Mikayla Seay Named NACC Honorable Mention

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 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.

Mikayla Seay of Rockton was named NACC Honorable Mention for the first time in her collegiate career. Seay has been a key part of Rockford's success this season as both a pitcher and a hitter. She enters the NACC Tournament ranked in the top 20 in three pitching categories and one hitting category. Seay is currently third in the NACC in complete games (14), seventh in wins (10) and eighth in innings pitched (104.2). She is also second in the NACC in doubles (15). Additionally, Seay has a .330 batting average, a .382 on-base percentage, a .523 slugging percentage, 2 home runs and 23 RBIs. Seay also had perhaps the biggest hit of the season, when she crushed a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Dominican and clinch the No. 3 seed for Rockford in the 2021 NACC South Division Tournament.