ST. LOUIS – Illinois State softball's Andrea Coursey (3B), Mack Leonard (UT/P) and Morgan Day (P) have been placed on the preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference squad, while the Redbirds were picked to finish second in a poll of the conference's head coaches, the league office announced on Tuesday.
With eight starters returning in 2021, the Redbirds tallied 87 points and two first-place votes in the preseason poll, behind Southern Illinois, who received 96 points and six first-place votes.