By Staff
ADRIAN – Fresh off of one of the best seasons in recent history, the Adrian College softball team had four of its own honored by league coaches on Tuesday at the All-MIAA selection meeting.
Holly Lowe (Dowagiac Union) was named as one of the 12 First-Team All-MIAA honorees for her freshman campaign.
The shortstop hit .449 (22-for-49) in MIAA play and tied for the conference lead in doubles with 10.
Krissy Sheets, Katie Adams, and Kelly Tomasek were all given the nod for Second-Team accolades.
Sheets (Temperance/Bedford H.S.) hit .373 in conference games in the lead-off spot for the Bulldogs while scoring 15 runs. The sophomore is being honored as an All-MIAA selection for the second time in as many seasons.
Adams, a freshman from Flat Rock, led the team in conference batting average with a .500 clip (18-for-36) and on-base percentage (.550) in her first season with the Bulldogs.
The .500 batting average was the fourth-highest average in the league in 2008.
A native of Linden, Tomasek had a strong freshman year in the circle for the Bulldogs. The pitcher was second in the league in earned run average (1.83) and strikeouts (47) for the season.
Hope College's Kylee Brouwer was named Most Valuable Player while Tri-State University's Elise English was tabbed as the league's Most Valuable Pitcher.
2008 MIAA Softball Award Winners
Most Valuable Player
Kylee Brouwer, Hope
Most Valuable Pitcher
Elise English, Tri-State
First Team All-MIAA
Kylee Brouwer, Hope*** (senior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
McKenna Corrigan, Saint Mary's* (senior from Westlake, Ohio/Magnificat HS)
Kelli Duimstra, Hope* (junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Elise English, Tri-State** (freshman from Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg HS)
Brittany Fales, Alma* (junior from Midland/Midland Dow HS)
Karly Hooker, Tri-State* (senior from Whiting, Ind./Bishop Noll)
Katie Koechling, Alma** (junior from Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS)
Tara Leddy, Alma* (freshman from Saginaw/Swan Valley HS)
Holly Lowe, Adrian* (freshman from Dowagiac/Dowagiac Union)
Missy Morcom, Alma** (senior from Chelsea/Chelsea HS)
Ashley Peterson, Saint Mary's* (sophomore from Lansing, Ill./Marian Catholic)
Jessica Regnerus, Hope**** (senior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Second Team All-MIAA
Katie Adams, Adrian (freshman from Flat Rock/Flat Rock HS)
Taylor Erwin, Alma (senior from Fenton/Fenton HS)
Amy Gaudard, Alma (senior from Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant HS)
Kara Graham, Tri-State (junior from Climax/Climax-Scotts HS)
Lauren Hudson, Tri-State (junior from Lafayette, Ind./Harrison HS)
Cathy Kurczak, Saint Mary's (junior from Roselle, Ill./Lake Park HS)
Brenna Przeslawski, Albion (junior from Harper Woods/Grosse Pointe North HS)
Sallie Richardson, Tri-State (junior from Jackson/Napolean HS)
Krissy Sheets, Adrian (sophomore from Temperance/Bedford HS)
Jessica Stange, Albion (sophomore from Macomb/Lutheran North HS)
Kelly Tomasek, Adrian (freshman from Linden/Linden HS)
Leah VanEnk, Hope (sophomore from Portage/Kalamazoo Christian HS)