CARMEL, Ind. – Following the 2025 season, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the Softball major award winners and members of the All-Conference Teams.

Pioneer first-year Emilie Young (Independence, Ky.) was voted as the 2025 HCAC Newcomer of the Year. The first year student-athlete boasted a .450 batting average, alongside 9 runs off of 18 hits. Young also collected 11 RBIs. All of these stats culminated in .625 slugging percentage, .511 OB percentage.

For more information on HCAC Softball, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on X and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.

Transylvania University is a proud member of NCAA Division III and the HCAC. To keep up to date with all of Transylvania Athletics, check out our website at www.transysports.com and follow @TransySports on Instagram.