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AMERICUS – Georgia Southwestern State University second baseman Zoe Willis was named the 2023 Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) Southeast Region Player of the Year.

Willis recently became the first GSW softball player to earn conference Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons. She had one of the greatest seasons any PBC player has ever had. The junior second baseman and pitcher from Pine Mountain, GA., hit .447 with 25 home runs and 67 RBIs.

Willis’s 25 home runs are the highest single-season total in Peach Belt Conference history and she finished in the top five in five different NCAA hitting categories, including finishing atop of the NCAA in home runs.

Her best game came against USC Aiken on April 23rd, when she went 2-3 from the plate hitting two home runs and seven RBIs.

Willis was named the PBC Player of the Week twice and she has five multi-homer games this season, along eight games with three or more RBIs.

Willis led the PBC in two different hitting categories: home runs (25) and total bases (151) and she finished in the top three in three others.

In the circle, Willis finished 14-3 with a 2.54 ERA in 104.2 innings of work with 99 strikeouts.

Last season, she became the first Hurricane to ever be named the PBC Player of the Year and is the first GSW player to be awarded the accolade in consecutive seasons.

Willis’s stellar season continued during the PBC Tournament, as she put up impressive numbers, going 4-for-9 hit two home runs and recording five RBIs. She also walked five times over the three-game span.

 

All-Southeast Region – First Team

Position	Name	School
P	Tybee Denton	North Georgia
P	Morgan Beeler	Lenoir-Rhyne
P	Hannah Rose Corbin	Columbus State
C	Molly Mattas	Newberry
1b	Kayson Boatner	Anderson
2b	Zoe Willis	Georgia Southwestern
3b	Talon LaClair	Lenoir-Rhyne
SS	Makayla Cuthbertson	Francis Marion
OF	Jessica Campbell	King
OF	Courtlynn Cooney	Mount Olive
OF	SieAnna Cameron	Carson Newman
DP	Macauley Bailey	Carson Newman
UT/P	Hannah Rose Corbin	Columbus State
UT	Macey Hughes	Carson-Newman

 

All-Southeast Region – Second Team

Position	Name	School
P	Raechel Cutcher	Wingate
P	Madison Walter	King
P	Avery Adkins	Emory& Henry
C	McKenzie Henry	Lincoln Memorial
1b	Taylor Watford	Francis Marion
2b	Megan Matsil	Francis Marion
3b	Riley Tucker	Catawba
SS	Katelyn Rackard	Lenoir-Rhyne
OF	Jolie Lester	North Georgia
OF	Sydney Blair	North Georgia
OF	Danielle Karacson	Francis Marion
UT/P	Sophie Mooney	North Georgia
UT	Kylie Emanuele	Mount Olive