Cleveland, OH-The Horizon League announced its all-league teams for the 2024 softball season and Cleveland State is well represented. Four student-athletes earned postseason recognition with two named to the first team and two on the second team. 

Melissa Holzopfel becomes the first student-athlete to be named to the first team as both a pitcher and a position player. Holzopfel finished the season with strong numbers in both pitching and hitting categories. She leads the league in strikeouts with 117 and is second among league participants with a 1.84 ERA. Opponents hit just .186 against her which was good for the third-best mark in the league. Offensively, she finished with a .382 batting average in league play, while ranking third in the league with 23 RBI and eighth with a .632 slugging percentage. 

Brooke Albaugh was also named to the first team after hitting .402 in league games, which ranks eighth among all eligible position players. Albaugh led the league in runs scored with 25 and in doubles with 12. She ranks second with a .671 slugging percentage and fifth with a 1.122 OPS. 

Emma Gilkerson and Becky Hurosky each earned second-team all-league honors. Gilkerson finished with a .391 batting average in league play. Gilkerson ranks third in the league with a .500 on-base percentage and fourth with a .656 slugging percentage. Hurosky finished the season with a .385 batting average while driving in 17 runs and scoring seven times. 

The Vikings are set to compete in the Horizon League Softball Tournament this week at Youngstown State. Cleveland State is the no. 3 seed and takes on no. 6 seed IUPUI in the first round tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.