SB: Four Named Academic All-District
Four Bethany College softball players earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors, the organization announced today (Tuesday, May 27, 2025).
"I am incredibly proud of our student-athletes for earning Academic All-District recognition," said Bethany College Head Coach Olivia Scarbrough. "Their commitment to excellence in the classroom and on the field truly reflects the values of our program."
Graduate Destiny Goodnight earns the honor for the third straight season and will also move to the Academic All-American ballot. She was a second-team NFCA All-Region honoree as an outfielder, marking the first time since 2016 a Bison earned All-Region. A first-team All-PAC outfielder, Goodnight earned All-PAC honors four times in her career. Her first two awards in 2022 and 2023 were at first base. She was fifth in the PAC, hitting .424 on the season. Her 44 runs scored, and 35 stolen bases were second in the PAC. Goodnight finished her career as the program's leader with 92 stolen bases.
Goodnight capped her career in the top 10 of several offensive categories – runs scored (first, 135), batting average (fourth, .386), hits (fourth, 188), and triples (t-fifth, 9).
Graduate Morgan Huey picked up the academic honor for the second straight season. Huey was named to an All-PAC team for the fifth time in her career in a third position. She earned all-conference honors as a shortstop in 2021, a utility player in 2022 and 2023, and as a catcher in 2024 and 2025.
She was one of 22 qualifying players nationally to not get caught stealing. Huey was ninth nationally in sacrifice flies and 18th nationally with 17 doubles. She was ranked fourth in the PAC with 40 runs scored.
The graduate student finished her career ranked in the top 10 in program history in doubles (first, 55), at-bats (first, 600), hits (second, 209), stolen bases (second, 76), RBI (third, 118), runs scored (fourth, 125), and triples (fifth, nine).
Junior Katelyn Ziems also became a two-time academic honoree, while sophomore Victoria Wehrberger was named Academic All-District for the first time in her career.
Ziems appeared in 16 games with 13 starts in the circle, posting a 5-3 record. Wehrberger hurled 57 innings over 16 appearances with seven starts, posting a 4-3 record with one save.
This article was written by Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Jayson Ameer Rasheed. If you believe there are mistakes in information-- or have a separate thought relating to the event in the article -- please email ameer.rasheed@bethanywv.edu for any corrections/comments.
