GREENWOOD, S.C. – Emory & Henry College Softball's Avery Adkins (Goodview, Va.) has received her second all-region recognition. The Division II Conference Commissioners Association recently announced that the recent graduate has been picked to the All-Southeast Second Team. It is the second year in a row that E&H softball has had one of its own selected to the D2CCA all-region team.

Adkins was previously honored as a NFCA All-Southeast Region Second-Teamer, an All-South Atlantic Conference First-Team pick and to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.

Adkins played in 36 of the team's 39 games with 33 appearances in the circle. She posted a 20-11 record with 28 complete games and eight shutouts, over 206 innings pitched. Adkins boasted a 2.34 earned run average and struck out 180 batters while walking just 21.

The Staunton River High School product also excelled with the bat, hitting .347 on the year with 17 runs scored on 33 hits with 13 extra-base hits including five home runs. She notched a .436 on-base percentage with a .600 slugging average. Adkins had 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games, reaching base safely in 26 contests.

Emory & Henry notched a 23-16 record this past spring, finishing in a tie for second place in the SAC with a 16-8 league mark.

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