HICKORY, N.C. -- For the third straight year, SS Talon LaClair was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. LaClair is a Second Team selection after earning a First Team nod a year ago and a Third Team accolade in 2019. LaClair joins Traci Hyman as the only three-time Academic All-Americans in program history. 

LaClair earned a perfect 4.0 in mathematics and also has earned back-to-back SAC Elite 20 awards which honors the student-athlete with the top cumulative grade-point average in each of the league's 20 team championship sports. 

On the field, LaClair led the Bears with a .394 batting average and .480 on base percentage while playing in all 33 games. LaClair scored 18 runs and had nine doubles, one home run and 19 runs batted in.