Loveless Named NAIA All-American Honorable Mention
2023 NAIA Softball All-America Honorees Announced
NO. | YR | POS | ||||||||||||||||
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24 | Emily Loveless | Jr. | IF | 49 | 148 | 49 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 0 | .412 | .500 | .703 |
Loveless leadership in the field and at the plate helped the Eagles win the AAC regular season and place second in the AAC Tournament. In the tournament, Loveless was outstanding and her bat almost single-handedly brought the team back in the final game to a tournament championship.
The Eagles performed well in the NAIA Tournament, but eventually lost in the regional finals to the overall NAIA Champion - Southern Oregon.
Loveless was named to the AAC First Team and she was an All-Tournament team member as well. She very well could have been the AAC Tournament MVP if the Eagles would have won the final game of the tournament.
In addition to the Loveless being named to the NAIA All-American Honorable Mention, several Eagles were named to the NAIA Scholar-Athletes Team:
For a complete list of the NAIA All-American Teams, please see the link below:
https://www.naia.org/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/SB_AARelease_6_7_23