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NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State sophomore utility player Aly Delafield was named to the Southland Conference All-Academic Team on Monday, the league office announced.

Delafield earned a spot on the second-team squad based on the votes of coaches, academic personnel and sports information directors of the member schools. This is Delafield’s first postseason academic honor of her career.

She led the team this season with a .322 batting average, bolstered by her .398 clip against conference foes, the highest SLC batting average by a Demons in 10 years, just one hit shy of a coveted .400 season.

Her 1.047 OPS in Southland play was one of the highest totals in the league this year by any player with nearly 40 percent of her 33 hits in conference going for extra bases.

Delafield found her swing in the second week of conference play, going 4-for-8 in the three-game series at McNeese. Starting with the series opener against Southeastern the following Friday, Delafield had at least one hit in 12 straight conference games, one of the longest streaks in the league this year.

She hit .428 across four straight series with seven extra-base hits, including back-to-back two doubles games against Stephen F. Austin.

The Stonewall native finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the conference in average, hits and doubles with the second most doubles (9) in SLC play in the league.

She maintained her 3.65 cumulative GPA in her second year at NSU as a psychology major.

Student Athlete of the Year: Maria Detillier, Southeastern



First Team (*denotes automatic selection)

AB Garcia, HCU*

Veronica Harrison, Lamar*

Maddie Taylor, McNeese*

Kassidy Chance, McNeese*

Samantha Mundine, McNeese*

Claire Sisco, Nicholls*

Maria Detillier, Southeastern*

Macie LaRue, Southeastern*

Chloe Magee, Southeastern*

Larissa Jacquez, UIW

Haylie Savage, HCU

Ryleigh Mata, UIW



Second Team

Erin Krause, Nicholls

Shelby Morris, Southeastern

Nyjah Fontenot, McNeese

Molly Yoo, Nicholls

Brylie Fontenot, McNeese

Maddie Cason, East Texas A&M

Hallie Burns, Southeastern

Alexis Telford, SFA

Reagan Heflin, Nicholls

Cala Wilson, Lamar

Averi Paden, Nicholls

Aly Delafield, Northwestern State