opens the NCAA D-III Championships on Thursday (May 26) against St. Thomas (MN) in a scheduled 1:30 pm (EDT) start.