2004 Softball All-Conference Teams Announced
Smith of Tufts Named
Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. - Tufts University
junior first baseman Katie Smith (pictured right) was named the
2004 NESCAC Player of the Year in a vote by the conference coaches.
Smith, a second team selection a year ago, led the league at the
plate hitting .414 with 23 RBI while ranking among the
league’s top five in hits, RBI, home runs and total bases.
Joining Smith on the first team are
teammates Deana Davidian and Courtney Bongiolatti. Davidian, a
senior second baseman, led the league in hits (42) and runs scored
(24) while hitting .365. Junior shortstop Bongiolatti, the 2002
NESCAC Rookie of the Year and first-team selection a season ago,
led the league in home runs with six and was among the leaders in
hits, total bases and RBI.
Williams, the 2004 NESCAC
Champions, placed three members on the first team including the
2004 NESCAC Pitcher of the Year Clara Hard. The sophomore led the
league in wins (14) while posting a conference best 0.66 ERA,
holding opponents to a .156 batting average. Williams junior Liz
Gluck, who both pitches and plays the outfield for the Ephs, earned
first team honors after posting a 13-3 mark on the mound while
leading Williams at the plate with a .330 average. Eph second
baseman Alana Frost was selected to the first team for the second
time after earning NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors a season ago.
Frost bats at the top of the Williams order posting a .311 average
and anchors the Eph infield with a .975 fielding percentage.
Williams coach Kris Herman was honored as the NESCAC Coach of the
Year after leading the Ephs to a 29-8 mark and their first NESCAC
Championship. Herman had won three previous Coach of the Year
honors at the helm of the Tufts Jumbos the past three seasons.
Senior outfielder Gillian Stevens
and first year pitcher Emily Nelson both earned first-team honors
for Bowdoin. Stevens led the Polar Bears in hits (33) and batting
average (.359). Nelson posted a 12-3 record on the mound with a
0.74 ERA and set the college mark for strikeouts in a season with
138. Nelson was also selected as the 2004 NESCAC Rookie of the
Year.
Middlebury seniors Christina Freyer
and Michaela George earned first team all-conference honors for the
NESCAC runners-up. George led the league in RBI (25) and hit .372
for the Panthers while playing behind the plate. Freyer, a
first-team selection a year ago, posted a .363 batting average and
led Middlebury in runs scored (23). Panther junior pitcher and
designated player Megan McCarthy was also a first team selection.
McCarthy, a second team honoree last season, finished the year with
a 0.84 ERA while hitting .359.
NESCAC all-conference selections
are determined in a vote by the conference coaches. Additional
players honored on the first or second team are due to ties in the
voting.
2004 NESCAC Softball All-Conference
Team
|
| First Team
|
School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| SS
| Courtney Bongiolatti
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Locust, N.J.
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| 2B
| Deana Davidian
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Pelham, N.Y.
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| OF
| Christina Freyer
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Denver, Colo.
|
| 2B
| Alana Frost
| Williams
| So.
| Oakland, Calif.
|
| C
| Michaela George
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Ross, Calif.
|
| P/OF
| Liz Gluck
| Williams
| Jr.
| Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
|
| P
| Clara Hard
| Williams
| So.
| Seattle, Wash.
|
| P/DP
| Megan McCarthy
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Winter Springs, Fla.
|
| P
| Emily Nelson
| Bowdoin
| Fy.
| Pasadena, Calif.
|
| 1B
| Katie Smith
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Convent Station, N.J.
|
| OF
| Gillian Stevens
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| New York, N.Y.
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| Second Team
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
|
| C
| Mary Baccash
| Williams
| Jr.
| Evanston, Ill.
|
| 3B
| Wendy Bonner
| Colby
| Jr.
| Lexington, Mass.
|
| SS
| Danielle Chagon
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Windsor Locks, Conn.
|
| P/1B
| Sara Dougherty
| Trinity
| Fr.
| Long Valley, NJ
|
| C
| Julie Fox
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Willow Springs, Ill.
|
| P
| Molly Gaebe
| Wesleyan
| Fr.
| Miami, Fla.
|
| 1B
| Lauren Guza
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| La Canada, Calif.
|
| SS
| Kathryn Hurd
| Middlebury
| So.
| Fairfield, Conn.
|
| OF
| Krista Marran
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| East Northport, NY
|
OF/2B
| Megan Rodgers
| Bowdoin
| So.
| St. Louis, Mo.
|
| 2B
| Gina Scribner
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Star, Idaho
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| OF
| Mikki Starr
| Colby
| Fy.
| Dunbarton, N.H.
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| Player of the Year
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| 1B
| Katie Smith
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Convent Station, N.J.
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| Pitcher of the Year
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| P
| Clara Hard
| Williams
| So.
| Seattle, Wash.
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| Rookie of the Year
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| P
| Emily Nelson
| Bowdoin
| Fy.
| Pasadena, Calif.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Kris Herman
| Williams
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