OKLAHOMA CITY -- Mid-America Christian University senior softball student-athletes Taryn Callender and Tiphani Napier have each been selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division winner, the organization released today (May 4).

Callender and Napier will now advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot, with voting set to begin on Tuesday, May 9.

To be eligible for this honor, the student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.3 grade-point average, be at least a sophomore athletically and have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's athletic contests.

Both natives of Ardmore, Okla., Callender has a 3.87 GPA in Early Childhood Education, while Napier has a 3.62 GPA with a major in Business Administration.

On the field, Napier is batting .415, on track for the best single-season batting average for the Evangels as an NAIA school. Callender is hitting .271 and is second on the team with 12 doubles.