TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Southern Arkansas’ Brook Goad and Victoria Taylor headlined the 2018 Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) All-Central Region Team as its Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.
Monday’s announcement included 24 student-athletes from 16 institutions within the NCAA Division II Central Region that includes Great American Conference (GAC), the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
A total of 14 members are included in both the first team and second team with Southern Arkansas leading the region with four first team honorees. The Lady Muleriders were followed by Winona State who had three, and Minnesota-Duluth with two selections.
Programs from the NSIC led the region with 11 overall selections with seven First Team members, the GAC was just behind with ten honorees and six on the First Team. In the MIAA, there were seven All-Region selections and one member earning First Team recognition.
Each member of the first-team All-Central Region squad will join first-team members from each of the other seven regions on the ballot for the D2CAA All-America Team. The teams are voted on by the members of the NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.
| Player of the Year |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| Brooke Goad |
Sr. |
Southern Arkansas |
Waxahachie, Texas |
| Pitcher of the Year |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
| Victoria Taylor |
So. |
Southern Arkansas |
Greenwood, Ark. |
First Team
| Pos. |
Player |
Class |
School |
Hometown |
Conf. |
| C |
Tori Zimmermann |
Sr. |
Minot State |
Bakerfield, Calif. |
NSIC |
| 1B |
Elexis Watson |
Fr. |
Southeastern Oklahoma State |
Muskogee, Okla. |
GAC |
| 2B |
Natalie Wright |
Sr. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
Wyoming, Minn. |
NSIC |
| 3B |
Faith Otts |
So. |
Southern Arkansas |
Benton, Ark. |
GAC |
| SS |
Lani Van Zyl |
Jr. |
Winona State |
Fort Dodge, Iowa |
NSIC |
| OF |
Brooke Goad |
Sr. |
Southern Arkansas |
Waxahachie, Texas |
GAC |
| OF |
Hannah Schmoll |
Sr. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
Grand Rapids, Minn. |
NSIC |
| OF |
Jessica Meidl |
Sr. |
Minnesota State |
Lakeville, Minn. |
NSIC |
| DP |
Jill Roye |
Sr. |
Southern Arkansas |
Wilburton, Okla. |
GAC |
| UT |
McKenna Larsen |
Sr. |
Winona State |
Oconto Falls, Wis. |
NSIC |
| P |
Victoria Taylor |
So. |
Southern Arkansas |
Greenwood, Ark. |
GAC |
| P |
Jordyn Kleman |
So. |
Winona State |
La Crosse Wis. |
NSIC |
| P |
Megan Deiter |
Jr. |
Washburn |
Silver Lake, Kan. |
MIAA |
| UT/P |
Megan Goodnight |
Jr. |
Arkansas Tech |
Cabot, Ark. |
GAC |
Second Team
| Pos. |
Player |
Class |
Schoo |
Hometown |
Conf |
| C |
Rachel Miller |
So. |
Southern Arkansas |
Rusk, Texas |
GAC |
| 1B |
Danielle Sprinkle |
Sr. |
Emporia State |
Salina, Kan. |
MIAA |
| 2B |
Kaitlyn Weis |
So. |
Northwest Missouri State |
Gretna, Neb. |
MIAA |
| 3B |
Savannah Moore |
Jr. |
Washburn |
Topeka, Kan. |
MIAA |
| SS |
Monica Islava |
Sr. |
Southern Arkansas |
Nogales, Ariz. |
GAC |
| OF |
Carlie Hart |
Jr. |
Concordia-St. Paul |
Lake Elmo, Minn. |
NSIC |
| OF |
Carly Esselman |
So. |
Minnesota State |
Farmington, Minn. |
NSIC |
| OF |
Carrie Abrams |
Sr. |
Central Oklahoma |
Yukon, Okla. |
MIAA |
| DP |
Alison Nowak |
So. |
Winona State |
New Berlin, Wis. |
NSIC |
| UT |
Janie Knowles |
Sr. |
Arkansas Tech |
Celina, Texas |
GAC |
| P |
Ashley Mickchl |
Fr. |
Augustana |
Woodbury, Minn. |
NSIC |
| P |
Katelyn Brown |
Sr. |
Southern Nazarene |
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
GAC |
| P |
Jayden Chestnut |
Jr. |
Central Oklahoma |
Mustang, Okla. |
MIAA |
| UT/P |
Stormee Galka |
So. |
Lindenwood |
Kearny, Ariz. |
MIAA |