LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Memphis softball team had eight members of the 2017 squad earn National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete honors as announced Tuesday afternoon. Memphis was also recognized as an NFCA Academic Team.
With a team GPA of 3.405, Memphis ranked 53 on the 2016-17 Easton/NFCA Division I All-Academic Team list.
, , , , , , , and were all named to the scholar-athlete list. The Tigers return all but Harrell and Stickrod from that list in 2018.
Memphis had the second-most scholar-athletes in the American Athletic Conference behind Houston.