BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | The Gulf South Conference announced its 2023 season softball awards on Wednesday, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team garnered four All-GSC selections highlighted by freshman Katie Bracken as GSC Pitcher of the Year.
 
Bracken additionally was a First Team All-GSC honoree and was joined on the First Team by Lawren Hayes and Kinley Adams. Kaylee Vaught was also an All-GSC awardee as a Second Team representative, which is her second career all-conference honor.
 
A native of Decatur, Alabama, Bracken excelled in her first collegiate season with a GSC-leading 1.68 ERA over 112.1 innings pitched. She also generated a team-best 135 strikeouts, while limiting the opposition to a league-low .179 batting average.
 
She also ended the regular season with a 15-1 overall record, while recording two no-hitters throughout the 2023 campaign. Bracken is also the fifth Charger to earn GSC Pitcher of the Year in program history.
 
Adams enters the GSC tournament with a team-high .426 batting average to rank tied for fourth in the conference. Over 46 games, she has recorded 43 runs and 29 RBI while registering 17 multi-hit games.
 
Hayes has been the Chargers offensive leader overall throughout her sophomore season with a team-high 101 total bases from 13 doubles, seven triples and two home runs. She also batted .405 in 49 games out of the lead-off spot while plating a team-high 53 runs.
 
Vaught notched a team-high 42 RBI in the 2023 campaign, as she also batted .349 with 10 doubles, two triples and six home runs to rate second on the team with 83 total bases. She has now been an All-GSC performer in back to back seasons.
 
The Chargers look ahead to the start of the 2023 Gulf South Conference Softball Championships as the first seed against eighth-seeded West Florida on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Choccolocco Park.