AMERICUS, Ga. - Georgia Southwestern softball player Hayley Tierce has added another accolade to her freshman season by being named to the 2016 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Softball All-Southeast Region First Team presented by Daktronics.

Tierce was named the 2016 Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Southeast All-Region First Team.

The Warner Robins, Ga., native started in 53 of GSW's 56 games and hit .392 with 58 hits, 35 runs, 12 doubles, 16 home runs, 51 RBIs and a .956 fielding percentage. She lead the PBC in home runs, was second in RBIs, slugging percentage and total bases and seventh in batting average. Furthermore she broke the GSW NCAA era season home run record with 16 and holds the season RBI record with 51.

Tierce is one of 14 student-athletes from seven different schools who earned All-Southeast Region First Team distinction this season. The Peach Belt Conference had 16 honorees on the two teams, while the South Atlantic Conference had 11 and the Conference Carolinas two.

The first team selections moved on to the All-America ballot. The D2CCA All-America programs honor student-athletes in Division II athletic programs. The mission of the CCA is to encourage and promote Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education.

The voting, nomination and calculations are all conducted by the school's sports information directors. The teams are voted on by the members of D2SIDA, NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.

2016 Daktronics Softball All-Southeast Region

DISTRICT 3 - Southeast Region

Pitcher of the Year: Courtney Poole, North Georgia

Player of the Year: Stephanie Hartness, North Georgia

 First Team

C                 Taylor Laskey                 Wingate

1B               Hannah Reppert             Armstrong State

2B               Meredith Heyer               North Georgia

3B               Hayley Tierce               Georgia Southwestern

SS               Madison Carter              Lenoir-Rhyne

OF               Stephanie Hartness        North Georgia

OF               Kelsey Vining                 Montevallo[1]

OF               Erin Boone                    Lenoir-Rhyne

DP              Mackenzie Cates              Lenoir-Rhyne

UT               Jane Trzaska                  Armstrong State

UT non P   Mellena Helms                   Wingate

P                 Courtney Poole              North Georgia [1]%

P                 Carley Tysinger              Catawba [1]%^

P                 Tori Bates                      Armstrong State

Second Team

C                 Caliah Niles                    Anderson[1]

C                 Lacey Najafi                   Georgia College

1B               Faith Flanders                 Georgia College

2B               Peyton Roth                   Armstrong State[2]

3B               Misty Doran                   Wingate

SS               Macy Coleman                Armstrong State

OF               Caroline Hill                    Limestone

OF               Sarah Montei                  USC Aiken

OF               Kelsey Akers                  Mount Olive

DP              Taylor Lail                        Mars Hill

UT               Abbey Walters                UNC Pembroke

UT non P   Abi LeRoy                         Georgia College

P                 Stacey Houser                Wingate

P                 Maryann Hoskins            Lenoir-Rhyne

P                 Taylor Morgan                USC Aiken

[1] first team in 2015

[2] second team in 2015

% first team in 2014

^ first team in 2013