HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ^__ The Southwestern Athletic Conference recognized its 2019-20 Academic Award recipients and SWAC Commissioner's Honor Roll members.
 
Despite a canceled season and other new challenges faced by the spring student-athletes, our Alabama A&M softball program continued to push for excellence in the classroom as well.
 
A total of 13 student-athletes were named to the SWAC All-Academic team for this past academic year, including center fielder Tia Davis and newcomers Alexandria Villazon and Taylor Woods, who all received the honor for the first time.
 
Of the 10 repeat honorees, Dorian Edwards, Danielle Hansell, Tamia Lee-Barbadillo, Raina Mayfield, Jasmine Simpson and Haleigh Winter have all been named to the Honor Roll for three years, while McHailee Danner, Alyssa Lopez and Racheal McKinney have all been honored twice.

Alabama A&M University Softball 2019-20 SWAC Commissioner's Honorees (by alphabetical order):

Name	Sport
McHailee Danner	Social Work
Tia Davis	Liberal Studies
Dorian Edwards	Biology
Danielle Hansell	Biology
Tamia Lee-Barbadillo	Biology
Alyssa Lopez	Political Science
Raina Mayfield	Biology
Ariel McAtee	Special Education
Racheal McKinney	Civil Engineering
Jasmine Simpson	Biology
Alexandria Villazon	Business Management & Administration
Haleigh Winter	Elementary Education
Taylor Woods	Sports Management

This past academic term over 1,700 student-athletes within the conference achieved historic academic success during the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters, marking a significant increase of over 11.7 percent from the previous academic term. The SWAC Commissioner's Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

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