Hockaday Named to All-Southeast Region Team

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Mars Hill senior Jamie Hockaday has been named to the 2014 Daktronics Softball All-Southeast Region Team.

Hockaday was named the second baseman on the First Team and moves on to the All-America ballot. In 2014, Hockaday set the Mars Hill single-season record in on-base percentage (.556) and walks (30) while leading the South Atlantic Conference in RBI (59), on-base percentage and slugging percentage (.737). She finished 10^th in on-base percentage, 12^th in RBI per game and 13th in batting average among NCAA Division II players. Hockaday received her Bachelor's Degree during Mars Hill's graduation ceremony last Saturday.

Hockaday hit safely in 34 of Mars Hill's 44 games this season with 21 multi-hit games. The Butner, N.C. native drove in five runs three times this season and concluded her career with a walk-off double in a 12-4 victory over Newberry on April 18. She also set the single-game record for putouts with 17 against Saint Leo (Fla.) on February 15.

Armstrong's Alexis Mercer was named the Southeast Region Player of the Year. Mercer hit .439 with 22 home runs and 49 RBI. North Georgia's Victoria Sink was named the Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year after going 24-1 with a 1.68 ERA.

As members of the first team, Hockaday and 16 other Southeast Region players will appear on the All-America ballot. The Daktronics All-America program honors student-athletes in Division II athletic programs. The voting, nominations and calculations are all conducted by the region's sports information directors.

2014 Daktronics Softball All-Southeast Region

DISTRICT 3 - Southeast Region

Pitcher of the Year: Victoria Sink, North Georgia

Player of the Year: Alexis Mercer, Armstrong

First Team

C – Taylor Laskey, Wingate

1B – Danielle Swygert, Anderson

2B – Jamie Hockaday, Mars Hill

3B – Haily Jarman, Lenoir-Rhyne [2]

SS – Alexis Mercer, Armstrong [2] [PBC Player of the Year]

OF – Molly Child, Anderson

OF – Kelli Hensley, Carson-Newman [SAC Player of the Year]

OF – Whitney Okvist, Georgia College

OF – Taylor Merritt, North Georgia

OF – Kori Waugh, Columbus State

OF – Whitney Britt, Queens

P – Victoria Sink, North Georgia [PBC Pitcher of the Year]

P – Carley Tysinger, Catawba [1]

P – India Kornegay, USC Aiken [2]

DP – Layce Walker, Armstrong

UT [non pitcher] – Kaitlyn White, USC Aiken

UT [pitcher] – Courtney Poole, North Georgia

Second Team

C – Casey Googe, Columbus State

1B – Kaytlin Stroinski, Tusculum

1B – Beth Overman, Mount Olive

1B – Hannah Reppert, Armstrong

2B – Lauren Bessent, Flagler [2]

3B – Sara Kelley, Carson-Newman

SS – Abby Child, Anderson

OF – Brianna Mulkey, Lincoln Memorial [2]

OF – Kelsey Akers, Mount Olive

OF – Mackenzie Conley, Flagler

OF – Whitney Little, Flagler

P – Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne [SAC Pitcher of the Year]

P – Hannah Light, King [2] [CC Player of the Year]

P – Stacie Houser, Wingate

P – Brandi Hole, Lenoir-Rhyne

DP – Kayla Saliga, Wingate

UT [non pitcher] – Abi LeRoy, Georgia College

UT [pitcher] – Amanda Snow, Lincoln Memorial

[1] first team in 2013

[2] second team in 2013