Burnsville, Minn. – This afternoon, the Northern Sun Conference announced their All-NSIC teams and individual award winners for the softball season. Dana Zarn (Jr., UT, Winnipeg, Manitoba) was named to the All-NSIC Second Team, the lone Golden Eagle named to an NSIC team.
 
Zarn becomes the first Golden Eagle since 2018 to be named to an All-NSIC team since Gabriel Antolak was named to the second team.
 
Zarn finished the season hitting just below .300, at .298. Zarn finished the season especially strong, collecting two-hit games in three of her final eight games of 2022. The Winnipeg native was third on the team with her average, hits (36), doubles (11) and was second in RBI (33) and OPS (.920), as well as tied for second with five home runs. Zarn also led the Golden Eagles in assists with 73.
 
Zarn had games this year where she finished with a six RBI game (career-high), a five RBI game, four RBI game and a three RBI game. In the Golden Eagles first win over Concordia-St. Paul since 2002, the junior finished 3-5 with three four RBI and three runs scored.
 
Katie Crogan of Upper Iowa was named the Player of the Year in the NSIC, while Mackenzie Ward of Minnesota State University, Mankato was named the NSIC Pitcher of the Year. Augustana's Greta Melsted was named the NSIC Coach of the Year for the fifth time of her career.
 
Minnesota Crookston finished the season at 15-40, setting a record for most wins in program history and will enter 2022 in the second year under the direction of head coach Nick Weinmeister.