SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana softball team saw a region's best five student-athletes picked to the D2CCA All-Central Region Softball Teams. Delaney Young and Torri Chute earned first team honors while Gracey Brink, Kennedy Buckman and Andrea Cain garnered second team honors.
 
The NSIC had six members chosen to the teams with Augustana taking five of those spots.
 
Young, a fifth-year senior from Cottage Grove, Minnesota, ranked second on the Vikings with her .412 batting average which marked a career best. Of her 63 hits, she recorded 18 doubles, eight home runs and a triple while striking out just five times in 153 at-bats, marking her the 19^th toughest batter to strikeout in the country. She concludes her career as Augustana's all-time fielding percentage leader, recording a .996 fielding percentage.
 
Chute, the NSIC Player of the Year, led the NSIC and ranks 25^th in the country with her .444 batting average. The Woodbury, Minnesota, native raked in 19 doubles to rank 13^th in NCAA Division II and ranks 15^th in the country with her .526 on-base percentage. The fourth-year senior, with one additional year of eligibility, slugged at a .741 clip, ranking second in the NSIC.
 
Brink earns Second Team All-Region accolades after batting .352 as the Vikings' catcher. She reached base in nearly half of her at-bats while totaling 58 hits with 10 doubles, nine home runs and two triples. Just like Chute, Brink is a fourth-year senior with an additional year of eligibility and hails from Rapid City, South Dakota.
 
Buckman, a native of New Prague, Minnesota, simply led the NSIC and ended the regular season third in the country with 20 home runs. Her 62 RBI were a conference best while ranking 16^th in NCAA DII. As a junior, her .765 slugging percentage led the NSIC.
 
Cain, the NSIC Freshman of the Year, earns her first all-region accolade after leading the NSIC and ranking 35^th nationally with 1.04 runs per game. Her 118 total bases mark her second in the conference while she batted .351 with 66 hits. Hailing from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Cain led Augustana with eight stolen bases.
 
As first team honorees, Chute and Young advance to the D2CCA All-America ballot.