The news was so good, Allison Pingel's dad thought something was wrong.
Pingel was recently selected as an NJCAA softball first team All-American after a record-breaking freshman season.
"The first thing I did, I lit up. My smile was ear to ear and my eyes filled up," Pingel said.
"My first reaction was to call my dad because I was in shock. I was unbelieveably surprised," Pingel said.
"What's wrong," her dad asked, hearing an emotional daughter.
But then Pingel relayed the exciting news.
"I think he was a little more excited than I was ... Truly I couldn't have done any of it without him," said Pingel, who added that the two were anticipating the news release so much that the NJCAA website was the top visited place on both of their phones.
Three Rivers sophomore Randi Scruggs was selected as a third team All-American despite missing the final six games of the season because of a knee injury. Both players are from Farmington and have played on the same team for years.
"It was nice to see that all of our hard work together had finally paid off," Pingel said.
Added Three Rivers coach Jeff Null, "They deserved it. I was hoping we would get three on there. I thought Summer (Shockley) had a good chance, as well."
Additionally, softball players Gracie King, Kabrien Rogers and Kari Hatridge were Academic All-Americans as the softball team finished with a 3.1 team GPA.
"You wish all of them would make it, but having three, that is a pretty good number," Null said. "We are proud of all of them."
Pingel, who played first base for Three Rivers, hit 21 home runs, shattering the previous Three Rivers single-season record of 15 and putting her just one home run shy of the career record. She was the second freshman in Three Rivers history to hit at least 10 home runs in a season, and hit nine more than any other freshman in school history.
"As a freshman, I just really didn't know what the numbers and the stats were going to take to become a first team All-American," said Pingel, who intends to return to Three Rivers for her sophomore season and sign with a four-year school before the spring season starts.
Pingel also broke the single-season RBI and slugging percentage records. She hit 84 RBIs, breaking Lauren Reinagel's 2012 record of 62, and finished with an .864 slugging percentage to top Jennifer Rains' 1992 record of .726.
"She had a heck of a year," Null said.
Pingel's .455 batting average was good for fourth all-time and led the team, giving her the Three Rivers triple crown.
Scruggs, who signed to play at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., next year, stole 46 bases and scored 61 runs to lead the team. She was caught stealing twice. The speedy center fielder also had six of Three Rivers' 15 triples and finished her career two triples shy of both the single-season and career records.
"And she missed her last six games," Null said.
Scruggs hit leadoff all season and had a .409 batting average and a .464 on-base percentage to go with nine doubles and two home runs. She struck out just eight times, matching Lindsey Elfrink for the fewest of any Lady Raider with at least 35 at bats.
Defensively, Scruggs went all season without an error and had 58 putouts and three assists.
Among the academic All-Americans, Hatcher and King both had a 4.0 GPA to make the first team. Kabrien Rogers was selected to the third team, which requires a 3.6-3.79 GPA. Null said Rogers got a full-ride scholarship to Missouri Valley in part because of her academics.
Three Rivers baseball also had three players earn Academic All-American status in Michael Anagnostopoulos (first team), Hunter Gautreaux (third team) and Jared Moses (third team). Men's basketball had one player in Chris Stocks (third team).