MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama softball student-athletes Hannah Campbell (pitcher), Brittany Fowler (outfield), Haley Hopkins (outfield) and Haley Richards (infield) earned first team all-Sun Belt Conference honors at their respective positions as chosen by College Sports Madness.

Sophomore Campbell, a Satsuma, Ala. native, received 2011 SBC Freshman of the Year honors for her work in the circle last season. Campbell finished the year with a 2.51 ERA and a 19-7 record. She was named to the NFCA all-region team and to the SBC all-conference second team. Campbell led the league in saves with four. She was also fourth in shutouts (5) and wins and eighth in strikeouts per game (5.16).

Fowler (Jacksonville, Fla.), a two-time all-conference player, ended 2011 batting .340. The junior was also ranked in several categories in the league: seventh in slugging percentage (.571), ninth in OBP (.432), fifth in RBI (50) and tenth in total bases (89). Fowler led the team in hits (53), RBI (52), sac flies (5), triples (3) and slugging percentage. She recorded a team-leading 17 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games.

A senior from Gulf Shores, Ala., Hopkins was a second team all-conference selection in 2011. She finished the season with a .318 batting average, and was seventh in the SBC in double (9), triples (1) and home runs (9). She was also sixth in RBI (45) and ninth in slugging percentage (.565).

Richards, a sophomore from Fayetteville, Ga., was a second team all-conference selection as a freshman last year hitting over .300 in SBC play. In 2011, she recorded six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games. Richards also tallied a .964 fielding percentage.

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