AUBURN, Ala. – Five members of the No. 11/12 University of Missouri softball team earned 2024 All-SEC honors; the league announced Friday. Jenna Laird, Alex Honnold and Abby Hay were named to the All-SEC Second Team while pitcher Laurin Krings and right fielder Kayley Lenger nabbed spots on the SEC All-Defensive Team.
For Mizzou, it’s the most All-SEC selections since eight in 2021 (also had three All-SEC selections and two SEC All-Defensive Team picks that season).
Jenna Laird was named to her third-straight All-SEC Second Team (four-time All-SEC player) Friday. The SEC postseason honor is her seventh in her career at Mizzou.
The Tigers leadoff hitter from East Meadow, New York, hit .282 during the SEC season, with 22 hits, 14 runs, eight RBI, four doubles and five stolen bases.
Laird paces Mizzou this season with 20 multi-hit games and has gone on a 17-game reached base streak (nine-game hitting streak). She also has posted five multi-RBI games.
Overall, the senior shortstop, ranks in the top-10 in the SEC for runs (49, seventh, 0.89 runs/game, seventh), hits (60, eighth), stolen bases (17, eighth), plate appearances (209, fourth) and at bats (172, 10th). She ranks second on Mizzou in 2024 with a .349 batting average with 10 doubles, 49 runs and 27 RBI in 2024.
She has started and appeared in 235 consecutive games (all 55 games in 2024).
Alex Honnold was selected to her second-straight All-SEC Second Team.
Honnold was second on Mizzou during conference play, hitting .288 with 21 hits, 13 runs, 11 RBI, five doubles and two homers. She also compiled a .438 slugging percentage (.376 on-base percentage) with six stolen bases.
The senior center fielder from West Des Moines, Iowa, ranked 11th in the SEC with a .358 batting average with a Mizzou single-season record, conference best 21 doubles (sixth in the NCAA) in 2024. Honnold also totaled 62 hits (sixth in the SEC) and 43 runs (eighth in the SEC) with a .590 slugging percentage. Defensively, she has posted a .976 fielding percentage in the outfield.
She ranks second on MU with 17 multi-hit games. Honnold also paces Mizzou with eight multi-RBI games. She has also gone on a 15-game reached base streak (12-game hitting streak) in 2024.
Honnold has also grabbed 14 stolen bases. She is the fifth toughest SEC batter to strikeout (15.5) and has…
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