Lady Vols Land Five SEC Honors, Hannon Named Scholar-Athlete

UT Softball / Credit: UT Athletics

Lady Vols Land Five SEC Honors, Hannon Named Scholar-Athlete

Posted on May 12, 2021
UT Softball / Credit: UT Athletics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced its annual softball postseason awards Tuesday, with the Lady Vols taking home five honors, including Cailin Hannon who was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Tennessee’s Ashley Rogers and Kiki Milloy earned First Team All-SEC accolades, while Ashley Morgan was tabbed Second Team All-SEC. Milloy was also selected to the SEC Newcomer Team, which is being awarded for the first time.

Rogers is having another stellar year in the circle for UT and is one of the top pitchers nationally. She ranks fifth in the nation and is tied for the SEC lead in victories with 23, leads the conference and is fifth nationally in strikeouts at 253 and has a conference-best seven shutouts to rank 15th overall in the nation.

Rogers has been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week three times this season, becoming the first Lady Vol to win the weekly honor three times in a single season since 2018. This is the second first team selection in Rogers’ career.

Earning her first pair All-SEC honors, Milloy was named to the first team and newcomer team after finishing the regular season hitting .382 with 36 RBI, an SEC leading 36 stolen bases and a team-best 47 runs scored.

Her 36 stolen bases are the most by a Lady Vol since Raven Chavanne stole 41 in 2013.

Morgan picked up second team accolades this season, marking her second All-SEC honor after being named to the All-Freshman Team in 2018. The Douglasville, Georgia, native closed out the season leading UT in batting average at .394.

The first baseman led Tennessee in batting average in SEC play, hitting .400. She also led the Lady Vols in league play with 15 RBIs, 26 hits and six doubles.

Hannon, a graduate student from Franklin, Tennessee, was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is just the fourth Lady Vol to be named the league’s scholar-athlete, joining Lindsay Schutzler (2007), Lillian Hammond (2009) and Ellen Renfroe (2014).

The left fielder graduated from UT in May 2020 with her bachelor’s in audiology/speech pathology. However, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, she was granted an extra year of eligibility and returned to Tennessee to pursue a clinical doctorate in audiology, while playing one more season for the Tennessee softball program.

Hannon currently has a 4.0 GPA in her doctoral program.

The All-SEC teams consist of 28 total student-athletes, along with a 14-member All-Newcomer Team, a 12-member All-Freshman team and an 11-member All-Defensive Team.

Tennessee, the No. 7 seed in the SEC Softball Tournament, will play Wednesday against 10th-seeded Texas A&M.

-UT Athletics

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Lady Vols Land Five SEC Honors, Hannon Named Scholar-Athlete

UT Softball / Credit: UT Athletics

Lady Vols Land Five SEC Honors, Hannon Named Scholar-Athlete

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Vince Ferrara • 0 Comments
UT Softball / Credit: UT Athletics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced its annual softball postseason awards Tuesday, with the Lady Vols taking home five honors, including Cailin Hannon who was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Tennessee’s Ashley Rogers and Kiki Milloy earned First Team All-SEC accolades, while Ashley Morgan was tabbed Second Team All-SEC. Milloy was also selected to the SEC Newcomer Team, which is being awarded for the first time.

Rogers is having another stellar year in the circle for UT and is one of the top pitchers nationally. She ranks fifth in the nation and is tied for the SEC lead in victories with 23, leads the conference and is fifth nationally in strikeouts at 253 and has a conference-best seven shutouts to rank 15th overall in the nation.

Rogers has been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week three times this season, becoming the first Lady Vol to win the weekly honor three times in a single season since 2018. This is the second first team selection in Rogers’ career.

Earning her first pair All-SEC honors, Milloy was named to the first team and newcomer team after finishing the regular season hitting .382 with 36 RBI, an SEC leading 36 stolen bases and a team-best 47 runs scored.

Her 36 stolen bases are the most by a Lady Vol since Raven Chavanne stole 41 in 2013.

Morgan picked up second team accolades this season, marking her second All-SEC honor after being named to the All-Freshman Team in 2018. The Douglasville, Georgia, native closed out the season leading UT in batting average at .394.

The first baseman led Tennessee in batting average in SEC play, hitting .400. She also led the Lady Vols in league play with 15 RBIs, 26 hits and six doubles.

Hannon, a graduate student from Franklin, Tennessee, was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is just the fourth Lady Vol to be named the league’s scholar-athlete, joining Lindsay Schutzler (2007), Lillian Hammond (2009) and Ellen Renfroe (2014).

The left fielder graduated from UT in May 2020 with her bachelor’s in audiology/speech pathology. However, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, she was granted an extra year of eligibility and returned to Tennessee to pursue a clinical doctorate in audiology, while playing one more season for the Tennessee softball program.

Hannon currently has a 4.0 GPA in her doctoral program.

The All-SEC teams consist of 28 total student-athletes, along with a 14-member All-Newcomer Team, a 12-member All-Freshman team and an 11-member All-Defensive Team.

Tennessee, the No. 7 seed in the SEC Softball Tournament, will play Wednesday against 10th-seeded Texas A&M.

-UT Athletics