LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference unveiled its 19th and final 30th Anniversary Team with softball on Tuesday. Millsaps softball alum and third baseman
Jennifer McKinley (2006-10) garnered a spot on the team after a tremendous four-year career for the Majors.
The Majors competed in the SCAC from 2000 to 2012 before the program joined the newly formed Southern Athletic Association (SAA). McKinley accompanies four Millsaps softball greats who were named to the 15th Anniversary Team during the 2005-06 academic year. They include infielders
Robin Rockco and
Christina Sharp as well as outfielder
Barbara Balla and pitcher
Tammy Ladner. The full list of those selections can be found
here.
A four-time All-SCAC performer, including a three-time First Team honoree (2007, 2009, 2010),
McKinley was named the league's Player-of-the-Year in 2010. That season, McKinley led the SCAC with 13 home runs and finished her career in Jackson with 28, which remains tied for the second most in league history.
The Frisco, Texas, native is among the league's all-time elite in numerous other career offensive categories; currently tied for sixth in doubles (44), tied for seventh in RBIs (127), 10th in hits (186) and 14th in batting average (.394).
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary Teams were selected through balloting by present coaches in each sport as well as administrators. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC Teams and/or were selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
In total, Millsaps featured 13 former student-athletes across baseball, football, men's basketball and softball made one form of the SCAC 30th Anniversary Team.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference began unveiling 30th Anniversary Teams in December 2020 for all 19 sports it sponsors. See the entire list of sports and 30th Anniversary landing page
here.
SCAC's 30th Anniversary Softball Team -
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Jennifer McKinley (third baseman)
SCAC's 15th Anniversary Softball Team -
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Robin Rockco (infielder)
Christina Sharp (infielder)
Barbara Balla (outfielder)
Tammy Ladner (pitcher)
SCAC's 30th Anniversary Baseball Team -
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Garner Wetzel (shortstop)
Hunter Abrams (third baseman)
Will Hawkins (third baseman)
Hunter Owen (outfielder)
SCAC's 30th Anniversary Football Team -
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Shane Bowser (running back)
Michael Galatas (kick returner)
Juan Joseph (quarterback)
Marcus Harris (defensive back)
Will Hawkins (linebacker)
John Shivers (offensive line)
Casey Younger (defensive line)
SCAC's 30th Anniversary Men's Basketball Team -
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Edrick Montgomery (center)
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