In what has become an annual tradition, the University of Louisiana softball team racked up lots of hardware Wednesday night before the Sun Belt Conference Championships even began.

The Ragin' Cajuns claimed the top three honors and put five players on the All-Sun Belt first team announced Wednesday evening at a pre-tournament banquet hosted by Florida International in Miami.

To the surprise of no one, senior outfielder Danyele Gomez was honored for the second straight season as Player of the Year after winning the league's "triple crown." Senior pitcher Ashley Kirchberg, who led the Sun Belt in wins and ERA, was honored as Pitcher of the Year, and co-head coaches Stefni and Michael Lotief were honored as Coach of the Year.

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Dan McDonald
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