McElroy Named 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District Selection

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AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time since 2014 a WKU Softball student-athlete has earned Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District II recognition as sophomore Morgan McElroy was announced as an honoree on Thursday. A native of Madisonville, Ky., McElroy marks the 12^th Hilltopper in program history to collect an Academic All-District distinction.

CoSIDA Academic nominees must be a starter or significant contributor to the team while carrying at least a 3.3 grade point average, and McElroy checks all those boxes. Starting 47 of the Red and White's 54 games on the 2018 campaign, McElroy owns a perfect 4.0 GPA while studying accounting.

One of the toughest batters to strike out in the nation, McElroy returned to the dugout following a punch out just nine times across 113 at bats. She also posted 16 RBI on the year along with eight sacrifices hits and a sac fly to move her teammates.

Off the field, McElroy has made the WKU President's List all three of her semesters on The Hill in addition to earning C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal both years.

With All-District honors, McElroy is eligible for the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, which will be announced at the beginning of June. WKU is looking for its third-ever Academic All-American to join Kristalyn Smith (2002) and Shannon Smith (2010) – both first team selections.

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