LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball signee Casey Dixon of Willis (Texas) High School was named the 2016-17 Gatorade Texas Softball Player of the Year, distinguishing her as the best high school softball player in Texas.
The award, presented by The Gatorade Company, recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Dixon is the first Gatorade Texas Softball Player of the Year to be chosen from Willis High School.
She has signed a national letter of intent to join the Ragin' Cajuns Softball program beginning with the fall semester of the 2017-18 academic year.