FRISCO, Texas - Nicholls State University softball junior Kennedy Hebert has been named to the Southland Conference Softball All-Academic Teams for the second straight season, as the league office announced Tuesday its all-academic honorees.
 
Hebert was voted to the second team all-academic squad. She was a first-team selection last season in her first year eligible for the award.
 
A graduate of Morgan City High School, Hebert has a 4.0 grade-point average as an accounting major. She is one of 10 student-athletes on the 26-member squad to post a perfect GPA.
 
In her third campaign with the Colonels, Hebert finished with a .302 batting average and racked up 19 RBIs. She was second on the team with nine multi-hit games and totaled 10 extra-base hits with eight doubles and two triples. Hebert strung together an eight-game hitting streak early in the season and then posted three three-hit games in conference play. 
 
The All-Academic teams are voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance staff members from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection, and have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests on the season, excluding pitchers.
 
The Southland Conference awards committee, which consists of one administrator from each of the 13 member schools, votes for the Student-Athlete of the Year. The Southland Student-Athlete of the Year award is presented to one student-athlete who achieves excellence in both academics and athletics. All nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.

Getting it done in the classroom and on the diamond. 📕🥎

Congrats to @kennedyhebert22 on earning @SouthlandSports All-Academic Second Team!#GeauxColonels pic.twitter.com/g4ejDEFcde

— 🥎Nicholls Softball🥎 (@Nicholls_SB) June 8, 2021

2021 Softball Student-Athlete of the Year: Jenna Wildeman, Central Arkansas
 
2021 Southland Conference Softball All-Academic Teams

First Team
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown		GPA		Major
Kayla Beaver	Central Arkansas	So.	Jackson, Tenn.		3.38		Communications
Jenna Wildeman ^	Central Arkansas	So.	Bentonville, Ark.		4.00		Education
Heidi Jaquez 2	Houston Baptist	Gr.	Wharton, Texas		4.00		Master's, Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Psychology
Haylee Brinlee	McNeese	So.	Rosepine, La.		3.31		Agriculture Animal Science
Cori McCrary 2	McNeese	Gr.	McCarley, Miss.		4.00		Health & Human Performance
Whitney Tate	McNeese	So.	Columbia, La.		4.00		Biology/Pre-Med
E.C. Delafield	Northwestern State	Sr.	Stonewall, La.		3.38		Health & Exercise Science
Megan McDonald 3	Sam Houston	Gr.	Georgetown, Texas		4.00		Master's, Public Administration
Aeriyl Mass	Southeastern La.	Jr.	Lake Charles, La.		3.01		Criminal Justice
Shaylon Govan	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Katy, Texas		3.50		Nursing
Bryana Novegil	Stephen F. Austin	Sr.	Houston, Texas		3.20		Sports Business
Kassidy Wilbur	Stephen F. Austin	Jr.	Bridge City, Texas		3.34		Kinesiology
Second Team
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown		GPA		Major
Donelle Johnson	Abilene Christian	Gr.	McKinney, Texas		3.55		Master's, Conflict Management
Mary Kate Brown	Central Arkansas	So.	Atkins, Ark.		3.83		Family and Consumer Science
Jordan Johnson 2	Central Arkansas	Jr.	Paola, Kan.		3.90		Homeland Security & Law Enforcement
Caitlyn Brockway 2	Houston Baptist	Jr.	Tomball, Texas		3.69		Psychology
Jasie Roberts	Houston Baptist	So.	Pasadena, Texas		3.94		Biochemistry/Molecular Bio
Sarah Venker	Houston Baptist	Jr.	Houston, Texas		4.00		Nursing
Kendall McGary	UIW	So.	Katy, Texas		4.00		Business Marketing
Kaylee Lopez	McNeese	So.	Indian Bayou, La.		3.74		Early Childhood Education
Alayis Seneca 2	McNeese	Sr.	The Woodlands, Texas		4.00		Health & Human Performance
Kennedy Hebert 2	Nicholls	Jr.	Morgan City, La.		4.00		Accounting
Keely DuBois	Northwestern State	So.	Robeline, La.		3.78		Human Health & Performance
Kaitlyn St. Clair 3	Northwestern State	Sr.	Cypress, Texas		3.66		Psychology
Ellie Grill	Sam Houston	So.	Angleton, Texas		4.00		Education
Gaby Garcia	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Southlake, Texas		3.90		Marketing

 
^ - 2021 Southland Softball Student-Athlete of the Year
2 - Two-time All-Academic selection
3 - Three-time All-Academic selection