LOUISVILLE. KY. – Senior Ashley Perez and sophomore Tatum Goff have both been named 2022 NFCA First Team All-Americans as announced by the organization on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The two All-American distinctions are the 30^th and 31^st All-American honors earned by the UT Tyler softball program in their 18^th season of competition after the program's inaugural season in 2005. UT Tyler was one of eight programs with two honorees and joined the Augustana as the only programs with multiple first teamers. 

Ashley Perez was also named the 2022 Diamond Sports/NFCA DIvision II Catcher of the Year, becoming just the fifth three-time honoree of the award dating back to the inception of the award in 1997 after claiming the 2018 and 2019 version of the award at the Division III level.  Perez was selected as a Top 25 finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Player of the Year as well.

The NFCA All-America teams are voted on by the Association's All-America Committees. In Division II, the committee is comprised of one member head coach from each of the NCAA's eight regions. All student-athletes that were voted to the first- and second-team All-Region teams were eligible for All-America consideration.
 
Perez and Goff were both cornerstone pieces to the Patriot's 47-7 record in 2022 that include their second straight Lone Star Conference Regular Season Championship, a South Central Region Title, and a berth into the 2022 NCAA Division II World Series in the program's first season of postseason eligibility at the Division II level. UT Tyler has been ranked as the no. 1 team in the country according to the NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll in 13 out of the 14 regular season editions of the poll, and have been selected as the unanimous no. 1 ranked team in eight of those weeks.
 
Perez is now a four-time NFCA All-American after earning second team honors last season and a pair of Division III First Team honors in 2018 and 2019. The Pflugerville, Texas native earned NFCA First Team All-South Central Region and All-LSC First Team honors in 2022, her second consecutive season earning both first team accolades.
 
She leads UT Tyler with a .444 batting average in 2022 and stands as the NCAA Division II active leader in career RBI (223) and doubles (75). Perez has established herself as one of the most decorated position players in the history of UT Tyler softball, breaking the all-time career record for hits (265), homeruns (43), RBI (223), doubles (75), slugging percentage (.768) and total bases (471).
 
The senior has elevated her game in the Patriot's first Division II postseason appearance, going 12-for-23 from the plate for a .522 batting average in the eight Regional and Super Regional contests for the Patriots.
 
Goff earns her inaugural First Team All-American honor as a redshirt-sophomore in the program after transferring from the University of Kansas. She led the Patriots with a 1.61 ERA for the season in the circle, striking out 133 batters in 117.2 innings pitched.
 
Goff also made an impact for the Patriots at the plate with a .394 season batting average, third best on the club, and leads the team with a .549 on-base percentage. She has been especially effective at the plate during the postseason run for UT Tyler, batting .480 with a team-high 13 RBI in the eight Regional and Super Regional contests for the Patriots.
 
The Rusk, Texas native has recorded an RBI in 11 straight games leading into the NCAA Division II World Series, and allowed just five earned runs in her seven appearances in the circle. Goff is 5-0 in postseason play, tossing four complete games to lead the Patriots to their first appearance in the Division II World Series.
 
Perez and Goff will take the field alongside the rest of their fellow Patriots in game one of the 2022 NCAA Division II World Series in Denver, Colo. tomorrow afternoon in game one against Cal State Dominguez Hills at 12 p.m. CST.