IRVING, Texas—The American Conference announced its 2026 awards winners, with four members of the UTSA Softball program being recognized, headlined by sophomore second baseman Sabrina Wick on the first team.
Also being recognized, junior outfielder Samantha Mundine and pitcher Arlette Hernandez were second-team selections, while Hernandez and catcher Brookelynn Meador cracked the All-Freshman squad. Additionally, four selections represent the most for UTSA since 2022 in CUSA.
Wick batted .357 across league play, dropping three doubles with two home runs and 10 RBIs. She recorded a league-high 11 stolen bases, leading to 14 runs scored, and she also drew two walks. Wick was 10th on the American leader board with 31 hits. She becomes the first Roadrunner first-team pick since joining the American and the first overall since Riley Grunberg and Kat Ibarra did so in 2022.
Mundine topped UTSA and was slotted sixth in the American with a .378 batting average in conference play, also managing four doubles, a triple, five homeruns for a 1.036 OPS and 17 RBIs. She maintained a perfect fielding percentage over 27 games in centerfield.
Hernandez was a workhorse for UTSA, leading the American with 86 strikeouts, was sixth with seven wins, and an opposing batting average of .243 was seventh. She pitched 105.1 innings, slotting her fifth as she maintained a 3.92 ERA over 17 starts with 12 complete games. Hernandez becomes the first Roadrunner pitcher to make an All-Conference team since Haylee Stanton was Third Team All-Southland in 2012.
In her inaugural season behind the plate, Meador shone, hitting the league’s 10th-best batting average at .375, and 33 hits ranked sixth in the conference. She drove in 16 runs for the squad, while scoring 16 times herself with two doubles and four home runs.
The complete list of 2026 American Conference Softball Regular-Season Awards can be found below:
Player of the Year
Kinzey Woody, Wichita State
Pitcher of the Year
Anne Long, South Florida*
Defensive Player of the Year
Kathy Garcia-Soto, South Florida*
Freshmen of the Year
Kinzey Woody, Wichita State*
Coaching Staff of the Year
Wichita State
All-Conference First Team
P – Autumn Courtney, Florida Atlantic
P – Anne Long, South Florida*
P – Ryley Nihart, Wichita State
C – Elizabeth Moffitt, North Texas
1B – Claira Skaggs, Tulsa
2B – Sabrina Wick, UTSA
SS – Alex Wilkes, South Florida*
3B – Kinzey Wood, Wichita State*
OF – Kanisha Anderson, East Carolina
OF – Kylie Hammonds, Florida Atlantic
OF – Madison Conley, North Texas
DP/U/P – Mya Clark, Memphis*
DP/U/Non-P – Ausha Moore, Wichita State
All-Conference Second Team
P – Julia Apostolakos, East Carolina
P – Arlette Hernandez, UTSA
C – Audrey Wilson, Charlotte
1B – Trinity Allen, Wichita State
2B – Kammie Smith, Wichita State
SS – Hannah Dorsett, UAB
3B – Jenna Lord, Charlotte
OF – Ashlyn Shirah, UAB
OF – Alexa Galligani, South Florida
OF – Samantha Mundine, UTSA
DP/U/Non-P – Faith Brown, Memphis
All-Freshman Team
P – Sydney Rainford, East Carolina
OF – Toryn Fulton, South Florida
P – Arlette Hernandez, UTSA
C – Brookelynn Meador, UTSA
2B – Kammie Smith, Wichita State
3B – Kinzey Woody, Wichita State*
- denotes unanimous selection
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