Tusculum's Alloway Named 2021 SAC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum's Anna Alloway was voted the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. This will be the first time Alloway will have received this honor.

The South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is presented annually to one student-athlete in each of the Conference's championship sports and is voted on by the SAC's Faculty Athletic Representatives Committee. The winners are selected based on their achievements in academics, athletics, service, and leadership.

Alloway, a senior utility player from Louisville, Tenn.  has earned a 3.99 GPA in Elementary Education and will graduate this month. In all of her four years as a Pioneer she was a recipient of the Lettie Pate-Wyatt Scholarship, the Theresa Bailey-Mclntyre Memorial Scholarship, was an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and made the Presidents and Deans List for Tusculum University as well. Alloway was named to the South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Player of the Week list in both her junior and senior year, she made this year's SAC All-Tournament team and was voted Team Captain for the past two years. 

"Anna is the true definition of a STUDENT-Athlete.  Her academic and athletic success is the culmination of her hard work, dedication and preparation to her studies and craft during her time at Tusculum.  Anna has been an integral part to Tusculum Softball over the last four years, she has been unwavering in her commitment to our program, displayed high character and continues to lead by example on and off the field.  I am so proud of all she has accomplished athletically but more importantly academically.  She will be a great role model and mentor to the students she teaches and coaches in the future." said Head Coach Julie Huebner.

During her first year with the Pioneers, she led the team with 13 doubles, seven home runs and .578 slugging percentage. Her Sophomore season was filled with many accomplishments after starting in 30 games including 15 as Tusculum's designated player. Hitting seven home runs and scoring 25 runs Alloway had a phenomenal junior season, she earned both CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team honors and CoSIDA Academic All-District First team in this season as well. In her final season the Louisville, Tenn., native helped lead her team to a major upset over No. 1 Lincoln Memorial in the South Atlantic Conference Championship just a few weeks ago for the first time in school history. 

Alloway participated in many leadership and service opportunities in her time at Tusculum, most notably for all four years the Make-A-Wish Foundation Fundraising, the Kappa Delta Honor Society, Nettie Day of Service and Tusculum University Donors Dinner. She also helped with food distribution to underprivileged kids, high school softball summer camps and the United Methodist Church Louisville Christian Center Food Bank Event. 

SAC Softball Scholar-Athlete Finalists

Anna Alloway (Tusculum)

Gracyn Polk (Wingate)

Harlie Duncan (AU)

Margaret Langheim (MHU)

Sierra Hucklebee (LMU)

Sydney Goertzen (Catawba)

Talon LaClair (LRU)

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