2010 All-PSAC Softball Teams (pdf)
Lock Haven, Pa. - Three infielders have been named the PSAC softball Athletes of the Year as Samantha Ingersoll of West Chester has been named the PSAC East Player of the Year, while Bloomsburg’s Nikki Shiko has been named the PSAC Central Player of the Year and California’s Jillian Russell is the PSAC West Player of the Year. That trio highlights the 2010 All-PSAC Softball teams as announced today.
Kutztown’s Katlin Arbogast is the PSAC East Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season, while Bloomsburg’s Shavaun Fisher is the PSAC Central Pitcher of the Year and California’s Lauren Shaheen is the PSAC West Pitcher of the Year, marking the second straight year that a Vulcan hurler has claimed the award for the top pitcher in the Western Division. Kutztown’s Katie Lynch is the PSAC East Freshman of the Year, while IUP’s Stefanie Poates is the PSAC Central Freshman of the Year, marking the second straight year that a Crimson Hawks has been named the division’s top newcomer. Edinboro’s Marissa Pullo is the PSAC West Freshman of the Year, which marks the second straight year that the Fighting Scots have had a major award winner in the West after former standout Dana Webb was named the Player of the Year last season.
The head coaches of the three respective divisional champions are this year’s Coaches of the Year. West Chester’s Diane Lokey is the PSAC East Coach of the Year, Bloomsburg’s Jan Hutchinson is the PSAC Central Coach of the Year and California’s Rick Bertagnolli is the PSAC West Coach of the Year.
Kutztown, which claimed a share of the PSAC East title along with West Chester, led the way in the East with five first team selections and six overall All-East picks. Leading the way was outfielder Maria Schiavo and Arbogast, who both end their careers as four-time All-PSAC selections. Arbogast is a four-time first team all-conference pick while Schiavo is on the first team for the second straight year after being a second team pick in her first two years. West Chester junior outfielder Erin MacNamee is on the first team for the third straight year.
In the Central, Bloomsburg and IUP each tied for the most overall selections with seven apiece. Bloomsburg led the way on the first team with six selections. Shiko, the division’s Player of the Year, led the way as she ends her career as a four-time all-conference selection, three times as a first teamer and once on the second team. IUP junior pitcher Erin Holloway is now a three-time all-conference pick as she dots the first team for the second time in her career after being a second teamer last year.
California led all PSAC teams with eight overall all-conference picks in the West, including five first team picks to lead all Western Division teams. Russell, the Player of the Year, is on the first team for the second straight year as just a sophomore. Slippery Rock’s Jessica Kortz made the first team for the second straight year and ends her career as a four-time All-PSAC selection, including three times on the first team. The West team also had the most freshman of any of the three teams, as four freshman were selected to the All-West teams, including two to the first team in Slippery Rock’s Jenna Geibel and Edinboro’s Ashley Black. Freshman of the Year Pullo from Edinboro compiled the second-most votes of any player on the ballot but only made the second team as the player with the most votes was Russell, the Player of the Year who plays the same position.
Under the guidelines for selecting the All-PSAC softball teams under the three-division format, the top vote-getter at each position is honored on the first team in each division, as well as the top two pitchers. The second team is made up of the next top six vote-getters, regardless of position, as well as the pitcher with the next-most votes.
Ingersoll earns the East Player of the Year award after helping lead the Golden Rams to a share of the PSAC East title and the No. 1 seed out of the East in the PSAC Tournament. Ingersoll, a senior transfer in her second year with the Golden Rams, hit .484 with 14 home runs and 68 RBI, co-leading the PSAC in batting average and leading the league in both home runs and RBI. She also led the PSAC in hits with 76 and total bases with 141 and was also among the league leaders in doubles with 17. She struck out just 15 times in 157 at-bats and compiled an .898 slugging percentage and a .563 on-base percentage.
Shiko earns the Central Player of the Year honor after helping the Huskies to their first PSAC championship since 2002. Shiko led the Huskies in hits with 68, total bases with 106, RBI with 41 and runs with 58. She led the PSAC in both runs and triples with with seven. She was also 11-for-12 on stolen bases and committed just five errors in the field in nearly 130 chances. Her .389 batting average was second on the team.
Russell is the PSAC West Player of the Year after helping lead the Vulcans to a PSAC West championship and a runner-up finish in the PSAC Tournament. She ranked among the league leaders in home runs with 11 and total bases with 105. She also knocked in 38 runs, had 53 hits and 38 runs scored.
Arbogast earns the PSAC East Pitcher of the Year honor for the second straight year after another standout season in the pitching circle in which she went 24-10 with a 2.10 ERA in 240 innings. She was third in the PSAC with 243 strikeouts.
Fisher is Bloomsburg’s first Pitcher of the Year since Ashley Lynn was the East Pitcher of the Year in 2008. Fisher was the Huskies’ top pitcher on their run to the PSAC championship. She led the PSAC in ERA at 1.07, in wins with 29 as she compiled a 29-4 record, and was second in strikeouts with 255. She tossed 11 shutouts and also recorded two saves while holding opponents to a .188 batting average. She threw two no-hitters and two one-hitters on the season.
Shaheen is California’s second straight West Pitcher of the Year. Prior to her teammate Maria Greco, a second team All-PSAC West honoree this year, winning the award last year, no Cal player had ever won a PSAC Pitcher of the Year award. Shaheen ranked among the league leaders in ERA at 1.34 and went 19-4 with 136 strikeouts in 141.1 innings.
Lynch, the East Freshman of the Year was one of the top hitters for Kutztown this year as the freshman as she was second on the team in hitting at .342. She was also second on the team with 39 RBI and was tops on the Golden Bears in both doubles (17) and total bases (97).
Poates is the second straight IUP player to earn the PSAC Central Freshman of the Year, following teammate Marissa Leslie last year. The freshman led the Crimson Hawks this year in home runs with nine and also hit .324 with 31 RBI. Her .657 slugging percentage was also second on the team.
Pullo is Edinboro’s first PSAC West Freshman of the Year since April Hurd in 1998. Pullo co-led the PSAC with a .484 batting average. She was also among the league leaders in stolen bases with 18 in 19 attempts.
Lokey is the PSAC East Coach of the Year for the second time in the last three seasons, as she also earned the award in 2008. This year, Lokey guided West Chester to a share of the PSAC East championship and the No. 1 seed out of the division in the PSAC Tournament. The Golden Rams also advanced to last weekend’s PSAC championships series.
Hutchinson is the the PSAC Central Coach of the Year in this, her final season as head coach after a long and distinguished career. This is the seventh PSAC Coach of the Year award of her career after she led the Huskies to their first PSAC championship since 2002 and a 44-5 overall record this year as well as a perfect 14-0 mark in Central division play.
Bertagnolli is the PSAC West Coach of the Year for the second straight year after leading the Vulcans to their second straight West title and a runner-up finish at the conference tournament. This is his 10th career PSAC Coach of the Year honor.
2010 All-PSAC East Softball Team
First Team
1B Megan Harbaugh (Sr.)^^ West Chester Hatboro, Pa./Harboro-Horsham
2B Nicole Colineri (So.) Kutztown Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood
SS Samantha Ingersoll (Sr.)^ West Chester Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge
3B Nicole Henninger (So.) Kutztown Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg
OF Evelyn Anderson (Sr.)* West Chester Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham
OF Erin MacNamee (Jr.)** West Chester Exton, Pa./West Chester East
OF Maria Schiavo (Sr.)^^* Kutztown Old Forge, Pa./Old Forge
C Kelly Fitzgerald (So.) Millersville Upper Darby, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast
DP/UTL Hope Cornell (Jr.)^* Shippensburg Dagsboro, Del./Sussex Tech
P Katlin Arbogast (Sr.)*** Kutztown Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon
P Monica Glomb (Jr.) Kutztown Mars, Pa./Mars
Second Team
SS Lindsay Hosier (Sr.) Millersville Glen Mills, Pa./Penncrest
3B Rachel Gieringer (So.) East Stroudsburg Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham
DP/UTL Brittany Racek (Jr.)* East Stroudsburg Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower
C Katie Lynch (Fr.) Kutztown Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg
OF Alicea Ashe (Jr.) East Stroudsburg Hyde Park, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt
OF Stef Kerbacher (Sr.) West Chester Northampton, Pa./Northampton
P Jackie Battaglino (Sr.) East Stroudsburg Old Bridge, N.J./Red Bank Catholic
PSAC East Player of the Year
Samantha Ingersoll West Chester Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge
PSAC East Pitcher of the Year
Katlin Arbogast Kutztown Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon
PSAC East Freshman of the Year
Katie Lynch Kutztown Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg
PSAC East Coach of the Year
Diane Lokey West Chester
2010 All-PSAC Central Softball Team
First Team
1B Megan McCormick (So.)* IUP Evans City, Pa./Seneca Valley
2B Danielle Lazorka (Jr.) Bloomsburg Williamsport, Pa./Jersey Shore
SS Mandy Koch (Sr.)^ Bloomsburg Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin
3B Nikki Shiko (Sr.)**^ Bloomsburg Shamokin, Pa./Southern Columbia
OF Casey Massimini (Sr.) Bloomsburg Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West
OF Kristen Tunno (Jr.)* IUP Grafton, Va./Grafton
OF Nicole Yost (Jr.)* Mansfield Antes Fort, Pa./Jersey Shore
C Lacy Mauro (Jr.)* Bloomsburg Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore
DP/UTL Kelsey Ferguson (Jr.) IUP Indiana, Pa./Indiana
P Shavaun Fisher (Jr.)* Bloomsburg Coplay, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic
P Erin Holloway (Jr.)*^ IUP Harleysville, Pa./Souderton
Second Team
SS Marissa Leslie (So.)^ IUP Claysburg, Pa./Claysburg-Kimmel
DP/UTL Amanda Gutmaker (Sr.)** Lock Haven Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Northeast
DP/UTL Brittany Muthard (Jr.)^ Lock Haven Northampton, Pa./Northampton
DP/UTL Stefanie Poates (Fr.) IUP Yorktown, Va./Grafton
DP/UTL Jen Stein (Sr.) Mansfield Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport
OF Monica Iachini (So.) IUP Claysburg, Pa./Claysburg-Kimmel
P Cait Paine (Fr.) Bloomsburg Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon
PSAC Central Player of the Year
Nikki Shiko Bloomsburg Shamokin, Pa./Southern Columbia
PSAC Central Pitcher of the Year
Shavaun Fisher Bloomsburg Coplay, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic
PSAC Central Freshman of the Year
Stefanie Poates IUP Yorktown, Va./Grafton
PSAC Central Coach of the Year
Jan Hutchinson Bloomsburg
2010 All-PSAC West Softball Team
First Team
1B Sheree Horvath (Jr.) Slippery Rock Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman
2B Emily Redig (So.) Mercyhurst Univ. Heights, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin
SS Jillian Russell (So.)* California London, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas
3B Danielle Easton (Jr.)* California Hanover, Pa./South Western
OF Jenna Geibel (Fr.) Slippery Rock Butler, Pa./Butler
OF Julie Mackenzie (Sr.)^^ California Mississauga, Ontario/Meadowvale
OF Amanda Wallace (Jr.) California Oakmont, Pa./Penn Hills
C Jessica Kortz (Sr.)*^* Slippery Rock Charleston, W.Va./George Washington
DP/UTL Ashley Black (Fr.) Edinboro Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf
P Beth Mullins (Jr.)* Edinboro Brooklyn Park, Md./North County
P Lauren Shaheen (Sr.) California Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield
Second Team
1B Michelle Schmitz (Jr.) Mercyhurst Westlake, Ohio/Westlake
2B Merissa Daley (Jr.) California Whitby, Ontario/Sinclair
SS Marissa Pullo (Fr.) Edinboro Tonawanda, N.Y./Holy Angels Academy
C Alyson Johnson (So.)* California Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg Central
OF Shardea Croes (Jr.)^ Slippery Rock San Nicolas, Aruba/Colegio Arubano
OF Kelsey Fedell (Fr.) Gannon Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny
P Maria Greco (Jr.)* California Pickering, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic
PSAC West Player of the Year
Jillian Russell California London, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas
PSAC West Pitcher of the Year
Lauren Shaheen California Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield
PSAC West Freshman of the Year
Marissa Pullo Edinboro Tonawanda, N.Y./Holy Angels Academy
PSAC West Coach of the Year
Rick Bertagnolli California
* Indicates previous All-PSAC first team selection
^ Indicates previous All-PSAC second team selection