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Graham, Caplinger named First Team All-Mid-South Conference
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Tyra Graham was selected as one of the members of the First Team All-Mid-South Conference. She is one of the local atheletes playing for Cumberland.

A pair of local collegiate athletes have been honored by the Mid-South Conference in their annual conference softball awards ceremony.

Cumberland’s Tyra Graham and Kayley Caplinger earned First Team All-Mid-South Conference honors while Morgan Arndt, Imani Torregano and Tawnee Hegre were voted Second Team All-MSC, as announced by the league office during a pre-tournament banquet recently in Bowling Green, Ky. The Phoenix was eliminated this past week from its conference tournament, ending their season.

At the time of the award, Graham is batting .426, second in the Mid-South Conference, and led the league in almost every offensive statistical category. The Smithville native ranks second nationally in runs scored (59), fourth in hits (81), ninth in stolen bases (34) and 14th in doubles (18). The sophomore has 14 multi-hit and 15 multi-run contests this season while batting leadoff but has driven in 36 runs, adding eight home runs.

Caplinger is tied for second in the club with a .333 batting average, posting nine doubles, two home runs and 48 RBIs (third-best in the MSC). The freshman is tied for the team lead with five multi-RBI contests. The Auburntown native has compiled a 15-7 mark with a 2.57 ERA in the circle for the Phoenix as well, tossing a team-leading 136.0 innings. She has registered 73 strikeouts in 26 appearances with five complete games.