Complete List of MIAC Fastpitch Softball Awards

ST. PAUL, Minn. (5/18/10)-- For the second straight season, Concordia had four players receive postseason conference honors. Sophomore pitcher/designated hitter Kesley Jones (Billings, Mont./Billings West HS) was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team while Maddie Haroldson (Sr., Sartell, Minn.) and Kaia Sele (Fr., Bemidji, Minn.) earned MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Honors.

Senior outfielder Becki Zimmerman (Chokio, Minn./Chokio-Alberta HS) was named the squad's representative on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

It marks the second straight season that Jones has earned conference postseason honors. Last year she was named to the MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team. Jones was tied for the team lead in hitting in conference play in 2010. She hit .419 in 22 league games and was tied for ninth in the conference in average. She led team in on-base percentage with a .471 mark and was second in home runs (3), RBI (13) and slugging percentage (.629). Jones hit safely in 16 of the 22 MIAC games. She also had at least one hit in eight of the last nine games of the year and also 10 of the final 12. During that stretch she had six multiple-hit games.

Jones was also the team's top pitcher for the second straight year. She won four games in the MIAC and threw 68.1 innings. Jones was fourth in the MIAC in appearances (17) and was tied for the league lead in games finished (7).

Haroldson capped her career with the best season in her four years. She batted .397 in 22 conference games and led the team in hitting with a .405 average in all games. She was second on the team in doubles (8) and total bases (40). Haroldson had at least one hit in 17 of the 22 league games and had a team-high 10 multiple-hit games against MIAC opponents. At one point in the season she had multiple-hit games in five of six contests.

Sele was the biggest surprise of the season for the Cobbers. She came on at the end of the year and ended up tying for the team lead in hitting in MIAC play (.419). Like Jones, she was tied for ninth in the league in average. She was led the team in home runs (4) and was tied for fourth in the conference in that category. Sele also led the team in total bases (49), slugging percentage (.662) and hits (31).

Sele had at least one hit in 18 of the team's 22 conference games and finished the year with a 10-game hitting streak. During that final streak she hit .500 and had six multiple-hit games. She saved her best for last as she had a season-high four hits against Carleton in the last game of the season. She also had a season-high four RBI against the Knights.

Past Cobber All-MIAC Winners

2009 - Amanda Michaelson

Hon. Ment. - Emily Jensen, Kesley Jones

2008 - Amanda Michaelson

Hon. Ment. - Erin Johnson

2007 - Kelli Niess

Hon. Ment. - Shantelle Nogowski

2006 - Kelli Niess, Lindy Sparby

Hon. Ment. - Shantelle Nogowski

2005 - Mandy Pearson

Hon. Ment. - Jolene Robertus, Lindy Sparby

2004 - Kelli Niess

Hon. Ment. - Mandy Pearson

2003 - Jill Flatau

Hon. Ment. - Stacie Johnson

2002 - Kathy Braun, Jill Pontius

2001 - Amanda Schindeldecker

Hon. Ment. - Jill Pontius

2000 - Cindy Frey, Erin Gunderson

Hon. Ment. - Laura Danielson, Jill Pontius

1999 - Erin Gunderson, Heidi Mueller

1998 - Sheri Damlo, Heidi Mueller

Hon. Ment. - Allison Haaland

1997 - Cindy Frey, Mindy Schirm

Hon. Ment. - Lana Thompson

1996 - Stacey Hoien, Tracy Sparby

1995 - Jenni Carlson, Mindy Schirm

1994 - Stacey Hoien, Heather Johnson

1993 - ?

1992 - ?

1991 - Sue Kalpin, Jennifer Mulville

1990 - ?

1989 - Joan Swanson

1988 - Becky Ehnert