FRISCO – East Texas A&M University softball graduate student-athlete Maddie Cason is among the honorees around the conference that was named to SLC All-Academic team on Monday morning.
 
Cason (Honey Grove) was named to second team all-academic following her lone season in Commerce in which she was also named to second team all-Southland Conference outfield.
 
Currently working towards receiving her masters of business administration from East Texas A&M, Cason started 50 games last season, batting .320, which was second on the team, along with 25 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. She also had a fielding percentage of .983 in the outfield, which is top 20 in the Southland.
 
Cason has also been named to the SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll this spring. She is the second Lion to be selected to the Southland All-Academic softball team over the last three years.
 
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Student-Athletes of the Year are voted upon by an awards committee which consists of one administrator from each member school. Voting for one's own athletes is not permitted.
 
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average through the semester prior to the sport's championship, completed at least one full academic semester at the nominating school prior to nomination, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
 
First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.
 
SOUTHLAND SOFTBALL STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Maria Detillier, Southeastern
 
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC-FIRST TEAM

Name	School	Class	Pos.	Hometown	Major
Maria Detillier*	Southeastern	Jr.	3B	Gramercy, La.	Accounting
Macie LaRue*	Southeastern	Jr.	P	Lovelady, Texas	Sport Management
Chloe Magee*	Southeastern	So.	SS	Watson, La.	Kinesiology
AB Garcia*	HCU	Sr.	OF	Cypress, Texas	Kinesiology/Sport Management
Veronica Harrison*	Lamar	So.	DP	Alvin, Texas	Environmental Science
Maddie Taylor*	McNeese	Fr.	P	Sterlington, La.	Agricultural Sciences
Kassidy Chance*	McNeese	Fr.	OF	Mansfield, Texas	Business
Samantha Mundine*	McNeese	So.	OF	Luling, Texas	Finance
Claire Sisco*	Nicholls	Jr.	2B	College Station, Texas	Health Science
Larissa Jacquez	UIW	Sr.	P	Eagle Pass, Texas	Nutrition
Haylie Savage	HCU	Sr.	3B	Angleton, Texas	Kinesiology
Ryleigh Mata	UIW	Gr.	2B	Santa Fe, Texas	Business Administration

 
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC-SECOND TEAM

Name	School	Class	Pos.	Hometown	Major
Erin Krause	Nicholls	Jr.	3B	Cypress, Texas	Health Sciences
Shelby Morris	Southeastern	Fr.	2B	Clinton, La.	Kinesiology
Nyjah Fontenot	McNeese	R-So.	OF	Lake Charles, La.	Accounting
Molly Yoo	Nicholls	Jr.	P	Cypress, Texas	Secondary Education/Social Studies
Brylie Fontenot	McNeese	Fr.	INF	Moss Bluff, La.	Mass Communication
Maddie Cason	East Texas A&M	Gr.	OF	Telephone, Texas	Business Administration
Hallie Burns	Southeastern	Fr.	P	Booneville, Miss.	Kinesiology
Alexis Telford	SFA	Sr.	P	Allen, Texas	Chemistry
Reagan Heflin	Nicholls	Jr.	OF	Richmond, Texas	Finance
Cala Wilson	Lamar	Fr.	1B	Ruston, La.	Business
Averi Paden	Nicholls	Jr.	P	Summit, Miss.	Nursing
Aly Delafield	Northwestern State	So.	UTL	Stonewall, La.	Psychology