Tennessee Wesleyan junior softball second baseman Baylee Sutton from North Murray High School was co-player of the year in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with Reinhardt senior Jessica Baker, and Truett McConnell junior outfielder Brie Levy from East Hamilton and Chattanooga State was another All-AAC first-team selection. The second team included TWU seniors Courtney Black and Rachel Mathews, Bryan junior Hannah O’Shields and Brenau senior Kelsey Payne from East Hamilton. Sutton has a batting average of .449 with 23 extra-base hits and 38 RBIs in 40 games, and Black has hit .466 with 23 extra-base hits and 52 RBIs while Mathews has an 18-4 pitching record with a 2.03 earned run average. O’Shields, Bryan’s catcher from LaFayette, hit .365 with six homers, two triples, 12 doubles and 37 RBIs.
Tennis
» Borja Perez and Federico Staksrud of Tennessee Wesleyan were on the 10-player All-AAC men’s tennis team announced Tuesday, and the Bulldogs’ Fabrizio Tormen made the all-freshman team. TWU shared the regular-season championship and was the AAC tournament runner-up.
Lacrosse
» Sewanee’s Thomas Lynde and Hayden Hunt made the All-Southern Athletic Association men’s lacrosse first team, while Will Pratt, Grant Gilmore and Ryan Stubits were second-team choices and Tigers freshman Jake Vaughn was the newcomer of the year. Ian Marr and Cal Pearce received All-SAA honorable mention. Vaughn was honored for his 22 goals and eight assists in his first Sewanee season, while Hunt compiled 38 goals and 10 assists, Lynde 21 goals, 14 assists and 24 ground balls and Pratt 20 goals and nine assists. Stubits had 106 ground balls and won 196 of 291 face-offs. Gilmore had 29 ground balls and eight forced turnovers.