LIVINGSTON, Ala. – University of West Alabama senior softball player Heather Shugart received a pair of honors Thursday afternoon.

Shugart, who broke the Tigers’ single-season home run record by belting 21 dingers, was one of 14 players from the Gulf South Conference selected to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region Team by earning First-Team honors. She was also named to the All-South Region Second Team.

Shugart, an outfielder from Pinson, Ala., was selected to the Gulf South Conference East Division First Team after batting .401 on the season with 73 hits, 73 RBIs, 14 doubles and a career-high and a season-high 21 home runs.

During her four-year career, Shugart finished second in career home runs with 32 and was fourth in RBIs (104). This season, she had her most productive year, breaking single-season school records in RBIs (73), slugging percentage (.824) and home runs (21). She also owns the school’s longest hit streak in West Alabama history with 22.

Joining Shugart from the conference on the first team on the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region Team were Sage Woodham (UAH), Alex Costa (VSU), Meredith Heckel (UAM), Jenny Dunn (UAM) and Jenny Hess (UAH).