Alexis Osorio Named SEC Freshman of the Year, Three Others All-SEC

Alabama freshman pitcher Alexis Osorio has been named the SEC Freshman of the Year, while three other Crimson Tide players were named All-SEC with Haylie McCleney also taking home Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.

Osorio and McCleney were named First Team All-SEC while Marisa Runyon and Demi Turner were named Second Team All-SEC. Osorio and Turner represent Alabama on the Freshman All-SEC team as well while McCleney is the center field representative on the SEC All-Defensive team for the third straight season. McCleney, who shares this year’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades with Arkansas senior Devon Wallace, is the third Alabama player to earn the award, joining Jordan Praytor (2008) and Jennifer Fenton (2012).

Osorio is Alabama’s eighth SEC Freshman of the Year award winner and the first since Kayla Braud in 2010. She is also the first Alabama player to be named First Team All-SEC as a freshman since Braud in 2010. The Riverside, Calif., native led the Alabama pitching staff with 16 wins this season, posting an SEC-leading 1.60 ERA in conference play. She was the only pitcher to surpass 100 strikeouts in conference play, 67 of which were swinging, while holding SEC opponents to a .186 batting average.

McCleney has been named All-SEC in each of her three seasons at Alabama, including First Team selections the past two years. She leads the team and ranks third in the SEC with a .460 batting average while also drawing a league-leading 50 walks. Her .602 on-base percentage leads the SEC and is currently a single-season record at Alabama. She also holds Alabama career records in on-base percentage (.564) and batting average (.456). Off the field, she owns a 4.0 GPA and was a First Team Academic All-American last season.

Runyon is second in the SEC in RBI (68) and fourth in home runs (17), while she leads the league in both categories in SEC-only games. She has hit multiple home runs in four different games this season, becoming the only player in program history to do so. Her three home runs against Arkansas on May 2 tied a single-game school record while her seven RBI against Tennessee on April 25 was just the fifth time an Alabama player has hit at least seven RBI in a game, the first since 2008.

Turner ranks among the top 10 in the SEC in batting average (.444) and hits (71) while leading the league with 11 sacrifice bunts. Her 25 multi-hit games leads the team this season, as she has earned a hit in 38 of her 51 starts. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week twice this season, a feat only accomplished by four other players in program history.

2015 ALL-SEC

Player of the Year: Kelsey Stewart, Florida

Pitcher of the Year: Lauren Haeger, Florida

Freshman of the Year: Alexis Osorio, Alabama

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Haylie McCleney, Alabama / Devon Wallace, Arkansas

Coach of the Year: Clint Myers, Auburn

First Team All-SEC

P – Lauren Haeger, Florida

P – Alexis Osorio, Alabama

P – Carley Hoover, LSU

IF – Kelsey Stewart, Florida

IF – Emily Corosone, Auburn

IF – Bianka Bell, LSU

IF – Alex Hugo, Georgia

IF – Kasey Cooper, Auburn

OF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama

OF – Alaynie Page, South Carolina

OF – Emily Crane, Missouri

OF – Kirsti Merritt, Florida

C – Kellsi Kloss, LSU

DP/UT – Sahavanna Jaquish, LSU

Second Team All-SEC

P – Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia

P – Tori Finucane, Missouri

IF – Marisa Runyon, Alabama

IF – Sami Fagan, Missouri

IF – Demi Turner, Alabama

IF – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M

IF – Jade Rhodes, Alabama

OF – Tiffany Howard, Auburn

OF – Bailey Landry, LSU

OF – A.J. Andrews, LSU

OF – Sydni Emanuel, Georgia

C – Annie Aldrete, Tennessee

DP/UT – Tina Iosefa, Georgia

Freshman All-SEC

P – Alexis Osorio, Alabama

P – Carley Hoover, LSU

P – Aleshia Ocasio, Florida

P – Paige Lowary, Missouri

IF – Tori Vidales, Texas A&M

IF – Demi Turner, Alabama

IF – Amanda Sanchez, Missouri

IF – Meghan Gregg, Tennessee

IF – Scarlet McSwain, Tennessee

OF – Nicole DeWitt, Florida

OF – Cortni Emmanuel, Georgia

OF – Emily Griggs, LSU

OF – Elantra Cox, Ole Miss

C – Ashley Walters, Texas A&M

DP/UT – Tiara Duffy, South Carolina

SEC All-Defensive

P – Rainey Gaffin, Tennessee

C – Griffin Joiner, Kentucky

1B – Sandra Simmons, LSU

2B – Emily Corosone, Auburn / Kelsey Stewart, Florida

SS – Kathlyn Medina, Florida

3B – Kasey Cooper, Auburn

LF – Tiffany Howard, Auburn

CF – Haylie McCleney, Alabama

RF – Emily Crane, Missouri