JACKSON-Millsaps Majors, the reigning SAA tournament champions, have won more hardware as Molly Tyner and Megan Yglesias have been named All-America Scholar Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA).
The NFCA honors student-athletes for their excellence on the field and in the classroom. This past season both Tyner and Yglesias were textbook examples of scholar student-athletes.
The NFCA requires a 3.5 grade-point average to be considered for the award. Yglesias, a biology major, finished her senior year with a 4.0 GPA. The senior was also recognized by the Capital One Academic All-District Team. Tyner, a chemistry major with a mathematics minor posted a 3.55 GPA in her junior year.