VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State softball standouts Logan Hill, Morgan Hill and Kiley Robb each earned the prestigious honor of being named Academic All-America® as selected by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday.  Logan Hill and Morgan Hill each earned first team honors, while Robb was a second team selection.
 
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 Division II Academic All-America® program.
 
Twenty-three of the 33 members of the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Softball teams have at least a 3.80 GPA, with six student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 12 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.88.
 
For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.
 
The three selections by the Blazers marks the most of any school overall and the two first team selections represent the most by one school on the first team.  Colorado Mesa had two second team honorees, while Grand Valley State was honored with two student-athletes on the third team.

With both the Hill sisters earning first team honors, it marks the first time VSU had first team selection(s) in any sport since 2015 when Courtney Albritton and Fran Johnson each earned first team honors also in softball.  The softball program also had three selections overall in 2015.  She and Morgan Hill became the seventh and eighth different Blazers to earn first team honors in school history.  Morgan Hill and Robb became the 21^st and 22^nd Blazer student-athletes to earn the prestigious award, while Logan Hill is just the third Blazer to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in multiple seasons (Shawn Hardin, Baseball, 1992-1993) and Chris Hatcher (Football, 1993-1994).  L. Hill earned second team Academic All-America honors in 2020.
 
Having one of its most prolific seasons offensively in school history in 2021, the Blazers finished the season 38-11 overall and earned a berth in the program's fifth National Championship round appearance and finished sixth nationally in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25.  VSU earned a share of the 2021 Gulf South Conference regular season title going 25-5 in league play and hosted the NCAA South Regional, defeating rival West Florida in thrilling fashion twice on the final day to advance to the National Championship round.
 
VSU belted a school and GSC-record 109 home runs this season, which marked the third-most home runs in the history of NCAA Division II.  Humboldt State hit 114 in 2013 in 67 games, while Metro State (Colo.) hit 112 in 2010 in 59 games.  The crazy part of the 109 home runs hit by the Blazers this season was it was done in just 49 games.  VSU averaged 2.22 home runs per game to lead the nation and also a new NCAA Division II National record as Colorado Mesa had the previous mark of 1.93 home runs per game set in 2006 in 43 games with 83 home runs.
 
L. Hill, a senior from Lake Park, Ga., earned Academic All-America® as selected by CoSIDA Second Team honors in 2020 and earned GSC Top Ten accolades.  This season, she continued her strong play on the field earning All-GSC First Team At-Large honors and earned GSC All-Academic accolades for the third time.  She belted 15 home runs to tie her teammate freshman Aniston Gano for 15^th nationally in round-trippers this season.  L. Hill hit 38 home runs in her career for seventh all-time in school history.  She drew 46 walks for second-most in program history in 2021, and her 108 walks for her career is good for third all-time in program history.  She finished the season hitting .342 in 49 starts at first base with 40 hits, 46 runs scored, five doubles and 37 RBI.  She finished with a 3.97 GPA in Interdisciplinary Studies.
 
M. Hill, also a native of Lake Park, Ga., had a solid second season for the Blazers both in the outfield and in the circle.  Academically a sophomore, she blasted 20 home runs for third nationally and second on the team to national-leading home run hitter junior Nicole Pennington with 24.  M. Hill finished third on the team in average at a .345 clip with 57 hits for second on the team, 53 runs scored, four doubles, one triple and 46 RBI.  She slugged .745 for the season and reached base at a .407 clip, while leading the team in stolen bases, going a perfect 20 for 20.  In the circle, she went 7-3 with a 1.95 ERA in 15 appearances and 13 starts.  She had two complete games in 57.1 innings of work.  She allowed 56 hits, 28 runs scored – 16 earned, walked 11 and fanned 49.  M. Hill has 3.94 GPA in Health Sciences and also earned GSC All-Academic honors.  M. Hill was named GSC Freshman of the Year and first team All-GSC, while she earned NFCA Third Team All-America honors and honorable mention All-America from the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA).
 
Robb, a senior and native of Joliet, Ill., finished with a 3.91 GPA in Health Sciences and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in 2020.  This season, she earned GSC All-Academic honors for the second time, while being a first team all-league selection.  Robb earned multiple All-America honors in 2021 as a third team selection by NFCA and a second team honoree by the D2CCA.  She finished the 2021 season with 18 home runs for fifth nationally and third on the team.  Robb hit .346 for second on the team with 47 hits, 39 runs scored, nine doubles and slugged .809 for the fifth-best slugging percentage for a season in program history.  For her career, Robb blasted 37 home runs to tie for eighth all-time in program history.