Newberry Student-Athlete Selected for South Atlantic Conference Softball Elite 18 Honors

Myranda Dills from Newberry College was named the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Softball Elite 18 honoree by the South Atlantic Conference (SAC).  This is a new award for the SAC and honors the student-athlete with the top cumulative grade-point average based on a minimum of 48 credit hours who is competing at the final site of each of the Conference's 18 team championship sports.

Dills, a sophomore from Chesnee, S.C., carries a 4.0 GPA as a nursing major. 

On the field, Dills posted a .330 average at the plate with 35 hits.  She put two balls over the fence to go along with eight doubles and two triples.  She recorded 34 starts at first base on the year and led the League in Conference-only games in putouts with 163.