ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry University Softball Team has seen four of its players earn All-South Atlantic Conference honors, league officials announced Thursday. It is the most All-SAC performers in school history and the most all-conference award-winners since four Wasps were named to the All-ODAC team in 2021.
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Senior right fielder Danielle King (Spencer, Va.), senior first baseman Lydia Taylor (Salem, Va.), junior pitcher Malorie Reeves (Galax, Va.) and freshman catcher/third baseman Hannah Booth (Longwood, Fla.) were each named to the All-SAC Third Team by the league's 13 head coaches.
King makes it back-to-back all-league seasons after being picked to the Second Team a year ago in the utility/non-pitcher spot. She hit .414 for the year with a .500 on-base percentage and a .711 slugging average, leading the team with 55 runs, 26 walks, and 25 extra-base hits. She finished second on the squad in average, and on-base percentage and added 63 hits, 15 home runs and 10 home runs and six stolen bases.
Taylor batted .372 with a .457 on-base percentage and a team-leading .814 slugging average. She hit a team-leading 15 home runs to tie her own single-season record for a career-best 49 round-trippers. She led the Wasps with 53 RBI as she scored 30 runs on 42 hits and 21 walks. The senior reached base safely in 22 of the final 24 games of the regular season.
Booth notched a team-best .472 batting average and a .730 slugging percentage as she broke out after missing the first half of the season with an injury. She tied for fifth in total hits (42) with five doubles and six home runs as she drove in 24 runs and scored 17 times. The freshman also had a 13-game on-base streak between March 12 and April 2.
Reeves led Emory & Henry in the circle with a 19-12 record with 22 complete games in 28 starts. She threw 175.2 innings with a 3.79 earned run average, striking out 113 with a 3.05 K/BB ratio and a 1.55 WHIP. The junior had 11 games with five or more strikeouts and won six straight league contests between April 2 and April 12.
Emory & Henry finished the regular season with a 31-19 overall record, going 12-12 in SAC games to finish in a tie for seventh place in the league standings. The Wasps have posted their first 30-win campaign as a NCAA Division II institution and are tied for the third-most wins in a season in program history.
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2025 SAC Softball
All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year - Brianna Gallagher, Catawba
Pitcher of the Year - Halle Grace Patton, Lincoln Memorial
Coach of the Year - Jamie Stanclift, Wingate
Freshman of the Year - Avery Kiger, Lenoir-Rhyne
All-SAC First Team
P – Halle Grace Patton, Lincoln Memorial
P – Jillian Thomas, Wingate
C – Lani Warren, Lenoir-Rhyne
1B – Kary Hales, Catawba
2B – Hayden Dye, Carson-Newman
SS – Savanna Brooks, Wingate
3B – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman
OF – Hannah Stevens, Wingate
OF – Kaylee Hobgood, Wingate
OF – Danielle Jason, Tusculum
DP – Hanna Bogoski, Lincoln Memorial
UTL/Non-P – Brianna Gallagher, Catawba
UTL/P – Hali Scott, Wingate
All-SAC Second Team
P – Lily Robbins, Wingate
P – Katie Morris, Anderson
C – Raelynn Kramer, Wingate
1B – Avery Kiger, Lenoir-Rhyne
2B – Brooke Smith, Tusculum
SS – Katelyn Rackard, Lenoir-Rhyne
3B – Madison Primm, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – SieAnna Cameron, Carson-Newman
OF – Cassidy Wall, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Abby Hunter, Tusculum
DP – Samantha Clark, Newberry
UTL/Non-P – Jaden Burns, Wingate
UTL/P – Syerra Rogers, Carson-Newman
All-SAC Third Team
P – Faith Carrigan, Lenoir-Rhyne
P – Malorie Reeves, Emory & Henry
C – Sammy Jimenez, Tusculum
1B – Lydia Taylor, Emory & Henry
2B – Julia Mardigian, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS – Ellie Alvarez, Tusculum
3B – Farley Park, Mars Hill
OF – Danielle King, Emory & Henry
OF – Maddy Staples, Newberry
OF – Ariana Fair, Coker
DP – Maddy Altiers, Catawba
UTL/Non-P – Hannah Booth, Emory & Henry
UTL/P – Megan Ackerman, Tusculum