TRAFFORD, Pa. (May 7) -- Thiel College Softball player Mackenzie Herman (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) was named to the All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Second Team while Kylie Heid (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) and Madison Hufford (Cortland, Ohio/Mathews) were selected to the Honorable Mention squad.
The All-PAC honor is the second in Herman's Thiel career as she was an Honorable Mention selection in 2025.
Herman capped her time in Greenville as the program's career home runs record holder with 13 while tying the single-season team record with six long balls in 2026, the fifth-most in the PAC.
The graduate standout drove in a career-high 25 runs, ranking in the top 20 of the conference, while posting the seventh-best slugging percentage in the league (.673). Herman also set career bests in batting average (.381), on-base percentage (.423) and doubles (nine). Her 76 total bases were the sixth-most in team history while her 1.096 OPS ranked 10th in the PAC and first on the team.
Heid is making her third appearance on an All-PAC squad after earning Honorable Mention recognition in 2023 and First-Team laurels in 2024.
On the Thiel career records list, Heid ranks second in triples (22), total bases (262) and walks (44) while sitting tied for second in home runs (11) and tied for third in runs scored (97). She also ranks fourth in career slugging percentage (.636), tied for fifth in doubles (35), ninth in batting average (.364) and RBIs (74) and tied for ninth in hits (150).
This season, Heid led Thiel in runs (31) and doubles (13) while ranking second on the team in slugging percentage (.612), total bases (74), home runs (four) and OPS (1.021). She drove in 19 runs while tying for the team lead with four triples.
Hufford is the first Thiel freshman catcher since Danielle Massengill in 2012 to earn All-PAC recognition.
She drove in 11 runs while batting .312 with a .746 OPS across 30 appearances. Hufford recorded 38 total bases while tallying seven doubles and one triple. Defensively, Hufford ranked second in the conference with eight runners caught stealing.
Thiel recorded 13 wins in 2026, highlighted by a thrilling 4-3 victory over eventual PAC champion Westminster on April 22 that snapped a 14-game series skid against the Titans.
