2002 Softball All-Conference Teams Announced
Mackey and Moreau of
Tufts Earn Top Honors
HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior shortstop
Jen Mackey and senior pitcher Jodie Moreau of conference champion
Tufts were named the 2002 NESCAC Softball Player of the Year and
2002 NESCAC Softball Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
Mackey, a repeat first-team
selection, led the conference in hitting with a .471 average with
league-best totals of 49 hits and 38 runs. Moreau went 3-0 in the
NESCAC championship tournament to give her a 19-1 record and 0.52
earned run average. A second-team All-American, Moreau yielded just
73 hits in over 123 innings, with 13 walks and 111 strikeouts.
Three other Tufts players were
named to the first team. Junior catcher Lis Drake earned
all-conference first team honors for the third consecutive year
after hitting .343 with nine home runs and 36 runs batted in.
Senior first baseman Tiffany Trahan was named to the first team for
the second year in a row. She hit .353 with six home runs and 34
runs batted in. Sophomore outfielder Julie Fox earned first-team
accolades after hitting .364 with 32 runs batted in.
Kristie Miller of Bowdoin and
Lauren Peloquin of Amherst were repeat first-team selections.
Miller, a senior first baseman, hit .398, while Peloquin posted a
1.87 earned run average while striking out 165 hitters in 165
innings. Miller helped lead the Polar Bears to a spot in the NESCAC
tournament. Peloquin, the 2001 NESCAC Pitcher of the Year, led the
Jeffs into the conference championship tournament.
Juniors Katharine Baldwin and
Kristin Massimiano of conference runner-up Williams earned
first-team All-NESCAC honors. Baldwin finished 13-9 with a 1.80
earned run average on the mound and also played first base, hitting
.358 for the season. Massimiano, a centerfielder, hit .351.
Rounding out the first team were
sophomore first baseman Gina Scribner of Amherst and junior
outfielder Kristi Royer of Bowdoin. Scribner led the Jeffs with a
.406 batting average, including 10 doubles. Royer hit .396 in 35
games for the Polar Bears.
First-year outfielder Courtney
Bongiolatti of Tufts was named the 2002 NESCAC Rookie of the Year.
She batted .397 with five home runs, 10 doubles, and 23 runs
scored. Tufts Head Coach Kris Talon was named NESCAC Softball Coach
of the Year for leading the Jumbos to their second consecutive
conference title and sixth straight trip to the NCAA Division III
Championship tournament.
2002 NESCAC Softball All-Conference
Team
Pos
| First Team
| Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| P/1B
| Katharine Baldwin
| Williams
| Jr.
| Yantic, Conn.
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| C
| Lis Drake
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Chelmsford, Mass.
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| OF
| Julie Fox
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Willow Springs, Ill.
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| SS
| Jen Mackey
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Swampscott, Mass.
|
| CF
| Kristin Massimiano
| Williams
| Jr.
| Pittsfield, Mass.
|
| 1B
| Kristie Miller
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| New Canaan, Conn.
|
| P
| Jodie Moreau
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Clarksburg, Mass.
|
| P
| Lauren Peloquin
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Berkley, Mass.
|
| OF
| Kristi Royer
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Lewiston, Maine
|
| 1B
| Gina Scribner
| Amherst
| So.
| Star, Idaho
|
| 1B
| Tiffany Trahan
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Chelmsford, Mass.
|
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| Pos
| Second Team
|
Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
|
| OF
| Kim Chadwick
| Colby
| Sr.
| Gardiner, Maine
|
| C
| Cami Dyson
| Bates
| So.
| Arvada, Colo.
|
| CF
| Christina Freyer
| Middlebury
| So.
| Denver, Colo.
|
| SS
| Jessica Hartley
| Williams
| Sr.
| La Costa, Calif.
|
SS
| Laura Heath
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Windsor, Conn.
|
| P
| Katherine Hunter
| Trinity
| Fr.
| Ross, Calif.
|
| 2B
| Gisele Pinck
| Williams
| Sr.
| Luzerne, Switzerland
|
| OF
| Karen Pogonowski
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Newport, N.Y.
|
| P
| Jessie Poulin
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Hampden, Maine
|
| 3B
| Emily Rizza
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Pennington, N.J.
|
| C
| Katie Sheridan
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Marblehead, Mass.
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| Player of the Year
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| SS
| Jen Mackey
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Swampscott, Mass.
|
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| Pitcher of the Year
|
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|
| P
| Jodie Moreau
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Clarksburg, Mass.
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| Rookie of the Year
|
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| OF
| Courtney Bongiolatti
| Tufts
| Fr.
| Locust, N.J.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Kris Talon
| Tufts
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