around4ever 4,139 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Congrats Kasey!!! http://www.al.com/sp...amed_sec_1.html Auburn's Kasey Cooper named SEC Player of the Year Auburns' Kasey Cooper jogs to home plate after her grand slam against South Carolina on Friday, Mar. 25, 2016. (Kris Sims/Auburn Athletics) Kasey Cooper hauled in a pair of top honors Tuesday as the Auburn third baseman was named the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The mechanical engineering major from Dothan is the first player in school history to be named Player of the Year. Cooper started all 55 regular season games for the Tigers and led the team in batting average (.435), RBI (73), home runs (19), doubles (15) and slugging percentage (.939). She also has 64 hits and 57 runs scored. The junior was also a First-Team All-SEC selection. Her teammate, Jade Rhodes, was a Second Team All-SEC pick. Cooper, Rhodes and Emily Carosone were all named to the SEC All-Defensive Team. The Tigers (46-9, 16-7 SEC) snapped a four-game losing streak Sunday with a win over Texas A&M. They are the No. 4 seed in the SEC Softball Tournament in Starkville, Mississippi this week and will play the winner of the Alabama-Mississippi State game Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the second round. Check out the full list of postseason awards below. First Team All-SEC P - Delanie Gourley, Florida P - Aleshia Ocasio, Florida P - Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky IF - Kasey Cooper, Auburn IF - Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia IF - Bianka Bell, LSU IF - Meghan Gregg, Tennessee IF - Tori Vidales, Texas A&M OF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama OF - Amanda Lorenz, Florida OF - Sydni Emanuel, Georgia OF - Emily Crane, Missouri C - Ashley Walters, Texas A&M DP/U - Kayli Kvistad, Florida Second Team All-SEC P - Sydney Littlejohn, Alabama P - Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia P - Carley Hoover, LSU IF - Leona Lafaele, Alabama IF - Jade Rhodes, Auburn IF - Alex Hugo, Georgia IF - Tina Iosefa, Georgia IF - Sami Fagan, Missouri OF - Kirsti Merritt, Florida OF - Cortni Emanuel, Georgia OF - Taylor Gadbois, Missouri OF - Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M C - Aubree Munro, Florida DP/U - Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee Freshman All-SEC P - Kelly Barnhill, Florida P - Matty Moss, Tennessee P - Samantha Show, Texas A&M IF - Alyssa DiCarlo, Georgia IF - Lacey Sumerlin, Georgia IF - Hailey Lunderman, Ole Miss IF - Aubrey Leach, Tennessee IF - Kaitlyn Alderink, Texas A&M OF - Amanda Lorenz, Florida OF - Regan Nash, Missouri OF - Brooke Vines, Tennessee OF - Keeli Milligan, Texas A&M C - Reagan Dykes, Alabama DP/U - Abbey Cheek, Kentucky SEC All-Defensive P - Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee C - Aubree Munro, Florida 1B - Leona Lafaele, Alabama 1B - Jade Rhodes, Auburn 1B - Maisie Steed, Kentucky 1B - Tori Vidales, Texas A&M 2B - Emily Carosone, Auburn SS - Christian Stokes, Kentucky 3B - Kasey Cooper, Auburn LF - Kallie Case, Alabama CF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama RF - Emily Crane, Missouri Player of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn Pitcher of the Year: Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky Freshman of the Year: Amanda Lorenz, Florida Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kasey Cooper, Auburn Coach of the Year: Rachel Lawson, Kentucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgr4lfe 220 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 She was also the Scholar Athlete of the Year! Impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Great for Kasey...but surprising to me that AU had so few recognized players considering the team record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,139 Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Great for Kasey...but surprising to me that AU had so few recognized players considering the team record Yeah, I expected Howard and Carosone to at least be Second Team. I thought Makayla Martin may have a shot at the Freshman Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4AU 379 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Great for Kasey...but surprising to me that AU had so few recognized players considering the team record Yeah, I expected Howard and Carosone to at least be Second Team. I thought Makayla Martin may have a shot at the Freshman Team. There were lots of great freshman pitchers in the league this year. Makayla shared time in the circle with 4 other pitchers so she may have had more innings on another team. I'm glad she's in burnt orange and navy though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telling tiger 156 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Congrats and well deserved....Dang skippy there are too few Lady Tigers on the first and second team.....While not slighting anyone else, Carosone didn't get minimally 2nd team? Something wrong with that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Congrats and well deserved....Dang skippy there are too few Lady Tigers on the first and second team.....While not slighting anyone else, Carosone didn't get minimally 2nd team? Something wrong with that.... Yep. She is 13th in BA, 3rd in OBP, an 1st in R. That was a sunb for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 The conference is full of super-stars.....every team has a couple that more or less carry that team. Folks are learning that it's not smart to let Kasey beat them with her bat and are pretty content to walk her in critical situations. She's not getting good pitches now on a consistent basis...especially with Wallace and Rhodes in hitting slumps, opponents are willing to make her hit marginal pitches...or take a walk. If she were batting in front of Carosone, she would see better pitches......and be killing folks....JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUEngineer2016 407 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 She was also the Scholar Athlete of the Year! Impressive I've had a couple of classes with Kasey and she is consistently one of the hardest working students in the class (on top of being one of the smartest). She currently has a 4.0 GPA in Mechanical Engineering (as a reference, out of the 107 of us that graduated last weekend only 14 possibly had above a 3.8). Wishing all of the best for Kasey! War Eagle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 She was also the Scholar Athlete of the Year! Impressive I've had a couple of classes with Kasey and she is consistently one of the hardest working students in the class (on top of being one of the smartest). She currently has a 4.0 GPA in Mechanical Engineering (as a reference, out of the 107 of us that graduated last weekend only 14 possibly had above a 3.8). Wishing all of the best for Kasey! War Eagle! Congrats on the degree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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