Bryant Tapped to NFCA All-Region Team
STARKVILLE, Miss. ? Postseason awards continued to roll Neena Bryant’s way as the University of Oregon junior picked up the program’s 31st All-Region softball honor Thursday in an announcement by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
The Placentia, Calif., native Bryant became the sixth Duck to claim an all-region nod in the seven-year tenure of head coach Kathy Arendsen ? a stretch that included four honorees in ’07 and another in ’04.
Among current UO players, Bryant joins senior and team captain Sari-Jane Jenkins on the list of all-time honorees as the latter player from Salem, Ore., was a Second-Team honoree in 2007.
The 25-person team included players from Boise State, BYU, California, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Sacramento, Colorado State, Nevada, Portland State, Washington, and this year's team marked the first time since 1988 that first- and second-team classifications were not used.
Last weekend, Bryant was tabbed the team’s Offensive MVP for the second straight season in ’09 after she ended the 50-game slate as the Ducks' season leader in batting (.314), hits (49), home runs (8 - tied), slugging (.538), multiple-hit games (13), longest hitting streak (9), on-base percentage (.345) and stolen bases (27) - and the latter was the sixth-most in a season all-time for UO.
Career-wise, she ranks fourth all-time for UO in stolen bases (64), fifth all-time in home runs (28) and sixth in RBIs (120).
Among other season stat rankings this week, Bryant’s ’09 stolen base mark (0.54 per game average) ranked 30th nationally and fourth in the Pac-10.
For a listing of all 10 all-region teams, visit the http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1321 link at the www.NFCA.org website.
Earlier this week, Bryant was tabbed to the All-Pac-10 Second Team for the second straight season, Jenkins was a repeat All-Pac-10 honorable mention (and second-team choice in ’06), and freshman Samantha Skillingstad was chosen to the All-Freshman Team based on a vote by Pac-10 head coaches.
Last weekend, the Ducks wrapped up her seventh season at the helm of the Duck program with a school-best 234-176 mark. Her 20-year, 606-451 overall career record includes prior stops at Mississippi State, Yale, Eastern Illinois and Western Connecticut.
2009 ALL-PACIFIC REGION SOFTBALL TEAM
* courtesy of www.NFCA.org
Pos.- Name, School
P - Krista Cobb, University of California, Santa Barbara
P - Marissa Drewrey, University of California, Berkeley
P - Katie Holverson, University of Nevada, Reno
P - Nichole Latham, Portland State University
P - Danielle Lawrie, University of Washington
P - Christie Zinanti, Brigham Young University
C - Jessica Purcell, Brigham Young University
C - Jamie Schloredt, California State University, Sacramento
1B - Andrea Ramirez, Brigham Young University
1B - Christine Thomsen, Colorado State University
2B - Ashley Charters, University of Washington
2B - Christine Ramos, University of California, Santa Barbara
3B - Sam Bias, University of Nevada, Reno
3B - Kathy Cox, Boise State University
SS - Desiree Beltran, California State University, Sacramento
SS - Caitlan Stem, Colorado State University
OF - Neena Bryant, University of Oregon
OF - Jackie Heide, Portland State University
OF - Britton Murdock, University of Nevada, Reno
OF - Kimi Pohlman, University of Washington
OF - Brittany Puzey, University of Nevada, Reno
OF - Jamia Reid, University of California, Berkeley
UT/P - Valerie Arioto, University of California, Berkeley
UT/Non-P - Angeline Quiocho, Brigham Young University
UT/Non-P - Ashlyn Watson , University of Washington
ALL-TIME OREGON ALL-REGION SOFTBALL HONOREES
2009 ? Neena Bryant (1st)
2007 ? Jen Salling, SS (1st); Joanna Gail, 3B (2nd); Sari-Jane Jenkins, OF (2nd); Ann Marie Topps, UT (2nd)
2004 ? Beth Boskovich, IF (2nd)
1999 ? Andrea Gustafson, IF (2nd); Triawn Custer, IF (2nd)
1998 ? Jennie Cook, DP (2nd); Lindsey Welch, OF (2nd)
1997 ? Lindsey Welch, OF (1st)
1996 ? Kathy Stahl, SS (1st); Angie LeRoy, UT (1st); Lisa Preston, OF (2nd)
1995 ? Kim Kampfer, P (2nd); Melisa Lemke, OF (2nd); Angie LeRoy, OF (2nd)
1994 ? Heather Holte, DP (1st)
1993 ? Trina Salcido, 3B (2nd)
1992 ? Marnie McCall, OF (2nd); Jennifer Piper, 2B (2nd)
1991 ? Julie Cavanaugh, 1B (1st)
1990 ? Julie Cavanaugh, 1B (1st); Katie Wiese, P (2nd)
1989 ? Julie Cavanaugh, C (1st); Kim Manning, UT/DP (1st); Danny Senner, SS (1st); Katie Wiese, P (1st); Kathy Gray, 1B (2nd); +Teresa Wilson, coach
1988 ? Dennise Jones, P (2nd); Susan Voeller, P (2nd)
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