Hockaday, Stanek Earn All-SAC Honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Senior Jamie Hockaday and junior Robyn Stanek have been named to the 2014 All-South Atlantic Conference softball team, league officials announced on Wednesday.

Hockaday was named All-SAC First Team at second base, with Stanek taking home All-SAC Second Team third base honors. Hockaday makes her first appearance on the All-SAC team, while Stanek is on the squad for the second consecutive season.

Hockaday rewrote the record books this season, cracking the top ten in seven single-season offensive categories. Hockaday is the new single season record holder in on base percentage (.556) and walks (30) and is among the top five in batting average (.466-2^nd), RBI (59-2^nd) and slugging percentage (.737-3^rd). She led the SAC in RBI, on-base percentage and slugging percentage this season and finished the season 14^th in the nation in batting average and 10^th in RBI per game among NCAA Division II players.

 Hockaday ranks third in program history in career batting average (.389) and slugging percentage (.610) and is second in on base percentage (.478). The Butner, N.C. native also set a single game record with 17 putouts against Saint Leo on February 15.

Stanek batted .338 with a team-leading 11 home runs while driving in 34 runs. Stanek had a 19-game hitting streak from March 15-April 10, the second-longest hitting streak in school history. On March 22, Stanek tied the single game record for total bases with 10 in a 10-9 victory over Wingate. Stanek also hit two grand slams in a doubleheader against Coker on March 30. In 2013, Stanek was named All-SAC First Team third base.

As a team, Mars Hill set new single season records in walks (174), home runs (48), doubles (85), RBIs (271), runs scored (291), total bases (649), team batting average (.323) slugging percentage (.509) and on base percentage (.411).

Carson-Newman outfielder Kelli Hensley was named the SAC Player of the Year, with Lenoir-Rhyne's Maryann Hoskins taking home SAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Anderson's Courtney Czentnar and Tommy Hewitt were named the Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year.

The complete All-SAC team is listed below.

All-SAC First Team

C – Taylor Laskey, Wingate

1B – Danielle Swygert, Anderson

2B – Jamie Hockaday, Mars Hill

SS – Jody Mizelle, Lenoir-Rhyne

3B – Haily Jarman, Lenoir-Rhyne

OF – Kelli Hensley, Carson-Newman

OF – Molly Child, Anderson

OF – Brianna Mulkey, Lincoln Memorial

DP – Kayla Saliga, Wingate

UTIL. – Alyssa Miller, Brevard

P – Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne

P – Stacey Houser, Wingate

All-SAC Second Team

C – Sarah Kenley, Lenoir-Rhyne

1B – Sydney Landreth, Lenoir-Rhyne

2B – Mellena Helms, Wingate

SS – Abby Child, Anderson

3B – Robyn Stanek, Mars Hill

OF – Taylor Rosenbalm, Queens

OF – Sydney Weatherford, Coker

OF – Kristen Stinnard, Catawba

OF – Courtney Czentnar, Anderson

OF – Carolyn Williamson, Tusculum

DP – Kaitlyn Bodine, Queens

UTIL. – Amanda Snow, Lincoln Memorial

P – Carley Tysinger, Catawba

P – Katelynn Howser, Anderson

All-SAC Honorable Mention

C – Emily Boykin, Brevard

1B – Caitlyn Lance, Carson-Newman

2B – Jessica Neidigh, Anderson

SS – Alexis Burrell, Wingate

3B – Sara Kelley, Carson-Newman

OF – Dakota Keller, Lenoir-Rhyne

DP – Ashley Oliver, Lenoir-Rhyne

UTIL. – Katherine Shumaker, Catawba

P – Kelly King, Tusculum

P – Jamie Hrobak, Brevard

SAC Player of the Year: Kelli Hensley, Carson-Newman

SAC Pitcher of the Year: Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne

SAC Freshman of the Year: Courtney Czentnar, Anderson

SAC Coach of the Year: Tommy Hewitt, Anderson