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FOUR TALENTED STUDENT-ATHLETES HIGHLIGHT

2024 SOFTBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAMS

AUSTIN, Texas - Four standouts on the diamond and in the classroom – University of Oklahoma’s Alyssa Brito, Metropolitan State University

of Denver’s Shelby Robb, Linfield University’s Kaili Saathoff and Oregon Tech’s Kaila Mick – highlight the 2024 Academic All-America®

softball teams selected by the College Sports Communicators announced today.

Brito (Division I), Robb (Division II), Saathoff (Division III) and Mick (NAIA) have each been named the Academic All-America® Team Member of

the Year for their respective divisions.

Division I

Brito, a senior from Tustin, California, maintained a 3.72 GPA majoring in psychology, and helped lead Oklahoma to the program’s fourth

straight NCAA Division I National Championship in 2024 and its eighth overall. The versatile utility player, at third base or left field, was a

valuable member on the last three championship teams after transferring from Oregon in 2022. Starting in all 65 games this season, Brito, hit

.399 with 18 home runs and 61 RBI with an .803 slugging percentage, 64 runs scored, 16 doubles and four triples in starting in all 65 games

this season.

Brito is a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) first team All-American, a four-time NFCA All-Region pick, and four-time all-

conference selection. She played in 188 career games for the Sooners including 176 starts, finishing with a .395 batting average, 49 home

runs and 167 RBI.

Seven of the 33 members of the Academic All-America Division I softball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or

graduate school. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.793.

In addition to Brito, five additional student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division I softball team – Erin Coffel

(University of Kentucky), Addison Barnard (Wichita State), Kiki Milloy (University of Tennessee), Kelly Maxwell (University of Oklahoma),

and Allie Skaggs (University of Arizona). Milloy and Maxwell are three-time selections.

Division II

Robb is a senior sport management major from Arvada, Colorado, with a 4.0 GPA, and became the program’s first two-time NFCA and

Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) first team All-American in leading MSU Denver to a 43-18 record. The Roadrunners’

outfielder is a three-time D2CCA All South Central Region first team selection and made the NFCA’s All-Region first team in 2021 and 2024

(second team in 2023).

Robb is a three-time All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) first team pick (2021, 2023, 2024), honorable mention in 2022. She was

a NFCA 2021 National Freshman of the Year finalist, RMAC Freshman of the Year and won a RMAC Gold Glove.

Her career .425 batting average is the best in program history, and Robb set the program’s single-season batting average record of .535 as

a freshman. Her .457 batting average this past season is the third-best ever at MSU Denver, and her 91 base hits was a program single-

season record. She ranked in the top 10 nationally this season in hits and doubles (25).

In addition to Robb, 11 student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division II softball team – Ally Distler (Colorado

Mesa University), Savanna Brooks (Wingate University), Logan Menzies and Kenzie Middleton (Colorado Christian University), Kenzee

Smith (University of Indianapolis), Lauren Dixon (University of Minnesota Duluth), Jamie Roberts (Frostburg State), Morgan Hill (Valdosta

State University), Lindsey Hibbs (Adelphi University), Caleigh Rister (Pennsylvania Western University, California), and Hannah Martin

(Pittsburg State University). Hibbs was the 2023 Division II Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year, while Hill is a three-time

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Fifteen of the 33 members of the Academic All-America® Division II softball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or

graduate school. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.929.

The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance

structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division II

Academic All-America® program.

Division III

Saathoff, a junior first baseman from Philomath, Oregon, maintains a 4.0 GPA as a mathematics and physics double major. Starting in 52 of

54 games, she compiled a 1.242 OPS, hit .479 with one home run, 18 stolen bases in 18 attempts, 23 doubles, 43 RBI and 71 runs scored in

leading Linfield to a 50-4 record and third place showing at the NCAA Division III Championship tournament. The Wildcats won their first 44

games and became the second team in collegiate softball history to register an unbeaten regular season.

Saathoff is the first repeat Elite 90 Award winner in Division III softball. She earned second team NFCA All-America honors for the second

straight season and is a two-time NFCA All-Region X first team selection. Saathoff made a repeat appearance on the All-Northwest

Conference first team list. She hit .504, the only conference player over .500, and tallied a conference-high 64 hits and 19 doubles.

Twelve of the 33 members of the Academic All-America® Division II softball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or

graduate school. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.94.

In addition to Saathoff, 10 additional student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division III softball team – Anna

Jackson and Morgan Frye (Berry College), Karson Bagelmann (Adrian College), KaiLi Gross (Case Western Reserve University), Abby Mace

(Salisbury University), Mary Frances Eillis (East Texas Baptist University), Kaci Neveling (The College of New Jersey), Mackenzie Latess

(Westminster College), Mackenzie Bivin (MIT), and Ashlyn Strother (Texas Lutheran University). Gross, Mace and Strother are three-time

selections.

The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance

structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division III

Academic All-America® program.

NAIA

Mick is a graduate student from Klamath Falls, Oregon, and maintains a 3.88 GPA in dental hygiene. The 2024 Cascade Conference (CCC)

Player of the Year from her shortstop position led the Lady Owls to a 49-12 record, 24-3 conference record and fourth-place finish at the

NAIA Softball World Series. Mick was a three-time NFCA All-American and NAIA All-American performer for Oregon Tech, and a four-time

NFCA All-Region pick, All-CCC first team selection, and conference All-Academic team member. She was named to the NAIA Scholar-Athlete

teams on two occasions.

Mick became the eighth consensus first-team All-American in program history - with OIT recording a consensus first-team pick for the fifth-

straight year, joining her mom Brenda (Ruppel) Mick, who earned the distinction in 1998. The Tech shortstop had a remarkable final year in the

program, hitting .455 with five home runs and 62 RBI, setting school records with 25 doubles and 11 triples, while establishing new Cascade

Conference records for hits and runs scored in a career and setting a new NAIA record for games played and at bats.

Five of the 23 members of the Academic All-America® NAIA softball teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate

school. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.90.

In addition to Mick, six additional student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® NAIA softball team – Carly Oliver

(University of the Cumberlands), Emily Prai and Aliyah Rincon (Midland University), Lexi Klum (Oregon Tech), Shannon McAlinden

(Concordia University Ann Arbor), and Kayla Dreese (Our Lady of the Lake University).

The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist the College

Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 NAIA Academic All-America® program.

For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jeff Schwartz, Retired, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity

schwartzy[email protected] | (701) 793-0538

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Caroline Wang Oklahoma State University 3.95 Sr. Communication Sciences & Disorders

DP CC Wong Wichita State 3.66 Sr. General Studies Sociology

IF Alyssa Brito (1) University of Oklahoma 3.72 Sr. Psychology

IF Erin Coffel (3) University of Kentucky 3.60 Sr. Kinesiology

IF Aminah Vega Duke University 3.73 So. Psychology

IF Shaylon Govan Baylor 3.76 Jr. Health, Kinesiology & Leisure Studies

OF Korbe Otis University of Florida 4.00 Jr. Pre-Professional Biology

OF Claire Davidson Duke University 3.77 Sr. Sociology

OF Dakota Kennedy University of Arizona 4.00 So. Criminal Justice Studies

P NiJaree Canady Stanford 3.54 So. Undeclared

P Lexi Kilfoyl Oklahoma State University 3.67/4.00 Sr. Interdisciplinary Studies (G)

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Sydney Ross Omaha 4.00/4.00 Gr. Public Administration

DP Vallery Wong University of Oregon 4.00 Gr. Prevention Science

IF Billie Andrews University of Nebraska 3.86 Sr. Graphic Design

IF Jess Oakland University of Minnesota 3.59 So. Kinesiology

IF Caitlin Coker Boston University 3.88 Gr. Biology

IF Karli Spaid Miami University 3.69 Sr. Business

OF Addison Barnard (4) Wichita State 3.82 Sr. Health Science

OF Kiki Milloy (1) (5) University of Tennessee 3.63/3.71 Gr. Business Administration (G)

OF Rylie Boone University of Oklahoma 3.52 Sr. Communication

P Payton Gottshall University of Tennessee 3.60/3.72 Gr. Teacher Education (G)

P Kelly Maxwell (3) (5) University of Oklahoma 3.64/3.61 Gr. Healthcare Law

THIRD TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Taylor Krapf University of Minnesota 3.78 Jr. Biology

DP Sara Beth Allen Georgia Institute of Technology 3.50 Sr. Business Administration

IF Allie Skaggs (1) University of Arizona 3.91 Sr. Journalism

IF Devyn Flaherty Florida State 3.89/3.89 Sr. Sport Management

IF Acacia Anders University of California 3.58 Jr. Psychology

IF Rylee Holtorf University of Washington 3.84 Jr. Communication

OF Kaley Mudge Florida State 4.00/4.00 Gr. Athletic Coaching

OF Jadelyn Allchin UCLA 3.75/3.83 Gr. Marketing

OF Ali Newland Louisiana State University 3.93 Sr. Mass Communications

P Georgeanna Barefoot Charlotte 4.00/4.00 Sr. Health Systems Management

P Jala Wright Duke University 3.74 Sr. Sociology

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Alyssa Brito, University of Oklahoma

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023

(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(4) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022

(5) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022

2024 Academic All-America ®

Softball Team

NCAA Division I

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Ally Distler (5) Colorado Mesa University 4.00 Jr. Psychology

DP Gracelyn Massey Barton College 3.97 Jr. Nursing

IF Savanna Brooks (1) Wingate University 4.00 Jr. Exercise Science

IF Kylie Emanuele University of Mount Olive 3.97 Sr. Elementary Education

IF Alexa Douthitt The University of Alabama in Huntsville 4.00 So. Management

IF Emily O'Connor University of Indianapolis 3.59/3.92 Gr. Management

OF Shelby Robb (1) Metropolitan State University of Denver 4.00 Sr. Sport Management

OF Heather Arnett Pittsburg State University 3.80 So. Elementary Education

OF Logan Menzies (1) Colorado Christian University 4.00/4.00 Gr. Clinical Mental Health Counseling

P Kenzee Smith (3) University of Indianapolis 3.58 Sr. Nursing

P Lauren Dixon (2) University of Minnesota Duluth 3.98 Sr. Chemical Engineering

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Macauley Bailey Carson-Newman 4.00 So. Criminal Justice

DP Miranda Pruitt Colorado Mesa University 3.84/3.88 Gr. Sport Management

IF Gia Martin Auburn University at Montgomery 3.97 Sr. Psychology

IF Hannah Burnett Pittsburg State University 3.70/4.00 Gr. Business Administration (G)

IF Kayla Middleton Colorado Christian University 3.76 Sr. Business Administration

IF Jamie Roberts (2) Frostburg State 4.00 Jr. Law & Society

OF Sam Schott UT Tyler 4.00 Jr. Biochemistry

OF Sydney Watson Converse University 4.00 Jr. Elementary Education

OF Morgan Hill (2) (7) Valdosta State University 3.97 Sr. Interdisciplinary Studies

P Lindsey Hibbs (1) Adelphi University 3.91 Sr. Sport Management

P Sidney Booth Northwest Nazarene 3.87 Sr. Pre-Physical Therapy

THIRD TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Kenzie Middleton (2) Colorado Christian University 3.76 Sr. Business Administration

DP Caleigh Rister (3) Pennsylvania Western University, California 4.00 Jr. PreK-4 Education

IF Ally Ryan Oklahoma Baptist University 4.00 So. Computer Information Systems

IF Raissa Bianco Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 4.00 Jr. Civil Engineering

IF Mikaela Ferreira Stanislaus State 3.83 Sr. Kinesiology

IF Natalia Mallozzi Gannon University 3.98 Jr. Applied Exercise Science

OF Madison Fry-Fachet Mercyhurst University 4.00/3.87 Gr. Special Education (G)

OF Sydnee Reaves University of Montevallo 3.76/3.76 So. Elementary Education

OF Anna Bennett Trevecca Nazarene University 3.91/3.85 Gr. Organizational Leadership (G)

P Ashlan Sensing Trevecca Nazarene University 3.77 Jr. Nursing

P Hannah Martin (3) Pittsburg State University 4.00 Sr. History

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Shelby Robb, Metropolitan State University of Denver

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023

(2) -- 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(5) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022

(7) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2021

2024 Academic All-America ®

Softball Team

NCAA Division II

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Anna Jackson (3) Berry College 3.67 Sr. Nursing

DP Emma Wade York (Pa.) 3.83 Jr. Civil Engineering

IF Kaili Saathoff (2) Linfield University 4.00 Jr. Mathematics/Physics

IF Karson Bagelmann (2) Adrian College 4.00 Sr. Political Science

IF KaiLi Gross (1) (6) Case Western Reserve University 4.00 Sr. Biomedical Engineering

IF Brynn Nelson Linfield University 3.96 Jr. Economics & Mathematics

OF Abby Mace (4) (8) Salisbury University 3.77/4.00 Gr. Social Work

OF Mary Frances Eillis (3) East Texas Baptist University 4.00 Jr. Finance & Accounting

OF Kaci Neveling (2) The College of New Jersey 4.00/4.00 Gr. School Counseling

P Sophia DiCocco Tufts University 3.88 Sr. International Relations

P Kennedy Carruth Belhaven University 3.79/4.00 Gr. Business Administration (G)

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Abby Spore Luther College 3.57 Sr. Biology

DP Emma McNally Marywood University 3.96 Jr. Early Childhood & Elementary Education

IF Morgan Frye (1) Berry College 3.88 Sr. Environmental Science

IF Jess Pozezinski Concordia Wisconsin 3.92 Jr. Nursing

IF Josie Steinberg Tufts University 3.67 Sr. Quantitative Economics

IF Mackenzie Latess (3) Westminster College 3.88/4.00 Gr. Education

OF Stevie Rieger Case Western Reserve University 3.73 Sr. Biochemistry

OF Gwendolyn Carpenter Framingham State University 3.99 Sr. Biology

OF Kaitlin Pettenger Wentworth Institute of Technology 3.95/3.72 Gr. Architecture

P Hannah Benavides East Texas Baptist University 3.81 Jr. Rehabilitative Science

P Alexis Michon Trine University 3.88 Sr. Elementary Education

THIRD TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Haley Petrucci Ithaca College 4.00 So. Psychology

DP Katlyn Gandara University of Redlands 3.52 So. Psychology

IF Phoebe Clemens Lancaster Bible College 4.00 Sr. Sports Management

IF Meghan Reed Salisbury University 3.96 Sr. Biomedical Science

IF Mackenzie Bivin (1) MIT 4.00 Jr. Business Analytics & Economics

IF Lexi Martin Wisconsin Lutheran College 3.76 Sr. Sport and Exercise Science

OF Sydney Moroney Berry College 3.96 Sr. Political Science & Management

OF Jenna Giliberti Farmingdale State College 3.83 Sr. Applied Psychology

OF Kennedy Adkison MIT 3.52 Jr. Aerospace Engineering

P Hailey Kutz Fontbonne University 4.00 Jr. Medical Lab Sciences

P Ashlyn Strother (2) (5) Texas Lutheran University 3.56/3.50 Sr. Accounting

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Kaili Saathoff, Linfield University

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023

(2) -- 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(3) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(4) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2022

(5) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022

(6) – 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2022

(8) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2021

2024 Academic All-America ®

Softball Team

NCAA Division III

FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Amber Atkins University of the Cumberlands 4.00 Jr. Exercise & Sport Science & Coaching

DP Bryce Peacock College of Coastal Georgia 3.94 Sr. General Business

IF Kaila Mick (1) Oregon Tech 3.93/3.88 Gr. Dental Hygiene & Bio-Health Sciences

IF Carly Oliver (2) University of the Cumberlands 3.81 Sr. Nursing

IF Lauren Anderson Central Baptist College 3.82 Sr. Kinesiology & Exercise Science

IF Jyden Miles Arizona Christian University 4.00 Jr. Political Science

OF Emily Prai (1) Midland University 4.00 Sr. Accounting

OF Lexi Klum (2) Oregon Tech 4.00 Sr. Psychology

OF Shannon McAlinden (1) Concordia University Ann Arbor 3.81 Sr. Sport & Entertainment Business

P Annalise Jarvis Georgia Gwinnett College 3.89 Jr. Business Management

P Cassandra Valdez Our Lady of the Lake University 3.57/3.71 Gr. Literature & Creative Writing (G)

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major

C Moriah Sprague Cornerstone University 3.87/3.87 Jr. Bio Pre-Vet

DP Miranda Hipolito Arizona Christian University 3.82 Sr. Psychology

IF Chapel Cunningham Southeastern University 3.72 Jr. Medical Sciences

IF Charlie Sartoris Trinity Christian College 3.90 Sr. Recreation & Sport Management

IF Abi West Central Baptist College 4.00 Jr. Middle Level Education

IF Lyric Krause Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 3.51/3.60 Gr. Leadership Development (G)

IF Kiera Mayer Mount Vernon Nazarene University 3.87 So. Nursing

OF Lauren Haskins Stillman College 3.86 Sr. Criminal Justice

OF Kayla Dreese (4) Our Lady of the Lake University 3.69/3.80 Gr. Management (G)

OF Chelsea Kurtz Avila University 3.78 Sr. Radiologic Science

P Aliyah Rincon (2) Midland University 3.87 Sr. Nursing

P Emmalee Hamp Spring Arbor University 3.94 Sr. Graphic Design

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:

Kaila Mick, Oregon Tech

(1) – 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023

(2) -- 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023

(4) – 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2022

2024 Academic All-America ®

Softball Team

NAIA