CIAA Places 11 on All Region Softball Team
May 10, 2007
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association placed 11 players on the Daktronics 2007 NCAA Division II Softball All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team, as selected by the region's sports informations directors. Four players each from Bowie State and North Carolina Central joined two players from Saint Paul's and one from Virginia State on the team.
Bowie State sophomores Tricia Corbin (Glen Burnie, MD) and Tiffany Toney (Abilene, Texas) along with junior Erin Gray (Pasadena, MD) were named to the Daktronics Mid-Atlantic Region First Team and sophomore Heather Enders was a Second Team selection. Toney, Corbin and Gray are 1, 2 and 3 in team batting average and Enders leads BSU's pitchers with a 13-2 record.
NCCU sophomore third baseman Sophia Blue (Hope Mills, N.C.) sophomore catcher Francheska Pittman (Plymouth, N.C.), and freshman utility player Michelle Ishida (San Gabriel, Calif.) were all named to the All-Region First Team, while sophomore pitcher Stacey Greene ( Detroit, Mich.) was picked to the All-Region Second Team.
Blue, a two-time All-CIAA First Team selection and the 2006 CIAA Rookie of the Year, currently leads the nation in hitting (.510 batting average), runs scored (1.79 per game) and triples (0.36 per game). Among NCAA Division II leaders, she is also ranked third in stolen bases (46), eighth in slugging percentage (.864) and second in toughest to strikeout.
Pittman, a repeat All-CIAA First Team honoree, ranks third on the team and 21st in the nation with a .429 batting average. She has also collected 39 runs scored, 29 runs batted in and six home runs, while throwing out 13 would-be base stealers.
Ishida, an All-CIAA Second Team representative and this season's CIAA Rookie of the Year, ranks 10th in the nation with a conference-high 17 doubles and boasts a team-high 56 RBI. She is currently batting .411 with 46 runs scored.
Greene, an All-CIAA First Team pick, tops the league with 17 wins and 128 strikeouts. She has a 2.51 earned run average and has held opponents to a .235 batting average in 153.1 innings of work.
VSU's Beckstead, a freshman pitcher/infielder from Saint George, Utah, led the Lady Trojans with eight pitching victories in 2007.
Beckstead, who tossed four shutouts this season, had an earned run average of 4.39.
The freshman, who also playes infield, also batted .439 with ninoubles and was a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts.
2007 Mid-Atlantic Region Softball - First Team
| Pitchers | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Kaitlin Arbogast | FR | Kutztown University | Ambler, PA |
| Kristin Erb | JR | Lock Haven University | Reading, PA |
| Ashley Lynn | JR | Bloomsburg University | Riverside, PA |
| Catcher | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Francheska Pittman | SO | North Carolina Central | Plymouth, NC |
| 1B | |||
| Name | CL | School | Hometown |
| Steph Denlinger | SO | Kutztown University | Harleysville, PA |
| 2B | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Erin Gray | JR | Bowie State University | Pasadena, MD |
| 3B | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Sophia Blue | SO | North Carolina Central | Hope Mills, NC |
| SS | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Tiffany Toney | SO | Bowie State University | Abilene, TX |
| OF | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Tricia Corbin | SO | Bowie State University | Glen Burnie, MD |
| Nikki Shiko | FR | Bloomsburg University | Kulpmont, PA |
| Adriane Willmer | SR | Kutztown University | Kitchener, ONT |
| Utility | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Michelle Ishida | FR | North Carolina Central | San Gabriel, CA |
| Designated Hitter | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| None nominated |
Mid-Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year: Kristin Erb Lock Haven
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Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year: Steph Denlinger Kutztown
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2007 Mid-Atlantic Region - Second Team
| Pitchers | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Kjirsten Beckstead | FR | Virginia State University | Saint George, UT |
| Heather Enders | SO | Bowie State University | Glen Burnie, MD |
| Stacey Greene | SO | North Carolina Central | Detroit, MI |
| Catcher | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Amanda Roosa | SO | Lock Haven University | Pompton Lakes, NJ |
| 1B | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Jessica Kortz | FR | Slippery Rock University | Charleston, WV |
| 2B | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Devin Glezen | JR | Lock Haven University | Hallstead, PA |
| 3B | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Krista Cameron | SO | Kutztown University | Formosa, ONT |
| SS | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Stacey Rhoades | JR | Slippery Rock University | South Park, PA |
| OF | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Stephanie Gray | FR | Saint Paul's College | Emporia, VA |
| Julie Popovich | SO | Lock Haven University | Lemont, PA |
| Farrah Sells | JR | Saint Paul's College | Ranco Cardova, CA |
| Utility | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| Ashley Fitzgerald | SO | Kutztown University | Kitchener, ONT |
| Designated Hitter | |||
| Name | Cl | School | Hometown |
| None nominated |
