PROVO, Utah--Senior shortstop JC Clayton and former Cougar outfielder and second baseman, Delaney Willard and Stacie Toney, were honored Tuesday at the men's basketball game for their All-American awards. The three players earned All-American accolades for their 45-win season in 2012, where they won the Western Athletic tournament championship and went onto the team's eight-straight postseason tournament. Clayton and Willard are just two of the nine softball All-Americans in Cougar history, while Toney is just the second Academic All-American to represent BYU softball. 

JC Clayton

• Easton Second-Team All-American
• NFCA All-Region First Team
• All-WAC First Team
• Named BYU Offensive Player of the Year by team coaches
• Only player in the nation ranked in the top-25 in all of the following national categories (final regular season):
  #5 Hits (73)
  #22 Runs scored (50)
  #23 Batting average (.427)
  #25 Triples (4)

Stacie Toney

• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• NFCA All-Region Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team
• WAC Scholar-Athlete 
• All-WAC Tournament MVP
• All-WAC Tournament Team
• Second player in BYU history to be named Academic All-America

Delaney Willard

• NFCA First-Team All-American
• Easton First-Team All-American
• National Player of the Year Top-25 Finalist
• WAC Player of the Year
• NFCA All-Region First Team
• All-WAC First Team
• All-WAC Tournament Team
• Named Team MVP by the BYU coaching staff

The Cougar softball team received votes in the final polls released today after reaching the championship game of the NCAA Eugene Regional and finishing with a 45-15 record this past season.

In the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll BYU garnered 12 votes to finish ranked No. 30 while getting four votes to finish tied for No. 37 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll.

BYU's 45 wins on the season tied for second-most in program history were the 13th-most victories of any team in the NCAA this year. The Cougars also finished in the top-15 nationally in double plays per game (10th), batting average (11th), scoring (12th) and win percentage (14th).

BYU's highest final ranking in program history is No. 15 at the end of the 2010 season.