No. 24 Softball Receives Four NFCA All-Region Selections
STARKVILLE, Miss. (May 20, 2010) – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region teams and senior shortstop Christie Softy (Floral Park, N.Y.), senior outfielder Melissa Medina (Levittown, N.Y.) ,junior pitcher Sarah Kiser (Arnold, Md.) and sophomore utility player Rogin Hardy were selected, as voted on by the region's coaches committee.
Softy and Medina were both named to the First Team while Kiser and Rogin were Second Team selections.
Softy, a three-time Player of the Week selection, broke C.W. Post's career records in homeruns (48), doubles (56), RBI (216), games played and games started (235). In 2010, she compiled a .367 batting average to rank sixth in the ECC and lead the conference in slugging percentage (.728), homeruns (17) and runs batted in (67). Softy knocked out at least one home run in a stretch of seven games earlier this season which set a new NCAA record. In her four-year career as a Pioneer, Softy has been named a NFCA First Team All-American, ECAC All-Star, a three-time All-Region selection as well as a four-time All-Conference and Daktronics First Team selection.
Medina led the team in batting average (.409), hits (76) and runs scored (51). She broke the school's hits record (294) hits over a span of four years. Medina is a four-time ECC First Team selection and NFCA All-Region selection.
Kiser compiled an overall record of 21-8 this season and broke the school's single-season strikeout record (238) previously set by Darlene Crowe in 1981. She held batters to a .208 batting average and recorded seven complete shutouts and one save. Kiser is a two-time Daktronics All-Region and All-ECC selection.
Hardy was named ECC Rookie of the Week twice this season and is second on the team in batting with a .384 batting average, driving in 32 runs on 61 hits, including 10 doubles and one home run, while coming around to score 38 times.
C.W. Post, under the guidance of head coach Jamie Apicella, finished the season with an overall record of 41-16 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight season.
East Region First Team
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Pos.
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Name
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School
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P
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Breanne Gleason
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New Haven
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P
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Jess Stavola
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Dowling
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C
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Emily Slack
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Dowling
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1B
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Kyrie Timbrook
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Caldwell
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2B
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Lauren Mediros
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Assumption
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3B
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Nicole Downs
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New Haven
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SS
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Christy Softy
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C.W. Post
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OF
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C.W. Post
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OF
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Jeana Frey
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Molloy
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OF
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Rochelle Noren
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Adelphi
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DP
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Stephanie Tarango
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Dowling
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UT/Pitcher
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Molloy
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UT/Non-Pitcher
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Julie Plante
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Dominican (NY)
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Second Team
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Pos.
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Name
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School
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P
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C.W. Post
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P
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Kelley Jansen
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Molloy
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C
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Khristle Lee
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Southern Connecticut State
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1B
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Molloy
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2B
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Kristin Whitley
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Southern Connecticut State
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3B
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Brooklynn Fields
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NYIT
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SS
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Megan Caporossi
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Southern Connecticut State
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OF
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Brittany Bucko
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Southern Connecticut State
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OF
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Katie Brophy
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Adelphi
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OF
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Kelly Ryan
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Caldwell
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DP
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Brooke Hull
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Georgian Court
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UT/Pitcher
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Kerry Iacomini
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Southern Connecticut State
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UT/Non-Pitcher
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C.W. Post
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In other Athletic Department news, registration is still open for the C.W. Post Pioneer Sports Academy, a new summer athletic camp for children ages 7 to 17. C.W. Post's NCAA Division II varsity coaches will instruct participants in boys' lacrosse, baseball, football and basketball and girls' lacrosse, softball, basketball and field hockey. Each individual camp will be held over a one-week period, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at a cost of $450. Children will be grouped by age, skill level and experience.