Greenwood, Ind. – Angelo State softball senior Tatiana Trotter was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American team, earning second-team honors, the organization announced this morning.

Trotter, an Intelligence and Analysis graduate from Lubbock, earns her second Academic All-American award in her career after being named to the third team last season.

The Lubbock native finished her senior season hitting .358 with 18 home runs and driving in 58 runs. The NFCA Division II Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season has recorded 18 career triples, the most in program history, and became the fifth player to surpass the 40-homer mark in an ASU career.

The Rambelles' lone four-year letterwinner slugged a team-best .838 and held a 29-game streak where she reached base earlier this season. She finishes her career with a .673 slugging percentage, 167 runs scored, 42 home runs, 171 RBI, 396 total bases, 99 walks, and ten sacrifice flies, all of which are top-ten marks in program history in their respective categories.

This is her third All-American honor of the season and fourth of her career.

This is the tenth time Rambelles Softball has had an Academic All-American selection, and Trotter is the third Rambelle to earn multiple Academic All-American awards.

This is the 61^st Academic All-American award in Angelo State athletics department history, and Trotter is the tenth ASU student-athlete to earn multiple Academic All-American awards all-time.