UT Tyler Alumna Kaylee Prather completed her first professional season in the ASBA. Prather was named as one of the top defensive players in the league.

As a team, the Patriots (44-5) led the nation with a .386 batting average and with 23 shutouts, while Ashley Perez led NCAA Division III with 19 homer runs and 69 RBIs, Nicole Garcia topped the country with 84 hits and Andrea Gonzales was the toughest to strikeout with no strikeouts in 157 at-bats.

Kaylee Prather was selected by the E1 Pro Ballers with the 43rd pick of the ASBA Pro Softball Draft on Wednesday night.

An NCAA national baseball championship, 11 All-America selections, three regional team titles, eight NCAA tournament appearances, 11 American Southwest Conference championships and an .803 winning percentage on campus are just a few of the UT Tyler highlights from the 2017-18 athletic seasons. An athletic program with 17 sports, the Patriots combined to boast a 198-66-1 overall record in team sports and also won five golf tournaments, three cross country meets and one track & field team title at the ASC meet. At home, UT Tyler teams were 86-21-1 and also hosted two cross country meets, two golf tournaments and two track & field meets.

Seventy-one UT Tyler student-athletes and student assistants have earned American Southwest Conference Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference honor roll recognition for their success in the classroom while also competing for and supporting the Patriots.