By: Jill Wunrow
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - For the first time since the 2007
season, the Green Bay (22-26, 11-12 HL) softball team landed three players on
the postseason All-Horizon League Teams, announced by the Horizon League office
Tuesday.
Sophomore outfielder Miranda Reinke
(Milwaukee, Wis.) and junior pitcher Allison Goecks (Beloit, Wis.) were both Second
Team All-League selections, the first All-League honor of both their careers. For
the third consecutive season, Green Bay has a player named to the All-Newcomer
Team in freshman Hailey Mohrfeld (Menominee Falls, Wis.).
Reinke leads Green Bay with a .336 batting
average and slugging percentage of .484, which also ranks 10th among Horizon
League players. The 5'5" sophomore has 43 hits on the season and a team-high
eight doubles and 62 total bases while starting 44 games for the Phoenix.
Reinke is second on the team with 20 runs on the season and a perfect 6-for-6
on stolen bases.
Goecks has been solid for the Phoenix
from the mound this season, making 28 appearances while pitching 13 complete
games. The right-hander had a career-high 12 strike outs March 15 against Howard
in the Rebel Spring Games while recently striking out 10 batters in Green Bay's
2-0 win in its doubleheader against Youngstown State May 5. Goecks' 111 strikeouts ranks third on Green Bay's individual season record list and her ERA of
3.01 ranks sixth among Horizon League pitchers.
Mohrfeld led Green Bay's freshman
class with 98 at-bats, 27 hits, five doubles, seven RBIs, batting .276 while
starting 31 games. Mohrfeld hit a career-best 3-for-4 from behind the plate
April 7 in Green Bay's series finale at Detroit. The 5'7" infielder hit her
first collegiate career homerun April 1 in Green Bay's series finale against
regular season Horizon League champion Valparaiso.
The Crusaders earned the right to
host the Horizon League Softball Championship, which begins Wednesday, May 9.
No. 6 seed Green Bay will battle defending champion, No. 3 seed UIC (25-25,
12-9 HL) at 1:30 p.m.
The complete listing of the 2012
Horizon League Postseason Awards is as follows:
Player of
the Year
Haley Thomas - Youngstown State
Newcomer
of the Year
Brittany Duncan - Valparaiso
Pitcher
of the Year
Brittany Gardner - Loyola
Coach of
the Year
Brian Campbell - Youngstown State
All-League
First Team
Haley Thomas - Youngstown State
Jordan Rutkowski - Valparaiso
Jordan Ingalls - Youngstown State
Dara Toman - Cleveland State
Melissa Preish - UIC
Joylyn Ichiyama-Drewry - Valparaiso
Lauren McNulty - Butler
Brooke Andresen - Loyola
Meaghan Sullivan - Butler
Brittany Duncan - Valparaiso (DP)
Brittany Gardner - Loyola (P)
Alex Lagesse - Valparaiso (P)
All-League
Second Team
Lauren Arceneaux - Loyola
Melinda Macias - UIC
Annie Korth - Loyola
Vicky Rumph - Youngstown State
Miranda
Reinke - Green Bay
Jessica Balzano - Loyola
Coryn Schmit - UIC
Kristi Boreing - Wright State
Jessie Marinec - Valparaiso
Sara Shields - Cleveland State (DP)
Krystian DeWitt - Wright State (P)
Alli Goecks -
Green Bay (P)
All-Newcomer
Team
Brittany Duncan - Valparaiso
Sara Shields - Cleveland State
Kristen Boros - Butler
Jessica Balzano - Loyola
Annie Korth - Loyola
Kayla Haslett - Youngstown State
Haley
Mohrfeld - Green Bay
Nena Doran - Cleveland State
Jess Gorman - Wright State
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