Five UC Softball Players Earn All-WVIAC Honors

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CHARLESTON, WV (05/02/2012)(readMedia)-- University of Charleston freshman ace Emily Fultz (Germantown, OH) and leading hitter Janeen Vazquez (Cincinnati, OH) were named First Team All-WVIAC selections to lead a group of five Golden Eagle softball players to garner conference honors, Tuesday afternoon.

Fultz had a standout campaign in the circle for UC leading to her taking WVIAC Freshman of the Year honors. She recorded 20 wins on the season while throwing three shutouts. She also came in to register two saves during her rookie effort. Fultz worked 188.2 innings on the year, while striking out 212 batters to lead the WVIAC and walked just 39. For the season, Fultz appeared in 35 games, starting 28. She also registered 21 complete games en route to tallying an ERA of 2.23. It marks the first time a UC student-athlete has been named Freshman of the Year in softball.

Vazquez torched opposing pitchers all season to the tune of a .470 batting average to lead the team, despite missing 13 games early in the season she managed 117 at-bats for her junior campaign. Vazquez was second on the team with five homeruns and 33 runs batted in, while pacing the Golden Eagles with 85 total bases on the year. Her 11 doubles was tied for the tops on the squad with Second Team selection Logan Tretick (Round Hill, VA).

Tretick makes her second-consecutive appearance as Charleston's sole Second Team selection. She was one of just three (all earned WVIAC honors) to start in all 50 games for the Golden Eagles collecting a .302 batting average with four homeruns and 26 RBI.

Ashlea Wallace (Winfield, WV) also grabs her second-straight WVIAC honor as an Honorable Mention selection and joins Tretick as the only other UC player to start all 50 games. Wallace booked a .301 batting average during the 34-16 effort, while stealing 10 bases. Freshman Aspen Echelmeier (Auburn, CA) wrapped up the award selections landing an Honorable Mention nod for her rookie season that saw her lead Charleston with seven homeruns as she split time behind the plate and as the designated player.

The complete 2012 all-WVIAC softball team is as follows:

Player of the Year: Brittany Hyatt – WV State

Pitcher of the Year: Hillary Perez-Ashley – WV Wesleyan

Freshman of the Year: Emily Fultz – Charleston

Coach of the Year: Steve Warner – WV Wesleyan

1st Team All-Conference

Mattie Best (5'4", So., CF, Hemet, Calif., WV State)

Tricia Bettura (5'5", Jr., P, Canfield, Ohio, Shepherd)

Chelsea Cobb (5'9", Jr., P, Dunbar, W. Va., Fairmont State)

Paige Cummings (5'7", Jr., SS, Acton, Calif., WV Wesleyan)

Emily Fultz (5'10", Fr., P, Germantown, Ohio, Charleston)

Brittany Hyatt (5'6", Sr., SS, Hagerstown, Md., WV State)

Jarah Ice (5'7", So., UTIL, Anderson, Ind., Wheeling Jesuit)

Jacqui Omichinski (5'10", So., P/INF, Abbot's Ford, B.C., Canada, WV Wesleyan)

Sarah Pelegreen (5'10", Jr., P, Hopedale, Ohio, WV State)

Hillary Perez-Ashley (5'4", Sr., P, Lakewood, Calif., WV Wesleyan)

Liz Piekut (5'10", Sr., SS, Glassport, Va., Seton Hill)

Kat Powell (5'8", Sr., Util., Miami, Fla., Alderson-Broaddus)

Brittany Shepley (5'9", Jr., LF, Chatham, Ontario, Ohio Valley)

Janeen Vazquez (5'7", Jr., 1B, Cincinnati, Ohio, Charleston)

Abbey Wilson (5'6", Sr., SS, Parkersburg, W. Va., Fairmont State)

2nd Team All-Conference

Tiff Biggs (5'8", Jr., P, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Shepherd)

Kaitlyn Carey (5'9", Jr., P/INF, Orlando, Fla., WV Wesleyan)

Carlee Chatron (5'6", Fr., OF, Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville State)

Adrienne Daniels (5'8", So., 2B, Clarksburg, W. Va., Alderson-Broaddus)

Deseree Giffin (5'5", Jr., 3B, Hagerstown, Md., WV State)

Kayleigh Huck (5'8", So., 3B, Delaware, Ohio, Glenville State)

Felicia Hulslander (5'6", Jr., SS/2B, East Aurora, N.Y., West Liberty)

Megan Malenstyn (5'9", Fr., C, Surrey, Canada, WV Wesleyan)

Kelli McCullough (5'3", Sr., OF, Bradenton, Fla., WV Wesleyan)

Lacy McDougall (5'7", Fr., P/OF, Virginia Beach, Va., Concord)

Carly Mundie (5'8", Fr., 2B, Pittsburgh, Pa., Fairmont State)

Taylor Schaefer (5'7", Fr., OF, Dunkirk, Md., Shepherd)

Amanda Serafini (5'2", So., 3B, Blasdell, N.Y., Davis & Elkins)

Kayla Sturms (5'1", Sr., DP/DH, Hemet, Calif., WV State)

Logan Tretick (5'7", Sr., OF, Round Hill, Va., Charleston)

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Bianca Biondillo (5'6", Jr., OF, Canfield, Ohio, Shepherd)

Vanessa Bodily (5'9", Jr., 3B, Ogden, Utah, Alderson-Broaddus)

Carly Caldon (5'3", So., OF, Ripley, W. Va., Glenville State)

Brittany Cook (5'8", So., C/Inf., Oceana, W. Va., Bluefield State)

Carissa Dunn (5'7", Jr., C, Modesto, Calif., Davis & Elkins)

Aspen Echelmeier (5'9", Fr., C, Auburn, Calif., Charleston)

Holly Frampton (5'9", Jr., OF, Pine City, N.Y., Fairmont State)

Rebecca Gleason (5'6", Jr., C, La Plata, Md., Concord)

Kelsey Graham (5'5", Sr., 2B, Vienna, W. Va., Ohio Valley)

Christine Henderson (5'8", Fr., OF, Ligonier, Pa., Seton Hill)

Mallory Hilton (5'2", Sr., LF, Ravenswood, W. Va., WV State)

Erika Jusko (5'8", So., 3B, Euclid, Ohio, Wheeling Jesuit)

Kristy Kellogg (5'2", Jr., CF, Phoenix, Ariz., Alderson-Broaddus)

Jenifer Kennon (5'4", Jr., OF, Rowland Heights, Calif., Davis & Elkins)

Maegan Lesser (5'7", Jr., P/1B, Mineral, Va., Glenville State)

Sam McQuade (5'4", So., 1B, McConnellsburg, Pa., Shepherd)

Lacey Metheney (5'8", Sr., C, Inwood, W. Va., Glenville State)

Ali Neace (5'10", So., P, Logan, W. Va., Alderson-Broaddus)

Donna O'Bryant (5'6", So., CF, Muncie, Ind., Ohio Valley)

Eloria Oprins (5'5", Jr., C, Sycamore, Ill., Ohio Valley)

Bridget Ours (5'8", Sr., DP, Moorefield, W. Va., Davis & Elkins)

Maggie Starr (5'2", So., 3B, Cambridge, Ohio, West Liberty)

Aleecia Sunagel (5'9", Jr., 1B, Amherst, Ohio, Wheeling Jesuit)

Brittany Tallhamer (5'9", Sr., 1B, Parkersburg, W. Va., Fairmont State)

Raegan Turner (5'4", Sr., P, Jordan, Ontario, Ohio Valley)

Ashlea Wallace (5'4", Sr., SS, Winfield, W. Va., Charleston)

Stefanie Wiegand (5'7", Jr., 2B, Pittsburgh, Pa., Seton Hill)

Terri Lynn Wolfe (5'5", Fr., OF, Steubenville, Ohio, Fairmont State)

Player of the Year:

Brittany Hyatt (WV State)

Pitcher of the Year:

Hillary Perez-Ashley (West Virginia Wesleyan)

Freshman of the Year:

Emily Fultz (Charleston)

Coach of the Year:

Steve Warner (West Virginia Wesleyan)