PAC releases All-Conference softball teams, award winners

PAC releases All-Conference softball teams, award winners

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GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) – The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its 2017 All-PAC Softball teams and annual award winners Monday afternoon.

The All-PAC Softball teams, along with the PAC's annual award winners, are determined by vote of the league's 10 head coaches.

Thomas More College sophomore pitcher Alix DeDreu (Rising Sun, Ind. | Rising Sun) was selected as the 2017 PAC Player of the Year, while Thomas More ninth-year head coach Lindsay Eagan collected PAC Coach of the Year honors.

DeDreu, a First Team selection as an outfielder in 2016, is Thomas More’s sixth PAC Player of the Year award winner. She was recognized as the championship tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Sunday afternoon.

In nine league starts (10 appearances), she went 9-0 with a 0.49 earned-run average (ERA), 43 strikeouts, six complete games and three shutouts. 

At the plate, DeDreu finished third in PAC games in hitting with a .468 average (29-of-62) while posting four doubles, a triple, 22 runs and 14 RBIs. She ranked second among league counterparts in runs scored and tied for third in hits.

Overall, DeDreu leads the PAC in victories (19), ERA (0.96), opponent batting average (.193) and earned runs allowed (19) while ranking third in strikeouts (115) and sixth in innings pitched (139.0). She ranks sixth in the league in hitting (.414) and is tied for sixth in total bases (72). DeDreu is second in the PAC in both hits (60) and runs scored (40) while ranking eighth in RBIs (30).

Thomas More finished its PAC regular season a perfect 18-0 before recording three-straight victories in this year’s PAC Championship Tournament to earn the program’s sixth league title. DeDreu went 3-0 in the circle last weekend for the top-seeded Saints, posting a 0.66 ERA in three complete-game wins. She combined to strike out 17 while issuing just a pair of walks during the championship tournament.

The PAC Coach of the Year award is Eagan’s fourth (2009, 2010, 2013). She has led Thomas More to five PAC Championship Tournament titles since 2009 and five-straight appearances in the league’s championship tournament. By claiming the championship tournament title Sunday, Thomas More secured the league's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Softball Championship, marking the program’s eighth Division III Championship appearance and sixth under Eagan.

Thomas More will travel to Mount Berry, Georgia to face host and second-ranked Berry College (38-2), winners of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) title, in regional round action on Friday, May 12.

The Saints finished tied for second (2 first-place votes, 84 points) with Westminster College on this year’s PAC Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, which was released on February 14.

Grove City and third-year head coach Kristen Hughes-Cramer were selected as the PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners.

2017 Awards
PAC Player of the Year: Thomas More College sophomore pitcher Alix DeDreu (Rising Sun, Ind. | Rising Sun)
PAC Coach of the Year: Thomas More College head coach Lindsay Eagan
Team Sportsmanship Award: Grove City College
 
2017 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Softball Teams
First Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Kenzie Dickerson FY Thomas More College Union, Ky. | Ryle
1B Andrea Gahan FY Thomas More College Cincinnati, Ohio | Oak Hills
1B Shelby Noel Jr. Saint Vincent College Latrobe, Pa. | Greater Latrobe
2B Sammy Sagers Jr. Thomas More College Cincinnati, Ohio | Oak Hills
SS April Lude Fr. Geneva College Canfield, Ohio | Western Reserve
3B Vanessa Falce Fr. Thiel College McKeesport, Pa. | McKeesport
OF Laura Finke Jr. Thomas More College Fort Wright, Ky. | Notre Dame Academy
OF Mary Beth Odom So. Thomas More College Taylor Mill, Ky. | Dixie Heights
OF Haley Sainato So. Geneva College New Castle, Pa. | Mohawk
DP Emily Duerr Jr. Saint Vincent College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
UTIL Casey Farkasovsky Fr. Geneva College Beaver, Pa. | Beaver
UTIL Emiley Westfall Jr. Westminster College Jefferson, Ohio | Perry
P Alix DeDreu So. Thomas More College Rising Sun, Ind. | Rising Sun
P Samantha Emert Sr. Saint Vincent College Rockwood, Pa. | Rockwood
P Jazmyn Rohrer Jr. Westminster College Purcellville, Va. | Woodgrove
 
Second Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Sarah Coss Sr. Bethany College Bowie, Md. | Bishop McNamara
C Kelsey Hunter So. Saint Vincent College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Vincentian Academy
C Miranda Reesman So. Thiel College Vandergrift, Pa. | Leechburg
1B Ashley Grow So. Geneva College Beaver, Ohio | Waverly
1B Alex Lawrence So. Waynesburg University Bridgeville, Pa. | Chartiers Valley
2B Ashley Dubovich Fr. Waynesburg University New Salem, Pa. | Albert Gallatin
SS Abby Cunningham Sr. Washington & Jefferson College McMurray, Pa. | Peters Township
3B Kelsey Lineberger Sr. Saint Vincent College Olney, Md. | Sherwood
OF Mackenzie Gostomski So. Saint Vincent College Pittsburgh, Pa. | North Allegheny
OF Checka Nardone Sr. Westminster College Ellwood City, Pa. | Lincoln
OF Leah Woytek Fr. Thiel College Hillsville, Pa. | Mohawk
DP Courtney Cohen Jr. Westminster College New Wilmington, Pa. | Wilmington
UTIL Erika Aughton Sr. Grove City College Moon Township, Pa. | Moon
P Jessica Kelley So. Thiel College Sarver, Pa. | Freeport
P Cassie Weiss Jr. Bethany College Avella, Pa. | McGuffey
 
Honorable Mention
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Liz Scherer Fr. Grove City College Pittsburgh, Pa. | North Allegheny
1B Caitlyn Carney Sr. Thiel College Lake Milton, Ohio | Jackson Milton
SS Sammie Weiss So. Bethany College Avella, Pa. | McGuffey
3B Lucia Fee Sr. Geneva College Wampum, Pa. | Mohawk
OF Alana Callahan Sr. Thiel College Austintown, Ohio | Austintown Fitch
OF Erin Frohlich Fr. Grove City College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Shady Side Academy
UTIL Rachel Skon Fr. Waynesburg University Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brashear