The South Atlantic Conference Announces Softball Elite 18 Honoree

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Myranda Dills from Newberry College was named the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Softball Elite 18 honoree, the League announced today.  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.