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Two-Minute Drill: Redhawk Softball Earns Additional National Recognition

Southeast Athletics

The SEMO Softball season may have come to an end in May, but recognition for the Redhawks continued to pour in throughout the month of June.

Senior right fielder Mykaela Arellanes was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I softball third-team, becoming the sixth player in program history to earn Academic All-America distinction.

Arellanes, who hails from Foristell, Missouri, is SEMO's first Academic All-American in 20 years, boasting a 3.90 GPA in Criminal Justice during the 2018-19 academic year. On the field, she earned OVC Tournament Most Valuable Player, and led the OVC in runs, total plate appearances (236) and at-bats (197), and ranked among the top 10 league leaders in six other categories.

Meanwhile, center fielder Rachel Anderson added Fastpitch News Honorable Mention All-American honors to her list of accolades; she was also a third-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and Softball America All-American. She led the Ohio Valley Conference in seven offensive categories, and she broke six SEMO single-season records Nationally, Anderson ranked in the top 15 in the entire country in seven categories.

And lastly, Southeast Missouri was one of 11 programs honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as 2019 Division I Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, on the heels of a program-record 46 wins, and claiming the OVC regular-season and tournament titles to advance to its first NCAA Tournament in 20 years. Additionally, the 2019 team broke a total of 17 single-season records.

Follow Redhawk Athletics on Twitter @GoSoutheast.

Nate Saverino serves as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs.
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