NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State sophomore utility player Aly Delafield was named to the Southland Conference All-Academic Team on Monday, the league office announced.
 
Delafield earned a spot on the second-team squad based on the votes of coaches, academic personnel and sports information directors of the member schools. This is Delafield's first postseason academic honor of her career.
 
She led the team this season with a .322 batting average, bolstered by her .398 clip against conference foes, the highest SLC batting average by a Demons in 10 years, just one hit shy of a coveted .400 season.
 
Her 1.047 OPS in Southland play was one of the highest totals in the league this year by any player with nearly 40 percent of her 33 hits in conference going for extra bases. 
 
Delafield found her swing in the second week of conference play, going 4-for-8 in the three-game series at McNeese. Starting with the series opener against Southeastern the following Friday, Delafield had at least one hit in 12 straight conference games, one of the longest streaks in the league this year.
 
She hit .428 across four straight series with seven extra-base hits, including back-to-back two doubles games against Stephen F. Austin.
 
The Stonewall native finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the conference in average, hits and doubles with the second most doubles (9) in SLC play in the league.
 
She maintained her 3.65 cumulative GPA in her second year at NSU as a psychology major.
 
 
Student Athlete of the Year: Maria Detillier, Southeastern
 
First Team (*denotes automatic selection)
AB Garcia, HCU*
Veronica Harrison, Lamar*
Maddie Taylor, McNeese*
Kassidy Chance, McNeese*
Samantha Mundine, McNeese*
Claire Sisco, Nicholls*
Maria Detillier, Southeastern*
Macie LaRue, Southeastern*
Chloe Magee, Southeastern*
Haylie Savage, HCU
Larissa Jacquez, UIW
Ryleigh Mata, UIW
 
Second Team
Maddie Cason, East Texas A&M
Cala Wilson, Lamar
Brylie Fontenot, McNeese
Nyjah Fontenot, McNeese
Reagan Heflin, Nicholls
Erin Krause, Nicholls
Averi Paden, Nicholls
Molly Yoo, Nicholls
Aly Delafield, Northwestern State
Hallie Burns, Southeastern
Shelby Morris, Southeastern
Alexis Telford, SFA