A pair of new faces to the 2010 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
softball team were honored by the NFCA on Thursday morning when
they were named to the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I
All-Region Teams. Hannah
Schwarz was named First Team All-Central Region while Caley Jeter was named
to the second team. In total, six players from the Southland
Conference received honors with Schwarz being the only first team
member.
For their efforts during the regular season, Schwarz was named
the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year while both Schwarz
and Jeter were named First Team All-Southland. After both players
transferred to the Islanders from Blinn Junior College, Schwarz and
Jeter made an immediate impact on the field for the Islanders.
They helped the team improve from 23-31 in 2009 to a 35-22 record
in 2010. The team also qualified for the Southland Conference
Tournament for the first time in school history following the
12-win improvement.
"I am extremely excited that we have two players on the
all-region teams," said head coach Jake Schumann. "It speaks
volumes of where we are going in recruiting and speaks ever more to
the hard work and dedication both young ladies exercise during the
year."
Schwarz finished the season with a .410 batting average, 26
points higher than Jeter who finished the year at .384 and second
in the league. Schwarz was 27 points higher than Caitlyn Ivy of
UTSA in the individual rankings. She was also second in the league
with a .470 on-base percentage, finishing behind only Jeter in that
category. She also led the team with 21 stolen bases, fifth-best
in the league, while only being thrown out six times during the
year and scoring a team-high 36 runs during the season. She also
had the most hits in the league this season, notching 73 while just
missing the single-season mark of 77 in one year.
Jeter was remarkable during the season, getting on base in over
half of her plate appearances with a .526 on-base percentage, by
far the highest in the league. She outpaced second-place Schwarz
by 56 points while distancing herself from the first non-Islander
by a 62 point margin. She was a perfect 13-for-13 in stolen bases
during the year and third on the team with 32 runs scored. She
also finished second in the Southland with a .384 batting average,
second only to Schwarz. She played second base for the Islanders
and was part of an infield that helped the team commit 21 fewer
errors than a season ago.
With the first team honor, Schwarz will now be under
consideration for All America honors from the NFCA. If selected
for the All America team, she would join Sarah Pauly as the only
Islanders in school history to receive such an honor.
"For Hannah, this means she will be nominated for All America,
an honor I believe never achieved by a position player wearing an
Islander uniform," said Schumann. "This accomplishment is not just
recognition for two outstanding players but also a sign that people
see our program as a contender."
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Central Region
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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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Blaire Luna
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University of Texas
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P
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Keilani Ricketts
|
University of Oklahoma
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C
|
Megan May
|
Texas A&M University
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1B
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Rhiannon Kliesing
|
Texas A&M University
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2B
|
Amber Flores
|
University of Oklahoma
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3B
|
Nadia Taylor
|
University of Texas
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SS
|
Jenny Bain
|
University of Tennessee at Martin
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UT/P
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Melissa Dumezich
|
Texas A&M University
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UT/DP
|
Jessica Shults
|
University of Oklahoma
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OF
|
Vallie Gaspard
|
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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OF
|
Christi Orgeron
|
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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|
OF
|
Hannah
Schwarz
|
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
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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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Donna Bourgeois
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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P
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Courtney Cronin
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Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
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P
|
Paij Lintz
|
University of Tennessee at Martin
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C
|
Lindsey Vandever
|
University of Oklahoma
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1B
|
Lexy Bennett
|
University of Texas
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2B
|
Caley
Jeter
|
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
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3B
|
Emily Bledsoe
|
Texas Tech University
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SS
|
Caitlyn Ivy
|
University of Texas at San Antonio
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UT/P
|
Chandler Hall
|
Texas State University
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|
UT/DP
|
Tallie Thrasher
|
University of Texas
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|
OF
|
Leah Boatright
|
Texas State University
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|
OF
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Kendal Harper
|
Stephen F. Austin State University
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|
OF
|
Taylor Hoagland
|
University of Texas
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|
OF
|
Nicole Wesley
|
Baylor University
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|
OF
|
Megan Williams
|
University of Tennessee at Martin
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