FRISCO, Texas – HBU senior infielder Caitlin Brockway is the 2022 Southland Conference Softball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. The announcement comes along with the release of the academic all-conference teams.
Brockway earned Student-Athlete honors after claiming spots on the all-conference first-team and Southland all-tournament squad. Brockman led the Huskies in home runs (nine) for the second year in a row, while also leading her team in RBI (27), slugging percentage (.588), walks (21) and her 10 doubles tied as the team best. The Tomball, Texas, native graduated from HBU with a degree in psychology this Spring.
All seven institutions were represented among the 2022 Southland Academic All-Conference teams with regular-season and tournament champion McNeese leading the way with six first-team honorees. Northwestern State and Southeastern came in next with four selections apiece.
Five members of the All-Academic first and second teams have compiled perfect 4.0 GPAs. Eight members of the Southland All-Conference Team were automatic qualifiers to the all-academic first team, including Southland Player of the Year Pal Egan from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. There were nine repeat selections among the first and second teams, including three-time honorees Brockway, McNeese grad student Alayis Seneca, Nicholls senior Kennedy Hebert and Southeastern senior Madison Blackford.
The All-Academic teams are voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance staff members from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection, and have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests on the season, excluding pitchers.
The Southland Conference awards committee, which consists of one administrator from each of the eight member schools, votes for the Student-Athlete of the Year. The Southland Student-Athlete of the Year award is presented to one student-athlete who achieves excellence in both academics and athletics. All nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.
2022 Softball Student-Athlete of the Year: Caitlin Brockway, HBU
2022 Southland Conference Softball All-Academic Teams
| First Team |
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| Name |
Institution |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Caitlyn Brockway ^3 |
Houston Baptist |
Sr. |
Tomball, Texas |
3.67 |
Psychology |
| Sarah Venker 2 |
Houston Baptist |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
4.00 |
Nursing |
| Caleigh Cross |
McNeese |
Jr. |
Forney, Texas |
3.75 |
HHP-Pre-Occupational Therapy |
| Kaylee Lopez 2 |
McNeese |
Sr. |
Indian Bayou, La. |
3.75 |
Early Childhood Education PK-3 |
| Jil Poullard |
McNeese |
Jr. |
Moss Bluff, La. |
3.55 |
Sociology-Family Science |
| Alayis Seneca 3 |
McNeese |
Gr. |
The Woodlands, Texas |
4.00 |
HHP-Exercise Physiology (Master’s) |
| Whitney Tate 2 |
McNeese |
Jr. |
Columbia, La. |
3.91 |
Biology/Pre-Med |
| Ashley Vallejo |
McNeese |
So. |
New Waverly, Texas |
3.47 |
General Business Administration |
| Kennedy Hebert 3 |
Nicholls |
Sr. |
Morgan City, La. |
4.00 |
Accounting & Finance |
| Laney Roos |
Northwestern State |
So. |
Aubrey, Texas |
3.10 |
Early Childhood Education |
| Aeriyl Mass 2 |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
Lake Charles, La. |
3.07 |
General Studies |
| Pal Egan |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Bakersfield, Calif. |
3.42 |
Marketing |
| Second Team |
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| Name |
Institution |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Jasie Roberts 2 |
Houston Baptist |
So. |
Pasadena, Texas |
3.94 |
Biochemistry/Molecular Bio |
| Savannah Behabetz |
UIW |
Jr. |
Littleton, Colo. |
3.82 |
Communications |
| Melise Gossen |
Nicholls |
Sr. |
Rayne, La. |
3.74 |
Health Sciences – Pre-Professional |
| Alexa Poché |
Nicholls |
So. |
New Orleans, La. |
3.84 |
Health & Wellness |
| Makenzie Chaffin |
Northwestern State |
So. |
Bossier City, La. |
4.00 |
Biology |
| Maggie Darr |
Northwestern State |
Jr. |
Missouri City, Texas |
3.70 |
Health & Exercise Science |
| Bronte Rhoden |
Northwestern State |
Sr. |
Plano, Texas |
4.00 |
Biology |
| Madisen Blackford 3 |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
Des Moines, Iowa |
3.53 |
Management |
| MC Comeaux |
Southeastern |
So. |
Port Allen, La. |
3.64 |
Health Sciences |
| Heather Zumo |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
Baton Rouge, La. |
3.08 |
General Studies |
| Haley Morse |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Mansfield, Texas |
3.51 |
Finance |
| Gabriella Torres |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
3.65 |
Biomedical Sciences |
^ - 2022 Southland Softball Student-Athlete of the Year
2 - Two-time All-Academic selection
3 - Three-time All-Academic selection
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