MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Anderson University softball player Cailah Niles has been named to the 2016 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Softball All-Southeast Region Second Team.
Despite being pitched around all season, the sophomore catcher ranked first in the league in RBI (47), second in home runs (11) and third in batting average (.403). The native of Phenix City, Ala., was also named the South Atlantic Conference Statistical Champion in on base % (.503), Slugging % (.719) and RBI per game (0.98). Niles started all 50 games behind the plate, committing only one error for a (.996) fielding percentage, earning her All-SAC Honorable Mention accolades.
During her freshman year campaign, Niles was named as one of the top three finalists for Freshman of the Year by the NFCA after being named First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference and SAC Freshman of the Year following the regular season. Niles was third in the nation with 22 home runs and was fifth with 69 RBI, while ranking as the only freshman in the country in the top-seven in both homers and RBI.
The voting, nomination and calculations are all conducted by the school's sports information directors. The teams are voted on by the members of D2SIDA, NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.
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DISTRICT 3 - Southeast Region
Pitcher of the Year: Courtney Poole, North Georgia
Player of the Year: Stephanie Hartness, North Georgia
First Team
C Taylor Laskey Wingate
1B Hannah Reppert Armstrong State
2B Meredith Heyer North Georgia
3B Hayley Tierce Georgia Southwestern
SS Madison Carter Lenoir-Rhyne
OF Stephanie Hartness North Georgia
OF Kelsey Vining Montevallo[1]
OF Erin Boone Lenoir-Rhyne
DP Mackenzie Cates Lenoir-Rhyne
UT Jane Trzaska Armstrong State
UT non P Mellena Helms Wingate
P Courtney Poole North Georgia [1]%
P Carley Tysinger Catawba [1]%^
P Tori Bates Armstrong State
Second Team
C Caliah Niles Anderson[1]
C Lacey Najafi Georgia College
1B Faith Flanders Georgia College
2B Peyton Roth Armstrong State[2]
3B Misty Doran Wingate
SS Macy Coleman Armstrong State
OF Caroline Hill Limestone
OF Sarah Montei USC Aiken
OF Kelsey Akers Mount Olive
DP Taylor Lail Mars Hill
UT Abbey Walters UNC Pembroke
UT non P Abi LeRoy Georgia College
P Stacey Houser Wingate
P Maryann Hoskins Lenoir-Rhyne
P Taylor Morgan USC Aiken
[1] first team in 2015
[2] second team in 2015
% first team in 2014
^ first team in 2013
