FOREST, Va. – On Tuesday, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference announced its end-of-season awards for the softball season. A pair of Royals earned All-ODAC honors as Samantha Hensley was named first-team at first base and Becca Boone brought home third-team designated player.

Hensley, a junior from Elkton, Va., was in her second season for the Royals since transferring from Bridgewater before the 2021-22 season. This year she led EMU with a .394 average, which was seventh best in the conference. She had an on-base percentage of .432 which was ninth in the ODAC and slugged .633, which was the conference’s second-best percentage. Hensley had at least one hit in 27 of the Royals 34 games, and multiple hits in 13 games.

She led the Royals, and the ODAC, in doubles with 14, and was tied for ninth in homeruns with four. She drove in 34 runs on the season, which was the fourth most in the conference. In the field, she had a .995 fielding percentage at first base, committing just one error in 205 total chances.

Boone finds herself on this list for the second straight season, earning All-ODAC honors as a catcher in 2022. This season saw her second on the squad, hitting .310, predominantly from the designated player position. She was tied for third on the team with 31 hits and 11 RBI. She hit .333 in ODAC play with an on-base percentage of .377. She had hits in 20 games this year, including a 4-4, with 4 RBI performance against Salem on March 5.

Randolph-Macon’s Rilee Baughan was named the ODAC Player of the Year, RMC’s Gracie Ellis was the Pitcher of the Year and Roanoke’s Mike Mitchell brought home Coach of the Year honors.

2022-23 ALL-ODAC BASEBALL AWARDS

ODAC Player of the Year: Rilee Baughan, UT, Randolph-Macon
ODAC Pitcher of the Year: Gracie Ellis, So., Randolph-Macon
ODAC Coach of the Year: Mike Mitchell, Roanoke
ODAC Rookie of the Year: Laci Campbell, Fy., 2B, Virginia Wesleyan
ODAC/VAFB Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Gracie Ellis, So., P, Randolph-Macon

ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM
Gracie Ellis * So. P Randolph-Macon
Lauren Bible + So. P Virginia Wesleyan
Sarah Wimer * Sr. C Bridgewater
Samantha Hensley Jr. 1B Eastern Mennonite
Laci Campbell Fy. 2B Virginia Wesleyan
Alison Pollack Fy. 3B Virginia Wesleyan
Delaney Nuckols * Sr. SS Randolph
Grace Calus Jr. OF Guilford
Gracie Dooley + Sr. OF Lynchburg
Sarah Prosser Fy. OF Virginia Wesleyan
Taryn Campbell Fy. DP Randolph
Rilee Baughan * Sr. UT Randolph-Macon
Jada Karnes * Sr. ATL-P Roanoke
Amanda Lanyon ^ So. ATL-OF Randolph-Macon

ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM
Emily Charlton ^ Jr. P Lynchburg
Emily Seale ^ Jr. P Virginia Wesleyan
Rachel Sirbaugh Sr. C Roanoke
Emma Adams Fy. 1B Virginia Wesleyan
Torie Shifflett ^ Sr. 2B Bridgewater
Karle Cundiff Sr. 3B Lynchburg
Lilly Burns Jr. SS Roanoke
Abbie Hill Sr. OF Guilford
Julia Piotrowski Jr. OF Virginia Wesleyan
Ana Frazier Fy. DP Guilford
Kate Houle Jr. UT Roanoke
Kayla Davis So. ATL-C Randolph-Macon
Ally Morales Sr. ATL-3B Guilford

ALL-ODAC THIRD TEAM
Lyndsey Sears ^ Sr. ATL-P Ferrum
Jenna St. John Sr. ATL-P Randolph
Lindsay Gedro So. ATL-P Roanoke
Makayla Austin ^ Sr. ATL-3B Roanoke
McKenna Mueller Fy. ATL-SS Bridgewater
Kassidy Lancos ^ So. ATL-SS Guilford
Hannah Jones So. ATL-OF Averett
Kaleigh Hackett Jr. ATL-OF Lynchburg
Dominique Irving * Jr. ATL-OF Randolph
Olivia Owens Jr. ATL-OF Randolph-Macon
Brooke Anderson Sr. ATL-OF Virginia Wesleyan
Becca Boone + Sr. ATL-DP Eastern Mennonite

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