University of Northern Iowa shortstop Caitlin Wnek has been named to the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team as voted on by the league's softball sports information directors. The honor marks the second time that Wnek has been named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team as she was selected in 2014.
Wnek (Amana, Iowa) batted .323 for UNI this season while adding a team-best 18 doubles. The senior set the UNI program record this season for most career doubles with 56 and record for sacrifice flies in a season. In conference play, Wnek batted .388 with 19 runs batted in while the Panthers finished third in the MVC.