LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Taylor Yancey of Texas Lutheran University was named SCAC Player-of-the-Year.

Yancey, a senior first baseman from Magnolia, Texas, leads the SCAC heading into the conference tournament in both batting average (.487), hits (56), doubles (20), runs batted in (43) and total bases (85) and is also in the top 10 in the league in five other offensive categories, including on-base percentage (.534 – second), slugging percentage (.739 – second), runs scored (37 – fourth), home runs (3 – seventh) and walks (13 – 10th). Her current batting average of .487 would currently place her sixth all-time for a single season in SCAC history and her 20 doubles are already the second-most for a single season in league history. Yancey is the third straight Texas Lutheran student-athlete to earn SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors – marking the first time in league history the winner has come from the same institution in three consecutive years.

The consensus choice for SCAC Player-of-the-Year, Yancey received six of seven votes from the coaches during the balloting process. Sophomore outfielder Taylor Curtis of Southwestern University received the remaining first place vote.