DALLAS – On the eve of the final regular-season conference weekend, Jax State sophomore Ashley Phillips has been named to the 2024 Conference USA Softball All-Academic Team.
 
Conference USA tabbed 12 student-athletes to its 2024 CUSA Softball All-Academic Team Friday, with all nine schools represented.
 
Six of the 12 honorees have a GPA of 3.90 or better, including four with perfect 4.0 marks including Phillips, LA Tech's Nicole Hammoude, Sam Houston's Ellie Grill and WKU's Brylee Hage.
 
Phillips, a native of Alexandria, Ala., carries her cumulative 4.0 as an Exercise Science and Wellness major. As Jax State's debut season in CUSA, Phillips becomes the first Gamecock named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team.
 
With the Spring '24 semester recently completed, Jax State collectively earned a 3.59 team GPA during their playing season. A total of nine Gamecocks earned 4.0 GPAs for the spring term including Phillips, Hannah Buffington, Kat Carter, Emma Elrod, Emma Jones-Hubbard, Caroline Lively, Abbi Perkins, Megan Rasmussen and Amber Reed.
 
The Gamecocks wrap up the 2024 regular season this weekend at Sam Houston, before heading to the 2024 CUSA Softball Championship held in Las Cruces, N.M., May 8-11.
 
2024 Softball All-Academic Team
Casey Goguts, FIU Gr. 3.67 Athletic Training
Ashley Phillips, Jax State So. 4.00 Exercise Science and Wellness/Clinical
Katelin Cooper, LA Tech Gr. 3.87 Biology/Psychology/Guidance Counseling
Nicole Hammoude, LA Tech R-Jr. 4.00 Business Administration
Rachel Roupe, Liberty Jr. 3.84 Public Health
Kamryn Carcich, MTSU Sr. 3.92 Horse Science/General Science
Riley Carley, NM State Sr. 3.91 Counseling & Community Psychology
Ellie Grill, Sam Houston Sr. 4.00 Education
Alexia "Lexi" Morales, UTEP3 Sr. 3.86 Forensic Science
Ajia Richard, UTEP Jr. 3.87 Education
Brylee Hage, WKU Gr. 4.00 Organizational Leadership
Katie Gardner, WKU3 Gr. 3.78 Speech Language Pathology