Kingsville - After capping off her career with an incredible final season, graduate student center fielder Lindsey Evans was selected to the All-South Central Second Team by both the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association.

The selections come in the wake of the release of the Lone Star Conference's postseason awards, which saw Evans made the All-Conference Second Team, where she was joined by freshman RHP Arianna Alaniz, who also became the first ever Javelina to win the LSC's Freshman of the Year award.

Evans had a spectacular year for Kingsville, leading the team in batting average (.414), RBIs (39), on-base percentage (.522), slugging (.698), homers (10), total bags (118), stolen bases (12), and walks (35). Evans' AVG was the highest of any Javelina since 2022, while her walks total is the highest since 2016. After transferring in from Angelo St., Evans spent her final two years wearing the blue and gold, ending her career with an amazing 3-5, two homer day in an extra-innings win over St. Edward's in Austin.

Alaniz's career, however, is just getting started. The young ace became just the fourth Javelina ever to throw 200 strikeouts in a single season, posting seven different double-digit strikeout games. Her 9.2 strikeouts-per-seven-innings were the 10th-most in the nation this season, while her 200 total punchouts are the 18th-most. In addition to her punchies, Alaniz's total wins, ERA, saves, and oAVG are all top-15 in the LSC.

Her first season was highlighted by an almost unbelievable day against No.22 Lubbock Christian early in LSC play, when she struck out nine in a five-inning no hitter against the Chaps in game one (a run-rule win), before entering the second game in relief and sitting down the final six straight batters (including four more strikeouts) to end the game with another win. During the season, Alaniz won two different (back-to-back) LSC Pitcher of the Week awards. Before the first of those two awards, the program had gone nearly three full years without receiving an LSC weekly award.

Junior Kristina Nash rounded out the postseason awards with a selection to the All-Academic team, after completing yet another 4.0 semester as a mechanical engineering major. She went 4-5 across 10 starts for the Hogs, posting a team-leading 3.09 ERA in her 19 total appearances. Her 25 total earned runs are the fourth-fewest in the LSC among qualified pitchers.