Allen named Academic All-American

Allen named Academic All-American
July 8, 2025

McLennan Softball's Trinity Allen is one of only 20 student-athletes from across the nation named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America® Women's At-Large Team in the College Division selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC).

Allen received an Associate of Arts in General Academics in May, graduating with Highest Honors and a 4.00 GPA. The first baseman from Cypress appeared in 59 of the Highlanders' 60 games as sophomore, recording a .481 batting average with 21 doubles, two triples, 23 home runs and 95 RBI.

Allen recorded 28 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games. She drove in a season-best eight runs versus Hill College and knocked in six at Vernon and Weatherford College. Allen finished the season ranked fourth in home runs, fifth in total bases (184), sixth in RBI, seventh in slugging and eighth in on-base percentage.

In addition to the earning the NJCAA Division I and National Fastpitch Coaches Association's (NFCA) Player of the Year honors, Allen holds a slew of other awards. She is a two-time North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) First-Team All-Conference selection, the NTJCAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year (freshman), the NTJCAC Most Valuable Player (sophomore), a two-time NJCAA Region V All-Region selection, a two-time NFCA & NJCAA First-Team All-American, and a two-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner. She was a NJCAA All-Academic Team First-Team selection in 2024 and will receive the same honor later this summer.

Allen leaves McLennan with career records for hits (190), home runs (47) and batting average (.541). She will continue her athletics and academic career at Wichita State University in the fall, majoring in kinesiology.

The College Division at-large teams honored 20 student-athletes with three members of the first team holding perfect 4.00 GPAs. In all, seven of the 20 members have 4.00 GPAs, and the 13-member first team has a 3.82 cumulative GPA.
 
For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.