South Alabama’s Olivia Lackie was named Sun Belt Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year in league awards announced Tuesday.

In addition, the Jaguars’ Becky Clark was selected as Sun Belt Coach of the Year. The award is the second straight and third all-time for Clark, who is in her 19th year at South Alabama.

Lackie, a junior from Walker, La., is 20-6 with a 1.58 ERA and 201 strikeouts this season. She has been named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year six times in 2023.

Lackie is South Alabama’s first-ever Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year. She has set the program’s single-season record with shutouts this season with 12, and also holds the program career record with 31.

Clark led the Jaguars to a program-record 20 Sun Belt Conference wins this season, in addition to a 38-13 overall record. The Jaguars opens Sun Belt tournament play as the No. 3 seed, facing No. 6 James Madison at 11 a.m. Thursday in Lafayette, La.

Lackie was one of three Jaguars who earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors, along with third baseman Meredith Keel and right fielder Victoria Ortiz. Pitcher Jenna Hardy and center fielder Mackenzie Brasher were chosen to the second-team.

Keel, a senior from Ashville, Ohio, leads the team in hits (54), walks (23) and runs (42), along with a .348/.429/.484 batting line, 10 doubles, three home runs and 29 RBIs. Ortiz, a senior from Mobile, leads the Jaguars in batting average (.361), slugging percentage (.646), home run (9) and RBIs (49).

Hardy, a senior from Whitehouse, Ohio, is 17-7 with a 1.62 ERA and 136 strikeouts as the Jaguars’ No. 2 pitcher. Brasher, a senior from Orange Beach, is hitting .306 with 38 runs scored and 25 steals.

Here are the 2023 Sun Belt Conference softball awards:

Player of the Year: Karly Heath, OF, Louisiana

Pitcher of the Year: Olivia Lackie, South Alabama

Newcomer of the Year: Sydney Bickel, SS, Marshall

Freshman of the Year: Mihyia Davis, OF, Louisiana

Coach of the Year: Becky Clark, South Alabama

First-team All-Sun Belt

P: Olivia Lackie, South Alabama

P: Sydney Nester, Marshall

P: Jessica Mullins, Texas State

C: Autumn Owen, Marshall

1B: Hannah Shifflett, James Madison

1B: Lauren Allred, Louisiana

2B: KK Mathis, James Madison

3B: Meredith Keel, South Alabama

SS: Sydney Bickel, Marshall

OF: Karly Heath, Louisiana

OF: Mihyia Davis, Louisiana

OF: Victoria Ortiz, South Alabama

OF: Alex Coleman, Marshall

OF: Grace Chelemen, Marshall

DP: Iyania De Jesus, Coastal Carolina

Second-team All-Sun Belt

P: Meghan Schorman, Louisiana

P: Jenna Hardy, South Alabama

P: Sam Landry, Louisiana

P: Leanna Johnson, Troy

C: Sophie Piskos, Louisiana

C: Hannah Borden, Southern Miss

1B: Libby Baker, Troy

2B: Taylor McKinney, Troy

3B: Sara Vanderford, Texas State

SS: Alexa Langeliers, Louisiana

OF: Emily Brown, Georgia State

OF: Mackenzie Brasher, South Alabama

OF: Kayt Houston, Appalachian State

OF: Emma Davis, Georgia Southern

OF: Diamond Williams, Coastal Carolina

DP: Kelly Horne, Troy