AUSTIN, Texas – Minnesota State senior Joey Batt has been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American First Team for 2024 for her efforts on the hardwood and in the classroom.
 
Batt is the sixth Maverick in team history to earn CSC Academic All-American honors, joining Lynn Peterson (1980), Lori Klammer (1980 & 1982), Lisa Walters (1988), Emily Birkholz (2002) and Kelli Freeman (2005). Walters and Batt are the only two to make the Academic All-American First Team.
 
The senior guard is majoring in elementary education with minors in psychology and family & consumer science. At Minnesota State, she maintained a 3.97 GPA. Batt was one of four Mavericks named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
 
The New Ulm, Minnesota native led her team to a 30-2 record in games she participated and played a large role in helping the Mavericks win their second National Championship. Batt and the team went on a revenge tour in the postseason, defeating all three teams they lost to in the first five games, Fort Hays State, Southern Nazarene and finally Texas Woman's in the championship game, 89-73. She was named to the All-Tournament Team for her performance in the NCAA Elite Eight.
 
Batt raked in several awards this season. She was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in her career and was likewise named to the NSIC All-Conference First Team. She led MSU to its first ever conference tournament win and was named the Most Valuable Player of the NSIC Tournament. The Mavericks cruised through the NCAA Central Region Tournament and Batt was named the MVP of the regional tournament. She was named to the D2CCA All-Central Region First Team, a WBCA DII All-American and named to the D2CCA All-America Third Team.
 
Batt left her mark on Minnesota State women's basketball history. She is the all-time leader in steals with 381 and is second in scoring with 1,937 points scored in her career. She scored over 500 points in each of the last two seasons and had 117 steals in 2023-24, four behind the record that Barb Hood set in 1977-78. She finishes in fifth in career assists with 421. She tied the program record for steals in a game at Wayne State, recording 10 steals in the win.