LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – A list of 34 former student-athletes, led by a trio of aces who were each honored three times in their respective careers as conference Pitcher-of-the-Year – Taylor Grissom of Texas Lutheran University, Erin Mulvey of Trinity University and Megan Soultz of DePauw University – highlight an impressive group selected to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 30th Anniversary softball team. Complete Release
Among current members, Texas Lutheran, which has won seven-straight SCAC titles, posted a remarkable 152-3 (.981) conference record and won the 2019 Division III NCAA Championship since joining the league prior to the 2013-14 academic year, led the way with 11 student-athletes selected to the exclusive team. Southwestern University and Trinity University followed with four selections each, while Austin College, Centenary College and Schreiner University each had one student-athlete elected to the squad. DePauw University led former league members with six honorees while Birmingham-Southern College and Rhodes College each had two former student-athletes honored. Hendrix College and Millsaps College had one representative named to the all-anniversary team.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced 30th Anniversary teams in 19 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The league selected 15th Anniversary teams during the 2005-06 academic year – those selections can be found here.
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected by present coaches, administrators and/or conference office personnel. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
SCAC SOFTBALL – 30TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM
- Ronni Ferris, Birmingham-Southern College – Pitcher
- Taylor Grissom, Texas Lutheran University – Pitcher
- Lindsey Longuet, Southwestern University – Pitcher
- Erin Mulvey, Trinity University – Pitcher
- Maitlin Raycroft, Texas Lutheran University – Pitcher
- Megan Soultz, DePauw University – Pitcher
- Caitlynn Dykes, Trinity University – Catcher
- Jennifer Gallagher, Texas Lutheran University – Catcher
- Rachel Gill, DePauw University – Catcher
- Kaitlynn Copher, Southwestern University – First Baseman
- Stefanie Faith, Austin College – First Baseman
- Taylor Yancey, Texas Lutheran University – First Baseman
- Madisyn Cates, Texas Lutheran University – Second Baseman
- Ashley Jacobsen, Texas Lutheran University – Second Baseman
- Emma Minx, DePauw University – Second Baseman
- Grace Estes, Texas Lutheran University – Shortstop
- Alyssa Maki, Schreiner University – Shortstop
- Jamie Williams, Trinity University – Shortstop
- Jen Kosinski, DePauw University – Third Baseman
- Kyla Lockley, Texas Lutheran University – Third Baseman
- Jennifer McKinley, Millsaps College – Third Baseman
- Carolyn Bartlett, DePauw University – Outfielder
- Tessa Galloway, Southwestern University – Outfielder
- Kaymee Gooden, Texas Lutheran University – Outfielder
- Kelly Jurden, Texas Lutheran University – Outfielder
- Karen MacPherson, Trinity University – Outfielder
- Chelsy Patterson, DePauw University – Outfielder
- Sydney Scott, Southwestern University – Outfielder
- Katherine Womack, Hendrix College – Outfielder
- Kelli Zomer, Rhodes College – Outfielder
- Ashley Bice, Birmingham-Southern College – Utility
- Sara Bowen, Rhodes College – Utility
- Anna Dunn, Centenary College – Utility
- Nicole Snow, Texas Lutheran University – Designated Player
Grissom was part of the successful foundation TLU established, playing her final three collegiate years in the SCAC after the Bulldogs joined the league prior to the 2014 season. The 2014, 2015 and 2016 SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year, Grissom is the last hurler to lead the conference in earned run average in back-to-back seasons, accomplishing the feat in 2014 (1.31) and 2015 (0.77). She finished her career with a 1.09 ERA, good enough for third all-time in the SCAC, allowing just 46 earned runs in 294.1 innings pitched. One of just three pitchers in league history to win POTY three times in a career, Grissom concluded her time in Seguin with a 45-6 record in the circle. Her .882 winning percentage remains the third-best all-time in SCAC history.
The league’s first-ever three-time Pitcher-of-the-Year, Mulvey was honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007. During that stretch she became and still is the only pitcher in league history to lead the conference in opponents’ batting average three consecutive years, including her career best mark of limiting opponents to a .150 average in 2007. Despite never leading the SCAC in innings pitched during a season, she paced the league in wins in 2005 (18) and twice led the conference in strikeouts in both 2006 (147) and 2007 (162). In her 423.0 innings pitched at Trinity, she finished her career in the top-10 of the SCAC record books in nearly every pitching category including strikeouts (fourth – 463), ERA (fourth – 1.91), winning percentage (fifth – .770), strikeouts per seven innings (fifth – 7.66) and wins (tied for ninth – 47).
The league’s winningest pitcher with 113 career victories, DePauw’s Soultz is one of just two members of the 30th Anniversary team to earn First Team All-SCAC honors four-straight seasons. She was crowned SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year in three consecutive seasons from 2008-2010, becoming just the second pitcher (at the time) to accomplish the feat. The only pitcher in SCAC history to lead the league in wins four-straight seasons, her 36 wins in 2008 still stands as the conference record for single season victories and is ninth all-time in NCAA history. During that 2008 season, Soultz won 32-straight games, which is tied for the fourth longest streak in NCAA history. She still holds three of the top four seasons in SCAC history in terms of wins, winning 29 games in both 2009 and 2010. Her 779 career strikeouts are the most in SCAC history and she is the lone pitcher in league history to lead the conference in total strikeouts in three-straight seasons, including 260 in 2008 which still stands as the most in any single season in league history. The owner of a sparkling 1.22 career ERA (fifth best in SCAC history), Soultz allowed just 157 earned runs in 898 total innings. She finished her decorated career in the top-10 in NCAA history in multiple categories – all of which are SCAC records – including games (fourth – 151), games started (second – 148), complete games (tied for sixth – 115), innings pitched (fourth – 898.0), wins (tied for sixth – 113) and shutouts (ninth – 48). A three-time All-American and the first SCAC AA in softball, she earned First Team honors in 2008 when she became the only pitcher in league history to lead the league in ERA, wins, strikeouts, opponents’ batting average and innings pitched in the same season.
In total, six pitchers were recognized as 30th anniversary honorees. Joining Grissom, Mulvey and Soultz were Ronni Ferris of Birmingham-Southern, Lindsey Longuet of Southwestern and Maitlin Raycroft of Texas Lutheran.
BSC’s Ferris was a two-time All-SCAC pitcher and is the only hurler in league history to finish in the top-10 all-time in wins, strikeouts, winning percentage, and strikeouts per seven innings. Her 49 wins are tied for seventh all-time, her 468 strikeouts are third, her .742 win percentage is eighth and her 7.38 strikeouts per seven innings is good for sixth. In 2010 Ferris limited opponents to a .204 batting average, the best in the SCAC that season, and, in 2012, she paced the conference with 141 strikeouts.
The 2019 SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year, Longuet is a four-time All-SCAC performer including a three-time First Team honoree in 2017, 2019 and 2021. After starting her career at Southwestern where she was selected POTY in 2019, Longuet bookended her playing time at current conference member University of St. Thomas following a shortened pandemic senior season in Georgetown. Following the 2021 season, she joined Soultz as the only pitchers in league history to lead the SCAC in strikeouts in three consecutive seasons and she is currently fifth on the all-time list with 460 career strikeouts. Despite a shortened 2020 season, Longuet became the first pitcher since 2013 to lead the SCAC in wins (8), strikeouts (79) and innings pitched (72.2.). She has steadily climbed in the career record books and, in addition to her strikeouts mark, sits second all-time in wins with 57, ninth in winning percentage (.722) and 12th with a 1.95 career ERA with just 151 earned runs allowed in over 541 total innings pitched.
The 2017 and 2018 SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year, Raycroft was one of the more dominant strikeout pitchers in conference history, recording what remains an SCAC career record 10.18 strikeouts per seven innings. She is the only pitcher in league history to average double-digit strikeouts per seven innings with over 150 career innings pitched. In 2017, Raycroft became just the second pitcher in conference history to win both Newcomer and Pitcher-of-the-Year honors in the same season after she led the SCAC in wins (21), ERA (1.29), strikeouts (219) and opponents’ batting average (.128). It marked just the second time in league history a pitcher has led the conference in each of those statistical categories in the same season. Her opponents’ batting average of .128 in 2017 still holds as the best mark in conference history and her 219 strikeouts that season represent the second most in a single season in league history. She is one of just two pitchers in league history to reach the 200-strikeout plateau in a single season. Her 10.90 strikeouts per seven innings that year remains the conference single season record. On three different occasions, TLU’s Raycroft rang up 15 or more strikeouts in a single game including the career-high 18 she rung up in a win over Huntingdon on February 19, 2017. In just two seasons, Raycroft posted a remarkable 41-4 record for an SCAC best .911 career winning percentage. A Second Team All-American in both 2017 and 2018, Raycroft finished her career with a 1.26 ERA (sixth lowest in SCAC history), allowing just 46 earned runs in 255 innings pitched.
Moving to positional players, three former SCAC Players-of-the-Year earned 30th anniversary recognition at catcher: Trinity University’s Caitlyn Dykes, Texas Lutheran University’s Jennifer Gallagher, and DePauw University’s Rachel Gill.
Dykes, a four-time All-SCAC performer including First Team honors in 2012 and 2014, became the only catcher in league history to earn Newcomer-of-the-Year accolades when she took home that honor in 2012. That same season she was also named the SCAC Tri-Player-of-the-Year. A career .377 hitter with 122 RBI, Dykes finished with 160 hits during her time at Trinity, good enough for 35th all-time in the SCAC record books. She led the SCAC in triples as a junior in 2014 and was the league leader with 43 RBI as a freshman in 2012. She was named to the all-Tournament team at the conference championships four-straight seasons and remains the only catcher in SCAC history to accomplish that feat. Her performance at the 2015 championship where she posted a 1.091 slugging percentage remains tied for the top SCAC Tournament mark in league history.
A two-time First Team All-SCAC selection, Gallagher was named SCAC Player-of-the-Year as a junior in 2015 after earning the league’s batting title with a .431 average. That season she became just the second player in SCAC history to lead the league in batting average, doubles (16) and RBI (45) and remains one of just four athletes in conference history to accomplish that feat. Gallagher is top-10 in SCAC history in both doubles per game (seventh – 0.31) and RBIs per game (ninth – 0.93) after finishing her career at TLU with 37 doubles and 108 RBIs. She was a three-time all-tournament selection and finished her career as a .381 hitter with back-to-back 50 plus hit seasons as a junior and senior.
The league’s all-time leader in hits with 211 and RBIs with 158, Gill is the only position player in SCAC history to earn First Team All-Conference honors four consecutive seasons. The 2007 and 2009 SCAC Player-of-the-Year, Gill was the first and one of just two student-athletes to earn multiple POTY year honors. The SCAC batting champion as a sophomore in 2007 when she hit .473, Gill also paced the league in hits (69), doubles (13) and RBIs (51). It marked the first time and is one of just two instances in SCAC history an athlete has led the league in average, hits, doubles, and RBIs in the same season. Beyond hits and RBIs, Gill is in the top-10 in nearly every career offensive category in league history including doubles (ninth – 42), runs scored (fifth – 142) and batting average (third - .419). A three-time all-tournament selection and member of two DePauw team titles (2008, 2009), Gill was the first position player in SCAC history to earn All-American honors when she was named to the Second Team in 2008.
A pair of SCAC Players-of-the-Year in Stefanie Faith of Austin College and Taylor Yancey of Texas Lutheran University, along with Kaitlynn Copher of Southwestern University earned all-anniversary recognition at first base.
One of the most prolific power hitters in conference history, Faith, the 2011 SCAC Player-of-the-Year, finished her career at Austin College with 38 home runs (first in SCAC history) among her 173 hits (tied for 19th in SCAC history) and 151 runs driven in (second in SCAC history). A four-time All-SCAC performer during her career, Faith is the only player in conference history to earn First Team honors three-times at first base. A career .383 hitter (26th in SCAC history), Faith led the SCAC in walks taken in 2009 with 18 and finished with 66 walks during her time in Sherman which is tied for fourth all-time in league history.
Yancey, a three-time All-SCAC performer including First Team accolades in 2014 and 2016, was named the league’s Player-of-the-Year as a senior in 2016. That season she became just the second player in league history to lead the SCAC in batting average (.476), hits (69), doubles (25) and RBIs (54). Her 25 doubles remain the most in a single season in conference history, and she is the only player in league history to lead the SCAC in doubles and RBIs during two separate seasons (2014 and 2016). A career .377 hitter with 152 hits and 117 RBIs, Yancey is tied for the most doubles in league history with 53 and is second all-time in doubles per game (0.40) and 10th in RBIs per game (0.89). A two-time all-tournament selection, Yancey capped off her career with a Third Team All-American selection in 2016.
A three-time All-SCAC selection, including First Team accolades in 2017, Copher completed her career at Southwestern with 181 hits (tied for 14th all-time in the SCAC) and a .404 batting average (eighth all-time in the SCAC). She is tied for fifth all-time in RBIs with 127 and is one of just two players in league history to pace the SCAC in RBIs twice in a career, accomplishing the feat in 2017 and 2020. Her 1.32 hits per game average is ninth best in league history and her 0.94 RBIs per contest is good for eighth best. A two-time all-tournament honoree, Copher was a member of the 2019 Pirates team that set a program record for wins in a season with 35, which remains the 10th most in a single season by any conference team.
Three second basemen earned SCAC All-Anniversary recognition: Ashley Jacobsen and Madisyn Cates, both of Texas Lutheran and Emma Minx of DePauw.
Jacobsen, who played just two years in the league after TLU joined the conference prior to the 2013-14 academic year, was a two-time First Team selection, earning SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors as a junior in 2014 when she batted a league-best .463 with 69 hits, 43 runs scored and 34 RBIs. Her 69 hits that season led the league and is still tied for the third-most hits in a single season in SCAC history. Jacobsen posted back-to-back 50-plus hit seasons and finished her career with a .421 batting average, fourth best in league history.
A three-time First Team All-SCAC selection (2017-2019), Cates finished her career as a .387 hitter, good for 22nd all-time in SCAC history. As a key member of the 2019 Texas Lutheran National Championship team, she posted career-highs that season in hits (49), RBIs (33), runs (29), doubles (13) and stolen bases (7). Despite a shortened senior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cates finished her career with 148 hits, 93 RBIs, 28 doubles, 18 stolen bases with a .452 on-base percentage and a .500 slugging percentage.
A four-time All-SCAC selection, including a three-time First Team honoree (2008, 2010-2011), DePauw’s Minx finished her career in the top-12 all-time in numerous career statistical categories. Her 182 hits are still tied for 12th all-time, including back-to-back seasons of 50-plus hits as a junior and senior. As a senior, Minx drove in 58 runs, the most all-time in a single season in SCAC history and she finished her career in Greencastle with 147 RBIs, the third most in league history. She is also tied for seventh all-time in both home runs (20) and triples (11) and is tied for ninth with 133 runs scored.
Shortstops earning All-Anniversary recognition were Grace Estes of Texas Lutheran, Alyssa Maki of Schreiner, and Jamie Williams of Trinity.
A three-time First Team All-SCAC selection from 2014-2016, Texas Lutheran’s Estes, is one of just two players in league history to earn three First Team honors at shortstop. Estes is seventh all-time in SCAC history with 139 runs scored and is one of just four players in history to lead the league in runs scored in back-to-back seasons, doing so in 2015 and 2016. As a junior she led the SCAC in walks taken with 22 and is currently in the top-10 all-time in both walks drawn (65 – eighth) and walks per game (0.50 – 10th). Estes piled up 149 hits, 73 RBIs, 47 stolen bases and 20 doubles in just three SCAC seasons and finished her career 25th all-time with a .384 batting average.
Maki was a four-time All-SCAC performer, which included a First Team nod at shortstop in 2017 when she became the first and only player in league history to lead the conference in home runs (8), stolen bases (34), triples (6) and runs scored (43) in the same season. Maki is seventh all-time in SCAC history with 71 stolen bases and her career stolen base percentage of .973 (71-of-73) is tied for sixth best in NCAA history. She finished her career at Schreiner among the league best in several categories including tied for third with 13 triples, tied for seventh with 20 home runs and tied for 16th with 180 hits. She is one of just four players in league history to finish her career with 180 or more hits and 20 or more home runs.
Williams earned all-conference honors each of her four seasons at Trinity, including First Team accolades as a sophomore and a junior in 2007 and 2008. A consistent presence in the Tiger lineup that won two SCAC titles and made two NCAA Tournament appearances during her career, Williams is eight all-time in SCAC history with 188 hits, 11th in runs scored with 129, tied for 10th with 42 doubles and tied for third with 13 triples.
Three third basemen earned SCAC All-Anniversary recognition: Jen Kosinski of DePauw, Kyla Lockley of Texas Lutheran and Jennifer McKinley of Millsaps.
The 2010 SCAC batting champion with a .403 average, Kosinski was a three-time First Team All-SCAC honoree from 2009 to 2011. She is one of just two players in SCAC history to pace the league in both RBIs and runs scored in the same season, accomplishing the feat in 2010 when she finished with 60 RBIs and 49 runs scored. A 2009 Third Team All-American, Kosinski, despite playing just three years in the SCAC before DePauw left the conference, remains tied for fifth all-time with 130 RBIs and fourth in RBIs per game (0.99). A 2011 all-tournament honoree, Kosinski is tied for 33rd in SCAC history with 163 hits.
A four-time All-SCAC performer, including a three-time First Team honoree (2007, 2009, 2010), Millsaps’ McKinley was named the league’s Player-of-the-Year in 2010. That season, McKinley led the SCAC with 13 home runs and finished her career in Jackson with 28, which remains tied for the second most in league history. She is among the league’s all-time elite in numerous other career offensive categories; currently tied for sixth in doubles (44), tied for seventh in RBIs (127), 10th in hits (186) and 14th in batting average (.394).
Despite playing just two seasons in the SCAC, Texas Lutheran’s Lockley made a major impact, earning First Team All-SCAC honors in both 2017 and 2018. A threat on the base paths, Lockley is sixth all-time in SCAC history with 72 stolen bases and her 0.87 stolen bases per game average is second best in league history. She scored 89 runs in just 83 career games, averaging 1.07 runs per game which still holds as the third best mark in league history. A career .393 hitter (16th best is SCAC history), Lockley finished her time in Seguin with 100 hits, 48 RBIs, 20 doubles, six home runs, a .468 on-base percentage and a .551 slugging percentage.
Nine outfielders were selected to the 30th anniversary squad, including three former Players-of-the-Year: Kelly Jurden and Kaymee Gooden of Texas Lutheran and Carolyn Bartlett of DePauw.
With the release of the 2021 All-SCAC team, Texas Lutheran’s Jurden became the first athlete in softball history to earn Player-of-the-Year accolades in consecutive seasons, having also taken home the honor in 2019 prior to the shortened pandemic season. The 2019 SCAC batting champion (.458), Jurden is the only player in league history to lead the conference in three consecutive seasons in hits, stolen bases and runs scored. Currently second all-time with 202 hits, she is one of just three players in SCAC history to break the 200-hit plateau and is just 10 hits shy of becoming the conference’s all-time leader in hits. She is also the league’s all-time leader in runs scored (180) and stolen bases (169) and currently holds the top mark for runs per game (1.19) and stolen bases per game (1.21). In 2019, on her way to helping guide TLU to its first ever softball National Championship, she led the entire country with 61 stolen bases, the most ever in a single SCAC season. She has amassed 78 walks in her career, just six shy of becoming the all-time leader in that category, and she is currently third all-time with a .431 batting average. Just the third player in SCAC history to earn multiple All-American honors, Jurden was named First Team as a junior in 2021.
Texas Lutheran’s Gooden was the league’s Co-Player-of-the-Year in 2017 after tying for the conference lead in RBIs (38), home runs (8) and triples (6), while batting .380 with 49 hits and slugging an outstanding .729. She played just two years in the SCAC but earned First Team honors in both seasons as a junior and a senior and finished her career at TLU as a .371 hitter with 96 hits, 81 RBIs, 75 runs scored, 17 doubles and 13 home runs. Her 60 stolen bases are the 10th most in SCAC history and her 0.65 stolen bases per game average is fifth all-time. A two-time All-Tournament honoree and SCAC champion, Gooden helped TLU post a remarkable 45-1 record in league play during her two seasons in Seguin.
A four-time All-SCAC performer and three-time First Team honoree (2006, 2008-2009), DePauw’s Bartlett remains the only player in league history to win Player-of-the-Year honors outright as a freshman, accomplishing the feat in 2006. That season she led the SCAC in both average (.449) and hits (61), becoming just the second player in league history at the time to clip the 60-hit plateau in a single season. She finished her career with 181 hits, tied for 14th in SCAC history. Bookending her career by earning All-Tournament honors in both 2006 and 2009, Bartlett was a key contributor to the 2007 DePauw team that became the league’s first program to advance to the NCAA Division III College World Series.
Rounding out the remaining outfielders who earned a slot on the exclusive team are Chelsy Patterson of DePauw, Kat Womack of Hendrix, Kelli Zoomer of Rhodes, Sydney Scott and Tessa Galloway of Southwestern and Karen MacPherson of Trinity.
DePauw’s Patterson earned All-SCAC accolades four-straight seasons (2006-2009), including First Team honors as a sophomore. At the time, Patterson set the SCAC record for runs scored in a single season with 49 in 2007 and finished her career with 151 runs, the most in league history until Jurden broke the record in 2021. Her league leading 24 walks during the 2008 season is tied for the fourth most in a single season and her 70 career walks rank as fourth most in SCAC history. A career .360 hitter, Patterson drove in 94 runs, stole 51 bases, hit 24 doubles, nine triples and four home runs with a .463 slugging percentage during her four years in Greencastle.
The 2005 batting champion (.389), Hendrix’s Womack was a four-time All-SCAC honoree (2004-2007), including twice being named First Team as a sophomore and junior. A career .359 hitter, Womack is tied for 12th all-time with 182 hits, including 36 doubles and 12 triples. Her 12 career triples are the sixth most in league history. A member of the 2005 All-Tournament Team, Womack finished her career with 111 runs scored, 88 RBI, 18 stolen bases and slugged .483.
A four-time All-SCAC honoree, Rhodes’ Zomer earned First Team accolades in both 2009 and 2010. The league’s leader in home runs in 2009 (8) and triples in 2010 (6), Zomer finished in the top-six all-time in both statistical categories. She smashed 22 career home runs (sixth in league history), and her 15 triples are the second most all-time. A career .359 hitter, Zomer is tied for 16th in SCAC history with 180 hits, including accounting for five in one game back in 2010 which is tied for the second most in a single game in league history. She scored 129 runs (tied for 11th in conference history), drove in 105 runs, stole 27 bases, hit 22 doubles, and slugged .617 during her four years in Memphis.
Despite having her career cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Southwestern’s Scott is still tied for 23rd all-time with 170 hits and her 1.33 hits per game is seventh best in league history. A three-time All-SCAC honoree, including a First Team nod in her last full season as a junior, Scott led the SCAC with 15 doubles in 2017. Her career .389 batting average ranks 21st in SCAC history and she finished her career with 117 runs scored, 67 RBIs, 34 doubles, eight triples and seven home runs.
The only player in SCAC history to record 45 plus doubles and 19 plus hits, Southwestern’s Galloway was a three-time all-conference performer, highlighted by back-to-back First Team appearances as a junior and senior in 2013 and 2014. She finished one hit shy of the 200-hit club (ranked fourth best in SCAC history with 199) and is third in league history with 48 doubles. A 2011 All-Tournament team member and 2013 SCAC Champion, Galloway finished her career at Southwestern as a .368 hitter, and scored 114 runs, drove in 107 and accounted for 13 home runs and seven triples.
Trinity’s MacPherson landed on four All-SCAC teams, including a First Team nod as a freshman in 2009. She is one of just two players in league history to finish in the top five all-time in hits, runs and stolen bases. In 160 career games, MacPherson accounted for 196 hits (fourth), 143 runs scored (tied for fourth) and 115 stolen bases (second) which stood as the league record for eight years until Jurden broke the mark in 2021. A four-time All-Tournament team honoree and career .363 hitter in 537 at-bats, MacPherson is the only softball student-athlete in Trinity history to have multiple 50-hit seasons, doing so in consecutive seasons as a junior and senior in 2011 and 2012.
Three former student-athletes, Sara Bowen of Rhodes, Ashley Bice of Birmingham-Southern and Anna Dunn of Centenary earned recognition on the All-Anniversary team at the utility position.
Bowen, a four-time All-SCAC performer, including a three-time First Team honoree from 2009 to 2011, was the league’s Co-Pitcher-of-the-Year as a senior in 2011. A dual threat both in the circle and in the batter’s box, Bowen finished her career at Rhodes among the conference’s best in numerous statistical categories. In the circle, Bowen is second all-time in league history in both strikeouts (576) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.38). Four separate times in her career she struck out 15 or more batters in an outing, including an SCAC record 23 in a 13-inning affair against Austin College in 2008. She has three of the league’s top seven single season marks in strikeouts per seven innings, highlighted by her 2008 season in which she averaged 10.12 Ks per seven and her 190 total strikeouts in 2010 is still the fourth best in conference history. In nearly 430 career innings, she finished with a 2.15 ERA which ranks 16th all-time in SCAC history. At the plate, Bowen is in the top-10 all-time in several categories including fourth in doubles (47) and tied for seventh in both home runs (20) and RBIs (127). The 2009 SCAC batting champion (.464) and All-Tournament Team honoree, Bowen’s 170 career hits are tied for the 23rd most in league history.
A three-time All-SCAC selection from 2010 to 2012, including two First Team nods, Bice earned top honors as a shortstop her junior season and then as an outfielder as a senior when she was named SCAC Tri-Player-of-the-Year. The 2012 SCAC leader in hits with 64, Bice finished her career with 190, good enough for seventh all-time in league history. A career .402 hitter (11th best is SCAC history), Bice finished tied for ninth in both RBIs (126) and runs scored (133). Her 10 career triples are tied for 10th all-time in conference history. A 2012 All-Tournament Team honoree after helping lift Birmingham-Southern to its lone SCAC title, Bice finished her career tied for 10th all-time with 10 triples.
Dunn earned All-SCAC recognition at three different positions during her career, including First Team accolades as an outfielder in 2018 when she was crowned the league’s batting champion. As a shortstop, Dunn was named SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year in 2015 and then earned Honorable Mention accolades as a junior playing third base. A prolific power hitter, Dunn set the SCAC record for home runs in a season with 15 as a senior and finished her career fourth all-time with 27. She drove in 126 career runs (tied for ninth all-time) and hit 44 career doubles, which is tied for sixth in SCAC history. An Honorable Mention All-American in 2017 and two-time SCAC All-Tournament team honoree, Dunn closed her career at Centenary with 169 hits, good enough for 25th in league history.
A First Team All-SCAC performer in both 2016 and 2017, Texas Lutheran’s Nicole Snow earned the final spot on the All-Anniversary Team at the designated player position. Snow slugged a remarkable .602 during her career in Seguin, accounting for 125 hits, including 51 during her junior season. As a senior she finished tied for the SCAC lead with 38 RBI and led the league with 23 walks. Snow finished her career with a .374 batting average, a .455 on-base percentage and 112 RBIs, 32 doubles, 14 stolen bases, 10 home runs and seven triples.
The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.
The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.
