Softball’s Stewart, Martinez garner CSC Academic All-America honors

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Softball juniors Katie Stewart and Viviana Martinez had been named to the College Sports Communicators’ (CSC) Academic All-America groups. Stewart was tabbed to the primary crew whereas Martinez landed on the third crew.

Stewart is a repeat tutorial all-America honoree after incomes a spot on the 2025 CSC Academic All-America Second Team. Martinez is a first-time tutorial all-America choice. Stewart is the second Longhorn in program historical past and the primary since Nikki Cockrell in 1998 to obtain first-team tutorial All-America reward. Stewart and Cockrell are the one gamers in program historical past to garner a number of tutorial all-America honors. Texas’ two tutorial All-America honorees this 12 months match this system’s finest, which was set in 2000.

Stewart and Martinez had been key items in Texas’ back-to-back Women’s College World Series Championships after the Horns took residence the trophy once more in 2026. Texas swept Texas Tech in two video games within the WCWS Championship Series on June 3-4. It’s this system’s second total nationwide title. Texas has appeared within the WCWS Championship Series in 4 of the final 5 years. The Longhorns gained the 2026 SEC Tournament title – this system’s’ first SEC Tournament crown and the fifth total convention event championship.

Stewart is a Corporate Communication main and boasts a 3.54 cumulative GPA throughout her three years on the Forty Acres. Martinez holds a 3.91 cumulative GPA throughout 4 years as a Applied Movement Science main at Texas.

Stewart provides her CSC First-Team All-America choice to a protracted listing of honors this season, together with SEC Player of the Year, top-10 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, First-Team All-American reward from D1Softball and Softball America, WCWS All-Tournament Team recognition and First-Team All-SEC choice. Stewart completed the season with a single-season program document 31 residence runs after slashing .429/.989/.555 with 78 hits and a team-high 79 RBI. Stewart recorded a .977 fielding share and helped flip 15 double performs at first base.

Martinez slashed .379/.525/.438 with 67 hits, 47 RBI, three residence runs and 31 runs scored. The Tolleson, Ariz., native posted the second-most doubles on the crew with 15 and struck out simply 11 instances – the fewest of Texas’ beginning lineup. Martinez tallied a .962 fielding share at shortstop and helped flip eight double performs. Martinez was a First-Team All-SEC and NFCA First-Team All-Central Region honoree. She landed on the SEC All-Tournament Team and picked up SEC Player of the Week on April 21.

Texas Softball Academic All-Americans

2026 – Katie Stewart (First Team)

2026 – Viviana Martinez (Third Team)

2025 – Katie Stewart (Second Team)

2012 – Lexy Bennett (Third Team)

2003 – Cat Osterman (Third Team)

2000 – Kathleen Richter (Second Team)

2000 – Keely Franks (Third Team)

1999 – Nikki Cockrell (Third Team)

1998 – Nikki Cockrell (First Team)