STAFF REPORT
Texas State softball had a league leading four student-athletes selected to the 2011 Southland Conference All-Academic teams.
Anne Marie Taylor, Jenna Emery, Chandler Hall and former Hays High star Anna Hernandez all received honors.
Earning first team honors was sophomore pitcher Anne Marie Taylor. The distinction is the first for Taylor, who is an interdisciplinary studies major with a 3.14 GPA. The Houston native has received SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors every year and was named to the Dean’s List in the spring of 2010. Taylor has also been an Oak Farms Winner since 2010.
A native of Sugar Land, Texas, Emery is a three-time all-academic honoree, as she was named to the second-team. The senior third baseman holds a 3.17 GPA and is set to graduate in May with a degree in respiratory care. Emery has made the SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll every spring semester and has been an Oak Farms Winner since 2007.
Hall, a native of Baytown, Texas, was selected to the second team. The junior all-region pitcher/outfielder is studying fashion merchandise and has a 3.06 GPA. Hall was named to the Dean’s List for the spring of 2011 and has been an Oak Farms Winner since 2009.
Hernandez, a sophomore second baseman, was selected to the all-academic second team. The Buda native has a 3.29 GPA in exercise and sports science. Hernandez was named to the Dean’s List in the spring of 2011 and has been selected to the SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll every year she’s been at Texas State since graduating from Hays in 2009.
All four student-athletes were also selected as all-conference picks this season. Texas State has had 27 all-academic honorees since 2002.
The all-academic teams are voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance administrators from each Southland university. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.
