SEGUIN, Texas -- After posting a perfect conference record for the second time in three years, fifth-ranked Texas Lutheran University was awarded at least a share of each of the league's four major awards in exclusive 2017 All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the league's head coaches.

The Bulldogs' Kaymee Gooden was selected as the conference Co-Player-of-the-Year, and teammate Maitlin Raycroft earned both Newcomer- and Pitcher-of-the-Year honors. TLU Head Coach Wade Wilson was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year for the fourth consecutive year.

The Bulldogs also placed Madisyn Cates (second base), Kyla Lockley (third base), Gooden (outfield), Kirsten Whiteside (utility), Nicole Snow (designated player) and Raycroft on the All-SCAC First Team.

TLU players on the All-SCAC Second Team included: Kelsie McEachern (first base), Courtney Mica (outfield) and Amanda Lochte (pitcher). Bulldogs named to the Honorable Mention squad were: Alyssa Cantu (catcher), Cassie Roche (shortstop) and Brayden Pinckard (outfield).

Jade Miller of the University of Dallas shared SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors with Gooden.

Gooden, a senior outfielder from Mart, Texas, was ranked in the top 10 in almost every statistical category heading into this weekend's conference tournament. She led the league in triples (five) and home runs (eight) and was second in RBI (34) and total bases (81), third in runs (34), eighth in batting average (.369), second in slugging percentage (.730) and ninth in hits (41).

Gooden earned NFCA National Player-of-the-Week honors â€" as well as SCAC Player-of-the-Week honors â€" for games played the week of April 3-9 after batting .700 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, 10 runs batted in and four stolen bases in a four-game sweep of Dallas. Gooden is the fourth consecutive Texas Lutheran softball student-athlete to earn SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors.

Miller, a freshman from Plano, Texas, paced the SCAC in batting with a .472 average heading into this weekend's conference tournament and is on pace to become just the 12th player in league history to hit .470 or better for an entire season. Miller is just the third first-year player, and the first since Caitlynn Dykes of Trinity in 2012, to earn at least a share of SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors.

Gooden and Miller each received three votes in the SCAC Player-of-the-Year balloting, while first-year outfielder Sydney Scott of Southwestern University received the remaining first-place vote.

Raycroft, a junior right-hander from Spring, Texas, has been the most electric pitcher in all of NCAA Division III softball this season. An eight-time SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Week and two-time NFCA National Pitcher-of-the-Week selection, Raycroft shattered the single-season Division III record for no-hitters with eight and is just one shy of Michele Granger's 1993 NCAA all-division record of nine.

Heading into this weekend's tournament, she was 18-2 with an ERA of 1.06 (both tops in the SCAC) and had struck out a school-record 194 batters in 119-1/3 innings pitched. Entering the post-season, she led NCAA DIII in shutouts (13), was second in hits allowed per seven innings (2.17) and opposing batters managed just a .093 batting average.
 
Additionally, Raycroft is among 25 softball players in NCAA Division III being considered for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year honor.
 
Raycroft received six votes for SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year, while first-year right-hander Lindsey Longuet of the Southwestern received the remaining vote. The results were similar In the Newcomer-of-the-Year balloting as Raycroft received five votes from the coaches while Longuet of Southwestern received the remaining two.

Raycroft is the second consecutive Bulldog to earn Newcomer-of-the-Year honors, following Gooden's selection a year ago, and her selection as Pitcher-of-the-Year marks the fourth straight year that a TLU hurler has walked away with the honor.

Wilson, who is in his sixth season at Texas Lutheran, guided the program to another SCAC regular season crown this season after successfully leading the Bulldogs to SCAC regular season and tournament championships each of the team's three previous years in the conference. This year's squad earned its fourth regular season title with a perfect 22-0 conference mark. The Bulldogs are ranked fifth in the nation with a 34-4 overall record heading into this weekend's SCAC tournament.

Wilson has amassed an overall record of 201-53 in his tenure at TLU, which includes a stellar 89-2 mark (.978) in SCAC regular season play. This is the fifth consecutive conference Coach-of-the-Year honor for Wilson as he was honored as ASC Coach-of-the-Year in 2013 before earning the award the last four seasons in the SCAC.

Wilson garnered four votes from his peers for SCAC Coach-of-the-Year, while Mark Suire of Centenary College College, Amy Meyer of Schreiner University and Angela Froboese of Southwestern all received one vote each.

2017 SCAC Co-Players-of-the-Year
Kaymee Gooden                Texas Lutheran Univ.     Senior                     Outfielder            Mart, Texas
Jade Miller                            University of Dallas         Freshman             Outfielder            Plano, Texas

2017 SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year
Maitlin Raycroft                 Texas Lutheran Univ.     Junior                      Pitcher                                     Spring, Texas

2017 SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year
Maitlin Raycroft                   Texas Lutheran Univ.     Junior                      Pitcher                                     Spring, Texas

2017 SCAC Coach-of-the-Year
Wade Wilson                       Texas Lutheran Univ.     34-4 Overall Record (22-0 SCAC) / Top Seed
 
2017 All-SCAC Softball First Team

Catcher
McKenna Zinke                   Southwestern University              Freshman             League City, Texas

First Baseman
Kaitlynn Copher                Southwestern University              Freshman             Tomball, Texas

Second Baseman
Madisyn Cates                    Texas Lutheran University           Freshman             Baytown, Texas

Shortstop
Alyssa Maki                           Schreiner University                        Sophomore         Houston, Texas

Third Baseman
Kyla Lockley                          Texas Lutheran University           Junior                      Wharton, Texas

Outfielders
Kaymee Gooden                Texas Lutheran                      Senior                     Mart, Texas
Jade Miller                            University of Dallas            Freshman             Plano, Texas
Kelsey Ancelot                    Centenary College                Junior                      Orange, Texas

Utility
Kirsten Whiteside            Texas Lutheran University           Senior                     Belton, Texas

Designated Player
Nicole Snow                  Texas Lutheran University           Senior                     Tomball, Texas

Pitchers
Maitlin Raycroft                Texas Lutheran University           Junior                      Spring, Texas
Lindsey Longuet                Southwestern University              Freshman             Missouri City, Texas
 
2017 All-SCAC Softball Second Team
 
Catcher
Beth Massey                       Austin College              Junior                      Joshua, Texas

First Baseman
Kelsie McEachern             Texas Lutheran University           Junior                      Atascocita, Texas

Second Baseman
Payton LeBlanc              Centenary College              Sophomore         Delcambre, La.

Shortstop
Celeste Silvas                      Southwestern University              Sophomore         Corpus Christi, Texas

Third Baseman
Andrea Hern                         Southwestern University              Freshman             League City, Texas

Outfielders
Sydney Scott                         Southwestern University              Freshman             Sugarland, Texas
Courtney Mica                    Texas Lutheran University           Senior                     Flatonia, Texas
Taylor Curtis                         Southwestern University              Junior                      Bryan, Texas
Kaycee Govett                    Schreiner University                         Sophomore         Seguin, Texas
Marissa Irvin                        Southwestern University              Senior                     Houston, Texas

Utility
Mackenzie Tano                 University of Dallas                           Freshman             Wylie, Texas

Designated Player
Paige McShan                      Southwestern University              Junior                      Sealy, Texas

Pitchers
Nicole Aldridge        Centenary College                             Sophomore         Tatum, Texas
Amanda Lochte       Texas Lutheran University           Senior                     Fredericksburg, Texas
 
Honorable Mention
 
Austin College â€" Kat Wright (So., UT); Cassidy McDaris (So., 3B), Ashley Mayorga (Fy., SS); Centenary â€" Anna Dunn (Jr., 3B), Wendy Gillet (So., 1B), Lizzie Moran (Sr., OF); Dallas â€" Avery Finch (Sr., OF), Allison Kotlar (Sr., OF); Schreiner â€" Hannah Ortiz (Fy., P), Samantha Cordon; Texas Lutheran â€" Alyssa Cantu (Fy., C), Cassie Roche (Fy., SS), Brayden Pinckard (Jr., OF); Trinity â€" Rebecca Berreth (Jr., SS), Katie Glomb (Sr., P), Hilary Hoffman (Sr., 2B); Danielle Ruiz (Fy., 1B), Katie Castillon (Sr., P)