She’s been an All-American, a Gold Glove second baseman, a Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and an All-Pac-12 first team softball player, but perhaps the most impressive thing about Arizona second baseman Allie Skaggs is that she’s a true student-athlete in both the old-fashioned sense and in the modern NIL era. The Pac-12 recognized that by naming Skaggs the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year on Thursday.
Skaggs is majoring in journalism with an eye toward working in video and social media. She will miss her graduation ceremony while playing in the Pac-12 Softball Tournament, but head coach Caitlin Lowe said that the seniors got to celebrate their graduation at the CATSYS ceremony that was held last week.
Skaggs will graduate with a 3.91 GPA. She was named an NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete and CSC Academic All-District last year. She is also a three-time Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll recipient.
On the field, Arizona was named All-Pac-12 first team this year for the second straight season. She has been an All-Pac-12 honoree three times.
She became the third Arizona softball player to win the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year award, joining Kelsey Rodriguez in 2014 and Jessie Harper in 2021.