Ashley Gates (center) has earned first team All-America honors.
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky University softball player
Ashley Gates has been voted to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America first team.
Earlier this week, Gates was selected to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-America second team.
Gates, a junior outfielder from South Bend, Ind., led the Great Lakes Valley Conference in both batting average (.423) and on-base percentage (.510) this season. She finished with nine home runs, 33 runs batted in and 12 doubles. Gates also posted a .738 slugging percentage and scored 22 runs.
Gates, who is NKU's all-time career leader with 31 home runs, earned All-Midwest Region and All-GLVC first-team honors earlier this season. She is the first NKU softball player to earn All-America honors since 2006, when Ricki Rothbauer and Sarah King each received the recognition.
NKU posted a 29-17 record this season and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the third straight year.
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