ABILENE, Texas -- Following the SCAC Softball Championships earlier this week, LeTourneau softball senior Maddie Flanery was named the recipient of the Elite 19 award for the sport.

Flanery becomes the fourth student-athlete in LeTourneau to earn the honor from the SCAC this season, joining David Dugan (men's cross country and men's track and field) and Hannah Newell (women's golf).

The SCAC Elite 19 is awarded annually to the student-athlete who has at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA, at least 60 credit hours at his or her current institution and earns All-SCAC honors for that particular season.

Flanery, a senior from Tyler, Texas, tallied her third straight second team all-conference nod this year at shortstop. She had a career-high .402 batting average, adding 24 walks with a .503 on-base percentage. Flanery's 45 runs scored is a single-season program record and ranked fifth in the SCAC, while also moving her to first in program history with 134 runs scored.

The queen of stolen bases, Flanery added yet another tremendous year on the base paths, going a perfect 41-of-41 on swipes. That mark not only ranked second in the league, but is 12th all-time in SCAC history. Holding four of the top-five single-season marks, Flanery ends her LeTourneau career with 152 career stolen bases, by far the most in program history. Her .402 batting average this season is tied-for-sixth in program history, while her career average of .341 is seventh all-time in program ranks.

Majoring in kinesiology, Flanery holds a 4.0 GPA and is a three-time conference all-academic selection with two  CSC Academic All-District honors. She also collected NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete accolades last season.

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