VIDEO: Elayna Siebert Interview

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman junior Elayna Siebert (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named to the South Atlantic Conference preseason all-conference second team, the league office announced Thursday morning. 

Siebert made 48 appearances and 47 starts in her sophomore season. She hit .290 for the year with 45 hits, three doubles, three triples and two home runs.  She was third on the team in runs scored with 40.  

"It's humbling," Siebert said. "It gives me a little bit of confidence, but it definitely was unexpected.  I need to go into this season with the same mindset that I had in the conference tournament when there was more pressure."

She collected the first four-hit games of her career with a quartet of base knocks in back-to-back games in the South Atlantic Conference tournament against Anderson (4/24) and Brevard (4/25). Siebert had 11 total multi-hit games for the season and six multi-RBI games.  She had a season long hitting streak that was seven-games from 2/16-2/25 and had 21 runs batted in primarily from the two-spot in the order.  

Siebert was a first team All-SAC selection and second team NFCA all-region pick as a utility player in her freshman season.  

"I need to work on just relaxing, going up there and having fun," Siebert said. "I just need to relax and have confidence."

Carson-Newman opens the season at Belmont Abbey on Feb. 4.  First pitch from Belmont, N.C. is scheduled for 1 p.m.

All-SAC First Team - Softball

C – Taylor Laskey, Wingate

1B – Sydney Landreth, Lenoir-Rhyne

2B – Mellena Helms, Wingate

SS – Kaytlin Stroinski, Tusculum

3B – Robyn Stanek, Mars Hill

OF – Kristen Stinnard, Catawba

OF – Molly Child, Anderson

OF – Taylor Rosenbalm, Queens

DP – Ashley Oliver, Lenoir-Rhyne

UTIL. – Amanda Snow, Lincoln Memorial

P – Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne

P – Stacey Houser, Wingate



All-SAC Second Team

C – Sarah Kenley, Lenoir-Rhyne

1B – Ashlee Ellen, Coker

2B – Jessica Neidigh, Anderson

SS – Alexis, Burrell, Wingate

3B – Katherine Shumaker, Catawba

OF – Elayna Siebert, Carson-Newman

OF – Courtney Czentnar, Anderson

OF – Carolyn Williamson, Tusculum

DP – Casey Whitaker, Brevard

UTIL. – Jamie Booze, Mars Hill

P – Carley Tysinger, Catawba

P – Lauren Rudesheim, Anderson