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Twelve Rangers Named NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes
A dozen Northwest Mississippi Community College softball players have been recognized as 2015-16 All-America Scholar Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
The honorees are sophomores Kayla Andrada (Olive Branch), Heath Griffith (Lake Cormorant), Hailee Kolwyck (Southaven), Avery McCullough (Oxford), Ashton Needham (Burlison, Tenn.), Olivia Owen (Pontotoc) and Erin Claire Stegall (Pontotoc) as well as freshmen Sallie Rose Carver (Hernando), Makenzie Crutcher (Batesville), Leeah Henson (Senatobia), Kali Roberts (Kosciusko) and Annah Catherine Storey (Senatobia).
The award is bestowed upon any player submitted by a member coach who achieved a 3.50 grade point average or higher during the 2015-16 academic year. The honor marks the second component of the association’s academic award program.
Northwest posted a 3.56 team GPA this academic year, one of the tops in the NJCAA and NFCA, and has now boasted 38 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes under head coach Mike Rowan the last three seasons.
For a complete listing of all NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes, please visit www.nfca.org.
Courtesy of Northwest Sports Information
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| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |