West Texas A&M senior outfielder Ruby Salzman claimed Lone Star Conference Softball Player of the Year honors to highlight the league’s softball postseason awards, it was announced Wednesday by LSC officials at the championship reception.
 
Salzman, who is from Northridge, Calif., enters postseason play with a .399 batting average and 19 home runs – 66 in her career – and 53 RBIs. She also is top 5 in the league in hits (69), slugging percentage (.832) and runs scored (61). Salzman also has 14 doubles and two triples. Defensively, she is a LSC Golden Glove Award selection.
 
UT Tyler junior Tatum Goff was named LSC Pitcher of the Year after going 33-0 with a 1.17 ERA. The left-hander struck out 199 batters over 197 innings of work. She logged 19 complete games, 12 shutouts and two no-hitters.
 
West Texas A&M’s Emilee Boyer was voted LSC Freshman of the Year. The utility player/pitcher hit 14 home runs with 50 RBIs and went 16-2 in the circle. Boyer also led the 10-player LSC All-Freshman Team.
 
UT Tyler right-handed pitcher Shea O’Leary won Newcomer of the Year honors. The graduate student went 14-2 with three saves and posted a 1.43 ERA.
 
UT Tyler’s Mike Reed was named Coach of the Year for the third straight year after leading the Patriots to their third consecutive LSC regular season title and program-record 51 wins.
 
Overall, 59 student-athletes were honored by the all-conference program.
 
The awards are voted on by the league’s head coaches, who determine a 25-player first team with 16 recognized by position and nine at-large selections, followed by 15 players on the second and third teams.
 
2023 LSC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
 
SPECIAL AWARDS
 
Player of the Year: Ruby Salzman, West Texas A&M
Pitcher of the Year: Tatum Goff, UT Tyler
Freshman of the Year: Emilee Boyer, West Texas A&M
Newcomer of the Year: Shea O’Leary, UT Tyler
Coach of the Year: Mike Reed, UT Tyler
 
[The first 16 players on the First Team were the top-vote getters at their position; the next nine were at-large selections sorted in alphabetical order by school name. The Second and Third Teams are also at-large picks sorted in alphabetical order by school name.]
 
FIRST TEAM                                                                                       
Name                                School                                  Position    Year       Hometown

Tatum Goff	UT Tyler	P	Jr.	Rusk, Texas
Kyra Lair	West Texas A&M	P	Sr.	Canyon, Texas
Taylor Franco	Lubbock Christian	P	Gr.	Monahans, Texas
Kaiden Boren	Cameron	C	So.	Harrah, Okla.
Tiarra Delrosario	Lubbock Christian	1B	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev.
Ashlyn Lerma	Angelo State	2B	Gr.	Highland Village, Texas
Courtney Plocheck	UT Tyler	SS	Jr.	Deer Park, Texas
Kasey Flores	Lubbock Christian	3B	Gr.	El Paso, Texas
Ruby Salzman	West Texas A&M	OF	Sr.	Northridge, Calif.
JT Smith	UT Tyler	OF	So.	Decatur, Texas
Brittni Rufus	West Texas A&M	OF	Jr.	Mansfield, Texas
Jory Cervantes	Texas A&M-Kingsville	OF	Sr.	Austin, Texas
Lauren Gonzales	St. Mary’s	OF	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Aaliyah Brown	Oklahoma Christian	DP	Jr.	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Alyssa LeBlanc	Texas Woman’s	UTL/P	Jr.	Katy, Texas
Ericka Gomez	St. Mary’s	UTL	Jr.	Stafford, Texas
Paxton Scheurer	Angelo State	3B	Sr.	Mansfield, Texas
Hope Banales	Lubbock Christian	DP	Jr.	Tuscan, Ariz.
Skylar Herrera	Lubbock Christian	SS	Sr.	Odessa, Texas
Jill Dickson	Oklahoma Christian	P	Fr.	Edmond, Okla.
Catalina Cavazos	St. Mary’s	P	Sr.	Houston, Texas
Kayla Gonzales	Texas A&M-Kingsville	SS	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Michelle Arias	UT Tyler	3B	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Shea O’Leary	UT Tyler	P	Gr.	Castaic, Calif.
Emilee Boyer	West Texas A&M	UTL/P	Fr.	Harrisburg, S.D.

                                                                                                           
SECOND TEAM                                                                                   

Bailey Martinez	Angelo State	1B	Sr.	Albuquerque, N.M.
Josie Swafford	Cameron	DP	Sr.	Wellston, Okla.
Mikenzey Patterson	Eastern New Mexico	OF	Sr.	Roswell, N.M.
Maxine Valdez	Lubbock Christian	P	Sr.	Buda, Texas
Berkely Quinn	Lubbock Christian	OF	Fr.	Canyon, Texas
Riley Flores	Lubbock Christian	2B	Fr.	Lubbock, Texas
Brooklin Bain	Oklahoma Christian	3B	Jr.	Comanche, Okla.
Whitney Walde	Oklahoma Christian	C	Jr.	Moore, Okla.
Kristen Whitehouse	Oklahoma Christian	C	Jr.	Moore, Okla.
Cadie Belle Currie	St. Edward’s	P	Jr.	Grapeland, Texas
Aaliyah Ortiz	Texas A&KM-Kingsville	3B	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Audrey Escamilla	UT Tyler	C	Jr.	Weslaco, Texas
Cassidi Mullen	UT Tyler	OF	So.	Royce City, Texas
Gabie McConnell	West Texas A&M	2B	Fr.	Sioux Falls, S.D.
Diana Murtha	West Texas A&M	3B	Sr.	Summerlin, Nev.

                                                                                                           
THIRD TEAM                                                                                       

Genesis Armendariz	Angelo State	P	Jr.	Hobbs, N.M.
Khmari Edwards	Cameron	2B	Sr.	Del City, Okla.
Taylor Rowley	Cameron	SS	Jr.	Valley City, Kan.
Brook Leger	Eastern New Mexico	P	Sr.	Albuquerque, N.M.
Ashley Nickerson	Eastern New Mexico	1B	Fr.	Santa Fe, Texas
Alondra Vasquez	Eastern New Mexico	C	Jr.	Santiago, Dominican Republic
Arianna Vidales	St. Edward’s	OF	Fr.	Georgetown, Texas
Jamison Holder	St. Mary’s	C	So.	Magnolia, Texas
Kristy Alanis	Texas A&M International	OF	Jr.	Alamo, Texas
Beth Montes	Texas A&M-Kingsville	P	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Sam Schott	UT Tyler	UTL	So.	Longview, Texas
Avery Farr	UT Tyler	1B	Sr.	Angleton, Texas
Braeland Booth	West Texas A&M	C	Jr.	Wichita, Kan.
Madison Johnson	West Texas A&M	SS	Jr.	Flower Mound, Texas
Emilee Wilson	West Texas A&M	P	Sr.	Esko, Minn.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Name                             School                                     Position      Hometown

Ashley Nickerson	Eastern New Mexico	UTL	Santa Fe, Texas
Riley Flores	Lubbock Christian	INF	Lubbock, Texas
Jill Dickson	Oklahoma Christian	P	Edmond, Okla.
Arianna Vidales	St. Edward’s	OF	Georgetown, Texas
Emily Ayala	St. Mary’s	P	San Antonio, Texas
Raegan Tennill	St. Mary’s	INF	Corpus Christi, Texas
Keri Sanford	UT Permian Basin	INF	Georgetown, Texas
Emilee Boyer	West Texas A&M	UTL/P	Harrisburg, S.D.
Gabie McConnell	West Texas A&M	UTL	Sioux Falls, S.D.
Kamerynn Cordova	Western New Mexico	UTL/P	Fowler, Calif.