Staff report and SAC Sports Information

SALISBURY — Catawba’s softball team tied for seventh in the league standings and was left out of the eight-team South Atlantic Conference Tournament after tiebreakers, but the Indians got the biggest award announced by the league on Thursday.

That’s how good Brianna Gallagher’s season was. She’s the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year.

Gallagher, a junior who played high school ball at Southern Alamance, won the SAC batting title with a .480 average and hit .512 in SAC play. She’s also a Gold Glove right fielder who can play in the infield. She was first team All-SAC as a utility player.

Gallagher had 16 homers, setting the Catawba single-season home run, and had 14 doubles. She had 43 RBIs and 49 runs scored. She led the SAC in home runs and total bases, while ranking in the top five in hits, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.

Catawba first baseman Kary Hales (Carson) was named first team All-SAC. Maddy Altiers made the third team as a DP.

Lincoln Memorial’s Halle Grace Patton was voted SAC Pitcher of the Year. Lenoir-Rhyne’s Avery Kiger earned SAC Freshman of the Year honors, while Wingate’s Jamie Stanclift received SAC Coach of the Year honors.

All-SAC First Team

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

P – Halle Grace Patton, Lincoln Memorial

P – Jillian Thomas, Wingate

 

All-SAC Second Team

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

P – Lily Robbins, Wingate

P – Katie Morris, Anderson

 

All-SAC Third Team

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 & HenryU

TL/P – Megan Ackerman, Tusculum

P – Faith Carrigan, Lenoir-Rhyne

P – Malorie Reeves, Emory & Henry

Freshman of the Year

Avery Kiger, Lenoir-Rhyne

Player of the Year

Brianna Gallagher, Catawba

Pitcher of the Year

Halle Grace Patton, Lincoln Memorial

Coach of the Year

Jamie Stanclift, Wingate