Five members of the Austin College softball team have been honored as All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performers with first baseman Stefanie Faith being named 1st Team All-SCAC. Kali Gossett, Carolyn Stone and Heather Farquhar were each named to the 2nd Team and Abbey Hayes was an Honorable Mention selection.
Faith, a junior from Rowlett, batted .381 with nine home runs and 32 runs batted in and added eight doubles to finish among the conference leaders in each category. With her nine homers, Faith also finished the season tied for the career lead in SCAC history.
Gossett, a senior second baseman from Grand Prairie, earns 2nd Team honors for the second time in her career after starting every game and collecting 28 hits and scoring 16 runs while posting a .960 fielding percentage. Stone, a junior from Carrollton, was named 2nd Team as a utility player after spending time at catcher, shortstop and in the outfield and knocking in 13 runs with a homer and three doubles on the year.
Farquhar, a freshman designated player from Mesquite, led the team with a .440 batting average in 20 games played and drove in 10 runs on the year with 22 total hits and seven runs scored. Hayes, a junior outfielder from Anna, played in 21 games and started 20, scoring five times with a double and four runs batted in on the year and was among the team leaders with 10 walks. Hayes also had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
About Austin College
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives.
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