LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Fifth-year senior Emme Olson and senior Dayna Kennedy have earned All-Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as announced by the organization on Thursday.
Illinois State switched from the Great Lakes Region to the Mideast Region in 2009 and have placed at least one student-athlete on an all-region team in 10 of 14 seasons since the switch. [Emme] Olson's sister, Abby Olson, was the first Redbird to receive All-Region First Team honors in 2009 in the Mideast Region when the switch was made. [Abby] Olson earned back-to-back First Team selections (2009-10), and now [Emme] Olson becomes the first Redbird since her sister in to earn back-to-back First Team All-Region honors (2022-23).