(Story courtesy of Texas Lutheran University Athletics Communications)
SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball's Annie Kay and Serena Gonzalez have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Softball Teams, it was announced Tuesday morning.
Texas Lutheran now has 61 Academic All-Americans in school history with 21 coming from TLU Softball. TLU Softball is responsible for nine of the last ten Academic All-America honors for Texas Lutheran. This marks the sixth time TLU Softball has multiple Academic All-Americans in the same season with the last coming in 2023 and the fourth time in the last six seasons.
Kay and Gonzalez are both first-time Academic All-Americans. Kay was named First Team Academic All-America while Gonzalez was named to the Second Team. Kay is the third Bulldog to be named both an All-American and Academic All-American in the same season. Kay is also the first Bulldog in program history with All-America, Academic All-America, Rawlings Gold Glove, and NFCA/New Balance Golden Shoe honors on their resume.
Kay graduated in May with a degree in Business and a cumulative GPA of 3.696. Gonzalez is a Kinesiology major and Psychology minor with a cumulative GPA of 3.55. To be considered for Academic All-America® status, student-athletes must be named to the Academic All-District Team and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
A native of Sinton, Texas, Kay was the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year, a NFCA/New Balance Golden Shoe Winner, and an NFCA All-American. Her 63 stolen bases ranked second nationally to go with a .467 batting average, a program record 71 hits, and 38 RBI.
Gonzalez earns the honors after a record-breaking junior season. She recorded a program-best 14 home runs, establishing a new program record of 25 career home runs. Gonzalez also drove in a program-record 61 runs and currently sits second in program history with 134 career RBI. The Academic All-America honor joins her All-West Region Third Team and All-SCAC First Team honors from this season.
To view the complete CSC Academic All-American Softball Team, click here.
