Pacific Coast Softball Conference News Release

Commissioner: Wendy Guthrie

Sports Information Director: Rick Stupak • Phone: (503) 890-7199 • E-mail: rick.stupak@gmail.com

For Immediate Release • May 11, 2009

PCSC Announces 2009 All-Conference Team

PORTLAND – Pacific Coast Softball Conference champion Portland State placed seven players, including five first-team selections, on the 2009 All-PCSC team, the conference office announced Monday. Sacramento State also placed five players on the first team and had eight players total named to the All-PCSC team. Combined, the Hornet and Viking players made up 10 of the 11 first-team positions.

Four players were unanimous selections to the first team: Portland State’s SO RHP Nichole Latham and SR 1B Jana Rae Slayton, and Sacramento State’s SR 2B Whitney Loomis and SR C Jamie Schloredt. The All-PCSC team was selected by the PCSC’s six head coaches, with the coaches not allowed to vote for their own players.

Portland State and Sacramento State also split the PCSC individual honors. Portland State SR OF Jackie Heide and Sacarmento State SR C Jamie Schloredt were named the PCSC Co-Players of the Year. Heide led the PCSC with 41 RBI, while finishing second in HRs, 12, and fourth in batting average, .369. Schloredt hit .381 with 10 HRs and 37 RBI and was also named the PCSC Player of the Year in 2008. Schloredt finished the regular season second in the PCSC in batting average, third in RBI and fourth in HRs.

Portland State SO RHP Nichole Latham and Sacramento State FR SS Desiree Beltran were unanimous selections, respectively, for PCSC Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Latham went 16-11 with a 2.63 ERA and 142 strikeouts during 36 appearances, including 25 starts to earn Pitcher of the Year honors. Latham’s 16 wins leads the PCSC, and she also finished the regular season with a PCSC-low .216 batting-average-against.

Beltran was named Freshman of the Year after leading the conference with a .413 batting average. Beltran’s .413 batting average is the second-best single-season mark since Sacramento State joined the NCAA Division I ranks in 1990, and is the program’s best mark by a freshman during the school’s Division I-era.

First-year Portland State head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk was named the PCSC Coach of the Year. Echo-Hawk guided the Vikings to a 29-24 regular-season record, including 15-5 in the PCSC as Portland State captured its second-ever PCSC title and NCAA Regional bid.

The Vikings will meet No. 8 national-seed Stanford Friday in the NCAA Regional at Stanford, CA. First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m. (PDT).

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FIRST TEAM

Pos.       Player                              Yr.      School

C              Jamie Schloredt*                              SR        Sacramento State

1B            Jana Rae Slayton*                             SR        Portland State

2B            Whitney Loomis*                             SR        Sacramento State

3B            Jamee Rauch                                   SR        Portland State

SS             Desiree Beltran                               FR        Sacramento State

OF            Jackie Heide                                    SR        Portland State

OF            Kirsten Slouber                               SR        Loyola Marymount

OF            Izmena Cabrera                               SR        Sacramento State

UTL          Kristin Wilson                                  SR        Portland State

P              Nichole Latham*                             SO        Portland State

P              Megan Schaefer                              SO        Sacramento State

SECOND TEAM

Pos.       Player                              Yr.      School

C              Chelsie Tysdal                                 SR        Loyola Marymount

1B            Lindsey Fleet                                   SR        San Diego

2B            Amy Charpentier                            SO        Loyola Marymount

3B            Kat Delpit -#                                   JR        Saint Mary’s

3B            Sam Fischer -#                               FR        Loyola Marymount

SS             Megan Ackerman                             SR        Loyola Marymount

OF            Jenna Wilson                                   SR        Portland State

OF            Kristen Gensler                              SO        San Diego

OF            Jenice Bartee                                   JR        Sacramento State

UTL          Jenna Smith                                     JR        Saint Mary’s

P              Tori Rogers                                     JR        Portland State

P              Maryanne Cronin                            SO        Saint Mary’s

P              Jennifer Ellenbeck                             JR        San Diego

HONORABLE MENTION

Pos.       Player                              Yr.      School

C              Sadie Dolcini                                   SR        Saint Mary’s

1B            Alyssa Nakken                                 FR        Sacramento State

2B            Megan Smith                                    JR        Santa Clara

3B            Rachel Miles                                    SR        Sacramento State

SS             Cathy Wineinger                              FR        San Diego

OF            Brianna Knight                                 FR        Santa Clara

OF            MiaSarah Cesena                             SR        Loyola Marymount

OF            Michelle Mounts                              FR        Saint Mary’s

UT            Kelly Sarginson                                FR        Loyola Marymount

P              Britany Linton                                  FR        Saint Mary’s

CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:

Jackie Heide (SR, OF), Portland State

Jamie Schloredt (SR, C), Sacramento State

PITCHER OF THE YEAR:

Nichole Latham (SO, RHP), Portland State*

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:

Desiree Beltran (SS), Sacramento State*

COACH OF THE YEAR:

Tobin Echo-Hawk, Portland State

* – unanimous selection

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