the Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Team
BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin-Wallace College sophomore All-American catcher Nicole Loudin (Sheffield Lake/ Elyria Catholic) headlines a list of four Yellow Jacket players who were named to the 2004 All-Ohio Athletic Conference softball team.
Joining Loudin on the first-team are sophomore shortstop Casey Ward (Amherst/ Marion Steele). Named to the second-team were freshman outfielder Lori Schmidt (Brunswick) and junior pitcher/ first baseman Jeanette Brezina (Parma Valley Forge). The quartet helped the Yellow Jackets compile a 21-15 overall and 11-7 OAC record in 2004 and help B-W have its fifth straight 20-win season.
Loudin topped the team in batting average at .430 and led it in runs scored (26), base hits (43), homers (11), runs batted-in (34), slugging average (.870), bases on balls drawn (20) and on base average (521). After two seasons in the Brown & Gold, Loudin is batting .407 with a B-W career-record 21 homers and 75 RBI. Schmidt hit .312, scored 11 runs and drove in four and was third in stolen bases with six in nine attempts. Brezina was tabbed as a utility player and batted .297 with 11 runs scored, a double and eight RBI. On the mound, she was 7-4 with a 2.81 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 72 and one-third innings pitched. She started 11 games and had 11 complete games. Ward hit .297 was first with 118 at-bats, second with 22 runs scored and tied with Loudin with a team-high eight stolen bases. She also had three doubles, one hiomer and nine RBI.
FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX Machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail atkruple@bw.edu. To contact softball coach Joe Yocabet, please call him in his office at 440-826-3398 or e-mail Assistant Coach Bob Cochrane atrcochran@bw.edu.
2004 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Team
First Team: Catcher: Nicole Loudin (Baldwin-Wallace)*; 1B: Jen Shay (Muskingum)!; 2B: Danielle LoVaglio (John Carroll)&; SS: Casey Ward (Baldwin-Wallace); 3B: Shauna Jellison (Muskingum)&; Outfielders: April Rader (Muskingum), Erin Zupko (Muskingum)*!^; Lindsay Bramhall (Muskingum); DP: Nicole Blubaugh (Muskingum)*; Utility: Bridget Knazek (John Carroll)*; Pitchers: Candice Miller (Marietta)* and Erin Hoyt (Muskingum)*
Second Team: Catcher: Jen Feldkircher (Muskingum); 1B: Brooke Alexander (Capital); 2B: Abby Jackson (Ohio Northern)*; SS: Jeanna Rayman (Muskingum); 3B: Rhonda Barth (Mount Union); Outfielders: Bridget Knazek (John Carroll)*; Lori Schmidt (Baldwin-Wallace); Janine Solomon (John Carroll); DP: Jamie Watson (Capital)&; Utility: Jeanette Brezina (Baldwin-Wallace); Pitchers: Marie Mascari (Ohio Northern) and Deanna McKee (Capital).
Gayle Lauth OAC Player of the Year: Erin Hoyt (Muskingum)
John Wells OAC Pitcher of the Year: Erin Hoyt (Muskingum)
Bob Jordan OAC "Rookie of the Year": Crystal Thomas (Mount Union)
* - denotes first-team in 2003; & - second-team in 2003; + - first-team in 2002; ! - second-team in 2002; ^ - first-team in 2001.
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