PAC honors softball all-conference teams, award winners

PAC honors softball all-conference teams, award winners

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First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | Sportsmanship Team

GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) – The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its 2018 All-PAC Softball teams and annual award winners Wednesday morning. The All-PAC teams, along with the PAC's annual award winners, are determined by vote of the league's 10 head coaches.

Westminster College senior pitcher Jazmyn Rohrer (Purcellville, Va. | Woodgrove) was selected as this year’s PAC Player of the Year, while Bethany College veteran head coach Jan Forsty collected PAC Coach of the Year honors.

Also announced Wednesday were the members of this year's PAC Sportsmanship Team. The PAC’s Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior and are an ongoing effort to both recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all conference teams.

Rohrer, a three-time All-PAC First Team selection, is just the second Westminster player to earn the league’s Player of the Year award (Jennifer Pancake, 2007). She leads the PAC in earned-run average (0.95), strikeouts (235) and opposing batting average (.162) and is second in victories (20) and appearances (28). Her strikeouts per seven innings (10.2) rank sixth in NCAA Division III, while her hits allowed per seven innings (4.04) rank eighth. Her ERA ranks ninth in Division III and her strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.10) ranks 12th.

Rohrer was recognized as the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III National Pitcher of the Week April 18. That week she went 5-0 in six appearances (4 starts) in the circle, logging 33 1/3 innings and yielding just three runs (3 earned) for a 0.63 ERA. The senior fanned a career-high 17 batters in the Titans’ 3-2 game one victory over PAC rival Geneva College. She posted double-digit strikeouts in each of her four starts and finished with a combined total of 64 strikeouts while walking just four. 

A two-time NFCA Division III All-Central Region Second Team selection, Rohrer’s 235 strikeouts in 2018 set a Westminster single-season record. She also holds Westminster’s career strikeouts record with 735.

Last month, after 31 seasons of leading the Bethany softball program, Forsty announced her plans to retire from coaching following the 2018 season. She will continue to serve as a professor and chair of the physical education and sports studies department at Bethany.

Bethany has claimed a PAC-best 13 conference titles under Forsty. This year's PAC Coach of the Year award is also Forsty's 13th.  

Forsty has been a mainstay at Bethany since arriving on campus in 1987 as the head coach of the softball and field hockey teams. From that point on, she led the Bison softball program to unparalleled success with 687 wins. She ranks 15th in NCAA Division III history with 767 career victories. 

Forsty elevated the softball program to national prominence when she led the squad to its third-consecutive, and fourth overall, trip to the Division III Championships in 2004. Her best year came in 2002 when Bethany compiled a 32-10 record and secured its second-ever bid to the Division III Championships, and first since 1997. The Bison went on to win the Central Region and earn a trip to the Division III World Series for the first time in program history. Forsty's team dropped their first two games at the World Series, including a 1-0 loss to eventual national champion Ithaca College, but finished the year ranked sixth in the country in the final NFCA Division III poll.

PAC champion Thomas More College (31-14) will open this year’s Division III Championships at Illinois Wesleyan University Friday (1:30 p.m. EDT). The Saints and 10th-year head coach Lindsay Eagan won their second-straight PAC Championship Tournament title last Sunday. It was Thomas More’s seventh conference championship. 

PAC runner-up Westminster (27-9) was invited to compete in this year’s Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championship Monday afternoon. The Titans and 22nd-year head coach Jan Reddinger earned the number two seed in the eight-team championship field and will host seventh-seeded Neumann University (24-16) Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

2018 Awards
PAC Player of the Year: Westminster College senior pitcher Jazmyn Rohrer
PAC Coach of the Year: Bethany College head coach Jan Forsty
 
2018 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Softball Teams
First Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Rachel Skon So. Waynesburg University Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brashear
1B Andrea Gahan So. Thomas More College Cincinnati, Ohio | Oak Hills
1B Shelby Noel Sr. Saint Vincent College Latrobe, Pa. | Greater Latrobe
2B Rachel Johnson Jr. Washington & Jefferson College Orchard Park, N.Y. | Orchard Park
SS A.J. Corradi Sr. Thiel College Youngstown, Ohio | Austintown Fitch
SS Kailey Liverman Jr. Westminster College Purcellville, Va. | Loudoun Valley
3B Mary Beth Odom Jr. Thomas More College Taylor Mill, Ky. | Dixie Heights
OF Laura Finke Sr. Thomas More College Fort Wright, Ky. | Notre Dame Academy
OF Kelly Flaherty Jr. Saint Vincent College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brashear
OF Amanda Lloyd So. Thomas More College Alexandria, Ky. | Bishop Brossart
DP Vanessa Falce So. Thiel College McKeesport, Pa. | McKeesport
UTIL Alona Sleith Fr. Saint Vincent College West Newton, Pa. | Yough
P Sam Binkley Sr. Bethany College Kenilworth, Ontario, Canada | St. James
P Alix DeDreu Jr. Thomas More College Rising Sun, Ind. | Rising Sun
P Jazmyn Rohrer Sr. Westminster College Purcellville, Va. | Woodgrove
 
Second Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
C Kayla Dinsmore So. Bethany College Beavercreek, Ohio | Beavercreek
 C Liz Scherer So. Grove City College Pittsburgh, Pa. | North Allegheny
1B Danielle Kochka Sr. Washington & Jefferson College Monroeville, Pa. | Gateway
2B Madison Schultz Fr. Geneva College Cranberry Township, Pa. | Seneca Valley
SS Lauren Miller Fr. Saint Vincent College Glenshaw, Pa. | Shaler
3B Marina Manuppelli Fr. Geneva College Mars, Pa. | Mars
3B Breanna Tetirick Fr. Westminster College New Concord, Ohio | John Glenn
OF Michaela Cashmer Sr. Grove City College Weedville, Pa. | Elk County Catholic
OF Haley Sainato Jr. Geneva College New Castle, Pa. | Mohawk
OF Leah Woytek So. Thiel College Hillsville, Pa. | Mohawk
DP Emily Duerr Sr. Saint Vincent College Pitsburgh, Pa. | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
UTIL Addy Dieterich Sr. Westminster College Purcellville, Va. | Loudoun Valley
UTIL Dallis Knotts Sr. Thomas More College Florence, Ky. | Boone County
P Taylor Andres Jr. Washington & Jefferson College Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park
P Riley Assalone Fr. Saint Vincent College Falls Creek, Pa. | DuBois Central Catholic
P Cassie Weiss Sr. Bethany College Avella, Pa. | McGuffey  
 
Honorable Mention
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
1B Miranda Griffith Fr. Grove City College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Chartiers Valley
2B Alexa Fike Sr. Thiel College Export, Pa. | Franklin Regional
SS Meghan Staab Sr. Washington & Jefferson College Pittsburgh, Pa. | Keystone Oaks
OF Nikki Anderson Sr. Westminster College Oakmont, Pa. | Riverview
OF Marissa Wightman So. Chatham University Cypress, Calif. | Cypress
DP Jamie Smith  Sr. Washington & Jefferson College Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park
 
Sportsmanship Team
Position Name Class School Hometown | High School
P Sam Binkley Sr. Bethany College Kenilworth, Ontario, Canada | St. James
UTIL/P Julie Swedberg Fr. Chatham University San Bruno, Calif. | Capuchino
1B Ashley Grow Jr. Geneva College Beaver, Ohio | Waverly
OF Erin Frohlich So. Grove City College Fox Chapel, Pa. | Shady Side Academy
OF Morgan Murphy Sr. Saint Vincent College Churchill, Pa. | Woodland Hills
OF Leah Woytek  So. Thiel College Hillsville, Pa. | Mohawk
INF Danielle Piening Sr. Thomas More College Cincinnati, Ohio | McNicholas
INF Brooke Shuck So. Washington & Jefferson College Huntingdon, Pa. | Huntingdon
INF Ashley Duborich So. Waynesburg University New Salem, Pa. | Albert Gallatin
2B Alexa Owrey Sr. Westminster College New Castle, Pa. | Shenango