SALEM, Va. – On the eve of the 2018 NCAA Division II Softball World Series, two major media organizations, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA), announced their All-America teams on Wednesday and among the honorees are four Southern Arkansas Softball standouts that have been named All-America performers.
 
Senior Brooke Goad and sophomore Victoria Taylor, two key components to the Lady Muleriders' successes this season were each named First-Team All-America by both the NFCA and the D2CCA. Sophomore Faith Otts and senior Jill Roye joined the duo on D2CCA All-America teams as Otts claimed Third-Team honors, while Roye was named an Honorable Mention performer by the media outlet.
 
All four players were named All-Central Region First-Teamers by both the NFCA and the D2CCA earlier this month.
 

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Brooke Goad | SR | Outfielder | Waxahachie, Texas

• Goad is a Top 10 Finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award.
• Goad, the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year, is the division's All-Time Career Home Run Leader (90) and All-Time Career Walks Leader (210), both records of which she claimed this season. Additionally this season, Goad set DII single-season records in home runs (32) and walks (82) and owns the division record for consecutive plate appearances with a walk (9).
• Goad was named the Great American Conference's Player of the Year as well as an All-GAC First-Teamer and an All-GAC Tournament selection.
• This season, Goad has placed her name atop eight single-season offensive program records and now owns nine career program hitting records.
• Goad is currently hitting .404 (65-for-161) with 32 home runs and seven doubles. She is responsible for 75 runs scored and 69 RBI and has reached base 90 times without swinging the bat (82 BB, 8 HBP). Additionally, the senior owns a .615 on-base percentage and a 1.043 slugging percentage.
• Since the NCAA Regionals began, Goad is slugging 1.636 with four home runs, seven runs scored and eight RBI. Additionally, she has walked six times and owns an on-base percentage of .722.

 
Victoria Taylor | SO | Starting Pitcher | Greenwood, Ark.

• Taylor is a Top 10 Finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award.
• The D2CCA Central Region Pitcher of the Year, Taylor became the first pitcher in program history to win 30 games in a single-season and became the fourth Division II pitcher since 2010 to start a season 30-0.
• Taylor was named the Great American Conference's Pitcher of the Year as well as a unanimous All-GAC First-Teamer and an All-GAC Tournament selection.
• Taylor has set two single-season program pitching records, while climbing into the top-5 of ten single-season pitching categories. Additionally, in just her sophomore season, Taylor has climbed into the top-5 of 11 career program pitching records.
• Entering the World Series, Taylor is 31-0 with a 1.19 ERA. In 38 appearances, including 37 starts, Taylor has logged 26 complete games with eight shutouts in 218.1 innings pitched. She has racked up 224 strikeouts and opponents are hitting just .197 off of her.
• Since the NCAA Regionals began, Taylor is 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 26.0 innings pitched. She has allowed just over four hits an appearance and has allowed just one earned run per start.

 
Faith Otts | SO | Third Base | Benton, Ark.

• Otts received the first postseason honor of her career when she named an All-GAC First-Team Third Baseman.
• The sophomore is currently slashing .365/.418/.640 and has recorded 73 hits with 25 going for extra bases, including 15 home runs and ten doubles.
• Otts is responsible for a team-leading 20 multiple-hit games and has one of SAU's two four-hit games this season. She has also produced 16 multiple RBI games and is tied for the team lead in games with four or more RBI (4).
• One of Southern Arkansas' biggest postseason moments this season came in the Lady Muleriders' Central Region 2 Tournament Final against Minnesota St.-Mankato. And Otts' bat was responsible. Down 2-1 with one out in the fifth inning, Otts laced a two-strike double into the right centerfield gap to plate a pair of runs and give Southern Arkansas a lead they would not relinquish.

 
Jill Roye | SR | Designated Player | Wilburton, Okla.

• Roye was recognized as the GAC's First-Team Designated Player for the second-consecutive year.
• Roye holds a .368 average at the plate and is responsible for 57 hits. Additionally, she has posted a .587 slugging percentage and a .453 on-base percentage. She has registered 37 RBI and has scored 14 runs, while proving to be a tough out at the plate as she has struck out just a team-low 13 times in 155 at bats.
• The senior has recorded 17 multiple hit games and nine games with multiple RBI.
• Since the NCAA Regionals began, Roye ranks third in doubles (3) and seventh in hits (9), among players of the 64 postseason teams.
• In Southern Arkansas' 1-0 win over Minnesota Duluth in the first game of the Super Regionals, Roye provided the lone run as she hit a solo home run out to right field to back Taylor's strong start in the circle. Of the eight combined hits in that game, Roye accounted for three of them in a 3-for-3 effort with a double and home run.