Three Belles Earn MIAA All League Honors
NOTRE DAME, IN – Kristin Amram, Sarah Miesle and Katie Rashid each received MIAA honors which were announced on Tuesday afternoon. Amram was given First-Team accolades while Miesle and Rashid were named to the league’s Second-Team.
The voting for the league awards is done by the nine coaches in the conference and is based on games against MIAA foes.
Amram (Crete, IL/Crete-Monee) went 5-3 in league games and was second in the conference in total strikeouts (78). The sophomore held the opposition to a league best .190 batting average against her. She completed all eight games she started striking out at least 10 batters in four of those starts. In addition, it is the second consecutive year that she was named to the league’s First-Team
Miesle ( Woodburn, IN/Woodlan) started all 16 MIAA games at shortstop for the Belles were she posted a .380 batting average with two home runs and 12 RBI’s. The senior was tied for the team lead with 20 hits in league games. She had a team best .981 fielding percentage.
Rashid ( Northville, MI/Marian) was listed second in the MIAA with four homeruns and was the team leader with a .404 batting average. The sophomore was sixth in slugging percentage (.723) seventh in the MIAA with 35 total bases.
Both Maureen Healy (Lansing, IL/Marian Catholic) and Ashley Peterson ( Homewood, IL/Marian Catholic) were given coaches honorable mention nods.
Saint Mary’s finished the year with a 25-9 record overall and 10-6 in MIAA play which was good enough for the fourth place in the league.
2007 MIAA All Conference Team
MOST VALUABLE POSITION PLAYER
Rainbow Bednarski, Tri-State
MOST VALUABLE PITCHER
Kay McDonald, Alma
FIRST-TEAM ALL-MIAA
Kristin Amram, Saint Mary’s** (sophomore from Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee HS)
Rainbow Bednarski, Tri-State** (senior from Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial HS)
Kylee Brouwer, Hope** (junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Elise English, Tri-State* (freshman from Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg HS)
Amy Gaudard, Alma** (junior from Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant HS)
Kay McDonald, Alma* (senior from Rosebush/Mt. Pleasant HS)
Missy Morcom, Alma* (junior from Chelsea/Chelsea HS)
Jessica Regnerus, Hope*** (junior from Hudsonville /Hudsonville HS)
Sallie Richardson, Tri-State* (sophomore from Jackson/Napolean HS)
Kacie Rosecrants, Olivet* (sophomore from Parma/Western HS)
Krissy Sheets, Adrian* (sophomore from Temperance/Bedford HS)
Brittney Stensland, Tri-State* (junior from Waverly, Iowa/Waverly Shellrock HS)
* denotes number of years All-MIAA first team
SECOND-TEAM ALL-MIAA
Carmen Batway, Adrian (sophomore from LaSalle/Monroe HS)
Kelli Duimstra, Hope (sophomore from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Andrea English, Albion (sophomore from Troy/Seaholm HS)
Kara Graham, Tri-State (sophomore from Climax/Climax-Scotts HS)
Tara Hamming, Hope (freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Lauren Hudson, Tri-State (sophomore from Lafayette, Ind./Harrison HS)
Katie Koechling, Alma (sophomore from Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS)
Christina Luna, Olivet (sophomore from Charlotte/Charlotte HS)
Sarah Miesle, Saint Mary’s (senior from Woodburn, Ind./Woodlan HS)
Katie Rashid, Saint Mary’s (sophomore from Northville/Marian HS)
Leah VanEnk, Calvin (freshman from Portage/Kalamazoo Christian HS)
Houston Verbeck, Alma (freshman from Flint/Kearsley HS)
COACHES’ HONORABLE MENTION
Adrian: Meghan Lohr, Meghan Stevens, Carly Toth; Albion: Marissa Bell, Marissa Dickey; Alma: Brittany Fales, Sarah Johnson, Kasey Miller; Calvin: Erin Conrad; Hope: Deidra Enochs, Sara Fisher, Maddie Garcia, Laura Tanouye; Kalamazoo: Amelia Barker-King, Heidi Fetzner; Olivet: Amy Cooper, Kacey Darling, Corie Greene, Alisha Ridsdale, Heidi Wear; Saint Mary’s: Maureen Healey, Ashley Peterson; Tri-State: Karly Hooker, Alishia Raak.
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