ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Junior first baseman Allison Apke (Teutopolis, Ill./Teutopolis) was named a preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference selection according to a vote of the MVC softball head coaches announced by the league office Wednesday.
A First-Team All-MVC selection last year as a sophomore, Apke was a First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete in 2018 after she tied the school season home run record with a league-best 12 homers in addition to ranking ninth in the Valley with a .353 batting average. She also broke the Bradley season slugging percentage mark, leading the MVC with a .