MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama softball senior third baseman Emily Messer was named to the 2016 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team on championship Saturday, earning the distinction for the third time in her career.
 
Messer recorded four hits in USA's three games at the event, scoring twice and drawing a pair of walks. She went 3-for-4 versus Texas State in the opener and scored a run apiece against Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia State.
 
The Mobile, Ala., native was voted to the SBC All-Tournament Team as a sophomore in 2014 after going 6-for-9 with three runs and two RBI and as a junior last season after back-to-back 2-for-4 performances with two runs and two RBI.
 
The 31^st pick in the 2016 National Pro Fastpitch Draft, selected by the Akron Racers, Messer is in line to finish with the best batting average in a season in school history, hitting .429. Messer already set a new season record in hits with 76, surpassing Tara Donaldson's 2007 standard of 71.
 
2016 SBC All-Tournament Team
Taylor Anderson, Georgia State; Ivie Drake, Georgia State; Hayley Hayden, Louisiana-Lafayette; Macey Smith, Louisiana-Lafayette; Kelsey Vincent, Louisiana-Lafayette; Emily Messer, South Alabama; Kimberlin Naivar, Texas State; Randi Rupp, Texas State; Ariel Ortiz, Texas State
 
Community Coffee Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Aleah Craighton, Louisiana-Lafayette
 
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