BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The Mountain East Conference announced its 2023 softball award winners and all-conference teams on Thursday afternoon and Davis & Elkins had three players represented.

Linzey Allard, Honesty Holt, and Anjolina Gutierrez were named All-MEC Second Team following a vote of the league's twelve head coaches.

The Senators' starting first baseman, Allard, a sophomore led D&E throughout the regular season in batting average at .377. She also led D&E in on-base plus slugging percentage (1.024), hits (61), home runs (7), RBIs (47), and slugging percentage (.599).

Holt, a senior catcher for the Senators was second in on-base plus slugging percentage (.879), home runs (4), and slugging percentage (.494). In her final at bat of the regular season, Holt hit a walk-off home run in the eighth inning on Senior Day in front of a home crowd.

Gutierrez, also a sophomore, led the Senators with 37 runs and 14 doubles. The outfielder was second on the team in batting average (.322), hits (57), and RBIs (33). She was third in on-base plus slugging percentage (.800), home runs (2), and slugging percentage (.446).

Charleston's Hannah Rose was named MEC Player of the Year. West Virginia Wesleyan swept the remaining awards. Kendall Stoffel was named Pitcher of the Year. Andie Dizon was named Freshman of the Year. Steve Warner was named Coach of the Year.

The Senators, who finished the conference slate 20-12, open the MEC Softball Championship Friday, May 5 at noon against Notre Dame College. D&E enters at the MEC South's #3 seed, while Notre Dame enters as the MEC North's #2 seed. The conference tournament will be played May 5-7 at Botetourt Softball Complex in Troutville, Virginia.
 

All-MEC First Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Bella Andujar	Charleston
1B	Jamie Roberts	Frostburg State
2B	Jeritza Montero	Charleston
SS	Hannah Rose	Charleston
3B	Emma Pauley	West Virginia St.
3B	Peyton Wetherholt	Fairmont State
DP/Util	Andie Dizon	West Va. Wesleyan
DP/Util	Emily Riggs	Fairmont State
OF	Emma Gumont	Notre Dame
OF	Taylor Swartz	West Va. Wesleyan
OF	Hannah Workman	Fairmont State
P	Holly Brehm	Glenville State
P	Hannah Hudson	West Va. Wesleyan
P	Brianna McCown	Charleston
P	Kendall Stoffel	West Va. Wesleyan
All-MEC Second Team
Pos.	Name	School
C	Honesty Holt	Davis & Elkins
C	Maddie Munoz	Wheeling
1B	Linzey Allard	Davis & Elkins
1B	Morgan Norris	West Va. Wesleyan
2B	Hailee Culbertson	Alderson Broaddus
SS	Bri Powell	Frostburg State
3B	Brionna Bowman	Charleston
DP/Util	Emma Ruth	West Virginia St.
OF	Alexa Andrews	Fairmont State
OF	Anjolina Gutierrez	Davis & Elkins
OF	Alexi Maciejowski	Notre Dame
OF	Kayla Mancuso	West Liberty
OF	Arden Miller	Frostburg State
OF	Raegan West	Charleston
P	Dani Bauer	Charleston
P	Grace Fisher	Notre Dame
P	Sydney Theobald	Frostburg State
2023 Softball Top Honors
Player of the Year: Hannah Rose (Charleston) Pitcher of the Year: Kendall Stoffel (West Va. Wesleyan) Freshman of the Year: Andie Dizon (West Va. Wesleyan) Coach of the Year: Steve Warner (West Va. Wesleyan)