BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its 2022 SWAC Softball Preseason teams and individual award winners as voted upon by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.
 
Alcorn State’s Amari Ramsey was named Preseason Player of the Year, while Texas Southern’s Naomi Reyes was tabbed Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
 
Ramsey was named the SWAC Softball Preseason Player of the Year for the second consecutive season after also garnering such honors prior to the start of the 2021 season. This past season she became the 15^th member of Alcorn State’s 100-hit club. She currently ranks as having the program’s third-most doubles in a single season (14). She concluded regular season play ranking 9^th in the SWAC in slugging percentage (.539). She led the Lady Braves in batting average, hits, runs scored, doubles and total bases this past season.

Reyes concluded the regular season as the SWAC leader in ERA (1.52) in conference play. She’s tossed 11 complete games highlighted by three shutouts. At the conclusion of the regular season she ranked 4^th in strikeouts with 78 while also throwing her first career perfect game against Alcorn State earlier in the season. She was tabbed for SWAC Pitcher of the Week honors twice this past season.
 
Texas Southern led all member institutions with five (5) total preseason selections followed by Jackson State (4), Alabama A&M (4), Alabama State (3), Alcorn State (2), Grambling State (2), Prairie View A&M (2), Southern (1) and Mississippi Valley State (1).
 
The Southwestern Athletic Conference will announce the 2022 Predicted Order of Finish on Wednesday, Feb. 2. A complete listing of the 2022 Preseason SWAC Softball Teams and individual award winners can be found below.
 
Preseason Player of the Year
Amari Ramsey- Alcorn State
 
Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Naomi Reyes- Texas Southern
 
Preseason First Team
C- Isabel Gusman- Jackson State
1B – Alexis Arredondo- Jackson State
2B – Jaeda Gardner- Alabama State
SS – Zoey Keyes- Jackson State
3B – Amari Ramsey- Alcorn State
OF – Madison Myers- Alabama State
OF – Monica Serrano- Jackson State
OF – Tevanae Tate- Texas Southern
P –  Naomi Reyes- Texas Southern
P –  Esperanza Coe- Alabama A&M
P – Payton Shells- Grambling State
DP – Esperanza Coe- Alabama A&M
 
Preseason Second Team
C- Daryn Haslem- Texas Southern
1B – Alex Massie- Alabama State
2B – India Wells- Grambling State
SS – Brianna Alston- Mississippi Valley State
3B – Taylor Woods- Alabama A&M
OF – Natalie McLennan- Prairie View A&M
OF – Crimson Davis- Texas Southern
OF – Cameron Andrews- Southern
P – Mya Hall- Prairie View A&M
P – Alyssa Lopez- Alabama A&M
P – Jazmine Gendorf- Texas Southern  
DP – Marsha Hunt- Alcorn State
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams. 
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis. 
 
Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball. 
 
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