JACKSON, Miss. – During the final days leading to the beginning of the spring sports season, Millsaps Athletics will preview softball, baseball, track and field, tennis and golf. The first season preview is softball.

Head coach Erin Clary enters the 2018 season with an even mix of seven returners and seven newcomers. Millsaps comes into the year with hopes of returning to the conference championship game where they came up short last season.

Pitcher/infielder Kayla Davidson, who was named the Newcomer of the Year and a First Team All-Conference performer is back for her second season at Millsaps. Davidson led the conference with 194 strikeouts and 16 wins last season, she also was second in the SAA with a 1.28 ERA.

Also back is junior MK Bozeman who was named to the All SAA First-Team last season. Bozeman batted .355 with one home run and 14 RBI while leading the Majors with nine stolen bases last year. Second Team All-Conference selection Blair Little returns for her senior season after seeing seeing action in 39 games in both the infield and in the circle in 2017.

Senior pitcher Cassidy DeNoon and junior infielder Kendall Carder also return as upperclassmen. 

Millsaps opens its season against Louisiana College on February 3rd at home with a double header beginning at 12:00 p.m.