Decatur, AL-Outfielder Mallory Meadows and third baseman Tiffany Ansley of the Belhaven softball team received NAIA All-American recognition when the awards were recently announced by the NAIA. Meadows was named as an NAIA First Team All-American and Ansley was an Honorable Mention in this year's selections.

                                           

Meadows, a senior pitcher and outfielder from Daphne, AL, led the team in home runs with 18 and RBI's with 78. Meadows finished the year with a .485 batting average and checked with a slugging percentage of .909. Meadows was second in the country in home runs per game, RBI's per game, third in slugging percentage, and 12th in batting average. Meadows also pitched in 16 games for the Lady Blazers compiled a record of 7-1 with an ERA of 3.02 and was named GCAC Player of the Week three times.

 

Ansley, a junior third baseman from Miami, FL, was second on the team in batting average at .442, had 15 doubles and drove in 29 runs. Her .442 batting was good for second in the conference behind teammate Mallory Meadows at .485. Ansley had a total of 76 hits which was second most in the GCAC and her 15 doubles placed her third in that category in the conference.