Six Redbirds Selected to All-MVC Teams

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference announced that six Illinois State softball student-athletes have been selected to All-MVC teams for their performances in conference play during the 2023 season.

Fifth-year senior second baseman Emme Olson, senior catcher Dayna Kennedy and senior pitcher Hannah Ross have earned First Team All-MVC honors while sophomore first baseman Abby Knight and sophomore shortstop Delainey Bryant each earned a Second Team All-MVC nod. Junior Jayden Standish was also named to the MVC All-Defensive Team this season.

Olson, a Hartsburg, Ill. native, earned First Team honors for the first time in her career as she is a two-time Second Team honoree (2021, 2022). In…