Four Lady Vols Take Home CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Lady Vol softball standouts Amanda Ayala, Erin Edmoundson, Kiki Milloy and Ashley Rogers were each named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 3 First Team Tuesday afternoon. Tennessee's four honorees tied the most of any team in the SEC and were the most for UT since also having four selections in 2014.

CoSIDA's Academic All-District teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. District 3 consists of NCAA Division I schools in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

A fifth-year outfielder from Bloomfield, New Jersey, Ayala reels in her second consecutive Academic All-District nod after receiving the honors for the first time last season. The 2021 UT graduate is currently pursuing her master's degree in Sports Psychology & Motor Behavior and touts a 3.68 GPA in grad school. After electing to return for her COVID-19 exempt "super senior" season, Ayala ranks second on the team with a .312 batting average this year and has posted career-best season totals in doubles (12), triples (3), walks (24) and stolen bases (13).

Edmoundson is a first-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree in her first season with the Big Orange after joining the program as a graduate transfer last fall. The left-handed pitcher is in her second semester of MBA school, boasting a 3.83 graduate GPA with an entrepreneurship & innovation concentration. She has been a force for Tennessee in the circle this spring, leading the Lady Vol staff with 19 wins and 143 strikeouts in 156.2 innings pitched.

An All-American on the field last spring, Milloy also earns her first career CoSIDA Academic All-District award as a junior with a 3.58 GPA in neuroscience. The center fielder leads UT in nearly every offensive category this season with a .356 average, 1.131 OPS, 64 hits, 51 runs, 12 doubles and 14 homers. She is a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and was recognized as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete following the 2021 season.

Rogers rounds out UT's CoSIDA honorees with her second-straight Academic All-District honor. The right-handed pitcher from Athens, Tennessee, became the 16th Lady Vol to earn Academic All-America status last season with second team laurels from the organization. She graduated from Tennessee with a perfect 4.0 GPA in kinesiology in December 2021 and is completing her first semester of grad school this spring, pursuing a master's in biomechanics. Rogers has had a remarkably noteworthy tenure in her time on Rocky Top, ranking top 10 in program history in career wins, earned run average, strikeouts, shutouts and opponent batting average.

Tennessee's four honorees will advance to the 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot, voted on by CoSIDA members before first-, second- and third-team honorees are announced in June.

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Four Lady Vols Take Home CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

Players Mentioned

Amanda Ayala

Erin Edmoundson

Kiki Milloy

Ashley Rogers

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