A pair of Valpo softball players were recognized on Wednesday morning as the Missouri Valley Conference unveiled its postseason awards. Senior Regi Hecker (Lee’s Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South) was tabbed a Second Team All-MVC honoree, while fellow senior Alexis Johnson (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) represented Valpo on the conference’s All-Defensive Team.

Hecker has led the Beacons at the plate all season long. She paces Valpo with a .319 batting average, good for 16th in the MVC. Hecker also leads the Beacons in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits and home runs, while ranking second in walks as well. A member of the MVC All-Defensive Team a season ago, Hecker has been solid in right field all season, committing just two errors.

Johnson has been stellar in the field, playing mainly second base for the Beacons. She posted a .990 fielding percentage in MVC play, tallying 53 putouts and 47 assists while committing just a single error. To put it in perspective, of the 13 players with more assists than Johnson in MVC action, only one other committed fewer than six errors, while none of them had more putouts than she did. Overall, Johnson finished the regular season with a .970 fielding percentage, committing just five miscues.