The Wayne State University softball program had eight GLIAC All-Academic Excellence recipients for the 2020 season, which tied for the most in school history. WSU had 10 total All-Academic honorees (eight Excellence, two Academic), which marks the seventh straight year the Warriors have had at least 10 student-athletes receive All-Academic accolades from the league office. Wayne State has had 105 GLIAC All-Academic honorees over head coach Gary Bryce's last 10 seasons at the helm, and 175 recipients of academic laurels in the last 18 years.

Of those 10, six are originally from Canada.

Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 were seniors Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont. / Guelph C.V.I.) and Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont. / St. David Catholic S.S.), juniors Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont. / St. Mary's) and Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont. / Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic) and redshirt sophomore Emily Dodge (Burlington, Ont. / Dr. Frank J. Hayden S.S.),

Clayton (Nursing), and Turkalj (Neurosciences) received Excellence Team honors for the third consecutive season, while Kressler (Kinesiology) and Psenicka (Kinesiology) garnered All-Academic Excellence honors for the second consecutive season. Dodge (Kinesiology) improved from the All-Academic Team in 2019, to the All-Academic Excellence squad in 2020.

Collecting GLIAC All-Academic honors for achieving a cumulative GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 was senior Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont. / John F. Ross C.V.I.). This is Adams (Kinesiology) third-straight All-Academic honor.

Wayne State set a school record during the 2019-20 academic year with 206 GLIAC All-Academic honorees shattering the previous mark of 186 set during the 2016-17 academic year.

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