Conway, Ark. (May 14, 2025) - On Wednesday, the Southern Athletic Association named its 2025 SAA Outdoor Track and Field major award winners, with Hendrix's B Adams garnering Rookie of the Year honors.

Adams puts on a bow on a remarkable freshman campaign that saw her make several podium finishes and set a new program record.

On the first day of the 2025 SAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Sewanee, Adams placed second in the women's hammer throw with a 45.40m mark, which broke the previous school record in that event. She followed that up with a first-place finish in the women's discus with a 42.93m hurl, which was just under one meter shy of the program record set by Madelyn Klinkerman in 2022. With her first-place finish in the women's discus, Adams clinched a career-first All-Conference first team selection.

Adams is the first women's track and field major award winner since Klinkerman was named the 2021 SAA Women's Field Athlete of the Year. keeps Hendrix's run of female major award winners going after women's basketball's Riley Brady, women's cross country's Anna Cantrell, and women's lacrosse's Addey Bolz were all named SAA Newcomer of the Year in their respective sports for the 2023-24 season.

Adams will have another chance to make a grand first impression in 2025-26 as Hendrix moves to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference as a full-time member effective July 1 of this year.