DALLAS – Middle Tennessee softball's Summer Burgess was named the 2020-21 Conference USA Softball Scholar Athlete of the Year Wednesday.
The awards, voted on by C-USA's 14 Faculty Athletics Representatives, are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport based on academic achievement, athletic achievement and service. Burgess was one of 17 scholar-athletes selected.
A native of Delray Beach, Fla., Burgess capped off her decorated Blue Raider career in 2021 as the program's all-time leader in hits (270), games played (245), games started (245), at bats (812), singles (228), walks (91) and assists (512).