NORFOLK, Va. (May 9, 2023)--The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced the 2023 Softball All-Academic Selections, honoring 74 student-athletes from the conference's eight softball-playing institutions who have achieved academic success.
 
Morgan State had 10 players named to this year's All-Academic Team. They were: Madison Bolyea, Victoria Fletcher, Deborah Hamilton, Anaya Hunte, Ky'Anah Lake, Chandler Mitchell, Madison Nunez, Emily Raubuch, Asia Thomas, Maia Wilkins.
 
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average (GPA), as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades.
 
"I want to congratulate our softball student-athletes who have excelled in the classroom this season," MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills said. "So much of the focus on intercollegiate athletics focuses on what happens on the field, what happens in the classroom is the ultimate goal, and these young ladies are to be commended for their accomplishments."
 
Listed below are the 2023 Softball All-Academic honorees (by institution):
 
Coppin State (3)
Vanessa Carrizosa
Avianna Peterson
Shawnee Ronyak
 
Delaware State (8)
Destiny Beckham
Emma Glawson
Sydney Johnes
Uxua Modrego Lopez
Felicity Munoz
Joie Raybourn
Dallas Speicher-Ramirez
McKenzie Yurcaba
 
Howard (10)
Kalita Dennis
Zafirah Doss
Sidney Fletcher
Mia Gonzales
Jade Greene
Madison Harris
Shalon McNeal
Payton Quinonez
Lealani Ricks
Morgan Thornton
 
Maryland Eastern Shore (9)
Mackenzie Abiley
Ameenah Ballenger
Kelsie Ekstrom 
Kiyaira Hicks
Kylee Lehman
Ryan Merriwether
Nola Mountain
Ah-Nayia Oglesby
Kaylyn Sterling
 
Morgan State (10)
Madison Bolyea
Victoria Fletcher
Deborah Hamilton
Anaya Hunte
Ky'Anah Lake
Chandler Mitchell
Madison Nunez
Emily Raubuch
Asia Thomas
Maia Wilkins
 
Norfolk State (14)
Cam Andersen
Yrral Davis
Alyssa Dixon
Rylie Gilbreath
Alison Guckin
Kenna Higa
Loren Hudson
Lily Potter
Alexis Robinson
Brianna Rucker
Victoria Ruiz
Lauren Sheehan
Victoria Taylor
Gabby Vaughan
 
North Carolina Central (14)
Jaylah Barr
Hailey Batista
Kortnee Booth
Kia Borum
Jaden Davis
Jai'lyn Edwards
Ashanti Eubanks
Maegan Garrison
Jaidyn Hamby
Natalie Hardin
D'Nahjah Harrell
Imara Harrell
Ivory Jones
Lana Reed
 
South Carolina State (6)
Miranda Gonzales
Jade Hendricks
Kaylah Leslie
DeAsia Lowther
Marissa Marshall
Amariya Thompson
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 51st year of intercollegiate competition with the 2021-22 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically Black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.
 
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.