GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lees-McRae College softball senior
Julie Gast has been named as a finalist for the Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award, which is the conference's Outstanding Senior Student Award.
Gast, a native of Taylorsville, North Carolina, leads the Bobcats in the early season with 12 runs scored, 21 total hits, five doubles, and an on-base percentage of .413. Lees-McRae is 10-8 in non-conference contests and hosts Lenoir-Rhyne on Thursday, March 16 for their home opener.
In 2022, Gast was named to the Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award list and recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as a Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for her achievements on the field and in the classroom.
Student-Athletes are nominated by their institutions based on their academic, athletic and service accomplishments. The Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) from all Conference Carolinas institutions submit institutional nominations and votes are cast by the FARs.
To be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be a December or May graduating senior or a first-year graduate student completing athletic eligibility at the same institution as undergraduate matriculation. The student-athlete must be a full-time student at the time of nomination, must have been a full-time student at the member school for at least two years and must be a starter or important substitute in a conference sport.
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