Smith, Hartness and Sprague Named NFCA and D2CCA All-American

5/24/2017 | Softball

SALEM, Va. – Three University of North Georgia softball players were honored as All-Americans by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Wednesday evening at the awards banquet on the eve of the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship at the Sheraton Airport in Roanoke. Earlier today, the same trio collected All-American honors by the D2CCA. Kylee Smith and Stephanie Hartness were honored as first team All-Americans, while Sydney Sprague garnered second team honors.

In the D2CCA All-American list, all three Nighthawks were named second team All-Americans.

In the D2CCA honors, North Georgia and Southern Arkansas tied for the most honorees with three each, while UNG’s 16 All-Americans since 2007 is the most in the country.

This is the 11th season of the D2CCA All-America program which is selected by CoSIDA members from schools playing in NCAA Division II and second in which the program was solely sponsored by the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association.

North Georgia’s 2017 season came to an end last week at the Super Regional following a 48-13 overall mark and four consecutive Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament championships.