Gretchen Schrubbe Voted First Team All-NACC

The Rockford University softball program had a record five players recognized by the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference today when it released its 2021 postseason awards. Seniors Annaka Bartz and Gretchen Schrubbe of Elgin were each voted First Team All-NACC for the first time in their careers. Bartz and Schrubbe become only the second and third players in program history to be selected First Team All-NACC and are the first since the 2009 season (Jessica Starr). Fellow seniors Emily Cox and Mikayla Seay and freshman Jocelyn Callahan all received NACC Honorable Mention status. This is the second time Cox has received a postseason award from the conference and the first for both Seay and Callahan. Rockford's five NACC postseason awards is by far the most in program history, with the previous high of three coming back in the 2008 season.

Gretchen Schrubbe was selected First Team All-NACC for the first time in her collegiate career. This is the second award she has received from the NACC this season, after being named the NACC South Division Softball Position Player of the Week earlier in the year. Schrubbe has been a catalyst in the Rockford lineup and a rock defensively at second base throughout her career. Heading into the conference tournament, Schrubbe ranks in the top 20 in the NACC in six categories. She is currently fourth in the NACC in triples (4), eighth in doubles (12), 11th in runs batted in (28), 12th in batting average (.415), 13th in slugging percentage (.636) and 18th in stolen bases (9). Schrubbe also has a .444 on-base percentage and 2 home runs.