Sr.
Willmar, Minn.
Was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. She was second in the MIAC in home runs (5).
Sr.
Eagle Bend, Minn.
Was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. Her .447 season average is the second-best in school history.
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May 10, 2002 Posted 11:30 PM CST
Kathy Braun and Jill Pontius Earn MIAC Postseason Honors.
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Braun
Sr. Willmar, Minn. Was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. She was second in the MIAC in home runs (5). |
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Sr. Eagle Bend, Minn. Was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. Her .447 season average is the second-best in school history. |
Concordia seniors Kathy Braun (Willmar, Minn.) and Jill Pontius (Eagle Bend, Minn.) were named to the women's softball MIAC All-Conference Team. It is the first time that both players have been awarded the honor. The two led Concordia to a fourth place league finish and for their careers, finished with a 49-38 MIAC mark and a 72-62 overall record.
Braun, who played in 30 of the team's 32 games, hit .379 this year - the highest average in her four-year career at Concordia. She led the team in stolen bases (5) and finished second in batting average, hits (36), home runs (5) and RBI's (19). She also finished the year by only committing six errors in 146 chances as the teams' secondbaseman. In MIAC play, Braun finished third in the league in slugging percentage (.754), second in home runs (5), tied for third in total bases (46) and ninth in on-base percentage (.448).
Pontius finally receives all-conference accolades after being named to the MIAC Honorable Mention Team in her sophomore and junior seasons. She hit .447 this year, the second highest average in school history. Besides batting average, she led the team in hits (38), doubles (11), slugging percentage (.718) and on-base percentage (.467). Her slugging percentage of .718 is also a new school record.
Pontius, a four-year starter at catcher, played in 27 games this year without committing an error, which led all MIAC catchers. She also led the league in throwing out runners attempting to steal.
At the plate, Pontius was second in the MIAC in slugging percentage
(.774), tied for fourth in home runs (4), tied for fifth in RBI's (18)
and ninth in total bases.
2002 Women's Softball All-MIAC
TEAM
Name
School
Yr Pos
Hometown
Rachael Ekholm Augsburg
SR P/INF Richfield
Kristen Lideen Augsburg
SO INF Champlin
Karrie Bateman Bethel
JR OF St. Paul
Lori Peters
Bethel SR OF
Litchfield
Vicki Gunderson Carleton
FY C Elk Grove Village,
Ill.
Andrea Carroll Carleton
JR P Bloomington
Jill
Pontius Concordia
SR C Eagle Bend
Kathy
Braun Concordia
SR IF Willmar
Ingrid Olson
Gustavus SO OF
White Bear Lake
Emily Deuth
Hamline JR OF
Northfield
Amanda Gage
Hamline FY IF
Forest Lake
Michelle Boys
St. Benedict FY IF
Eden Prairie
Ani Jordan
St. Benedict SO P
Vadnais Heights
Jaclyn Worm
St. Benedict SR OF
Young America
Jackie Huegel
Saint Mary's JR SS
Alta Vista, Iowa
Jennifer Miller Saint Mary's
SR C Winona
Stacy O'Malley Saint
Mary's FY OF Lake
Elmo
Beth Janni
St. Catherine SR C
New Ulm
Stacy Tamble
St. Thomas JR P
Apple Valley
Andrea Sweeny
St. Thomas JR P
Inver Grove Heights
Heather Martin St.
Thomas SR 3B
Minneapolis
Gina Utecht
St. Thomas JR C
Mound
MIAC Coach of the Year - Janelle Tieken, Hamline
Honorable Mention All-MIAC
Augsburg: Melissa Lee
Gustavus: Molly Biehn, Melissa Aust
Hamline: Marion Zillhardt, Lindsay Miller, Venda Porter
Macalester: Cristin Beach
St. Kate's: Ana Fernandez, Clare Gundther
St. Mary's: Gina Rizzardi, Anne Munzenmaier, Lindsay Mamer
St. Olaf: Kelly Frederick, Kirstin Haaland
St. Thomas: Michelle Wong, Shannon Moore
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