2009 Softball Scholar-Athlete Teams - Missouri Valley Conference

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2009 Softball Scholar-Athlete Teams

Courtesy: The Valley

Release: 05/18/2009

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Courtesy: The Valley
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Meredith Simpson, Indiana State

ST. LOUIS -- Twelve league softball players have been named to the 2009 MVC Scholar-Athlete First team, including four repeat selections, as voted on by the conference's softball sports information directors the league office announced today. Indiana State's Meredith Simpson earned her third first team honor, making her the 16th player in league history to win MVC Scholar-Athlete first team honors in each of her years of eligibility. Simpson was joined on the first team by repeat selections Tara Oltman - the only unanimous selection - and Jessica Wakasugi of Creighton and Jen Larsen of UNI.

MVC Tournament champion Bradley is represented by senior Alycia Bachkora, while Drake's Brynne Dordel and Bridget Shields, Illinois State's Casey Gorrell, Indiana State's Katie Armour and Darcy Wood and Southern Illinois' Katie McNamara and Katie Schmidt round out the first team.

Eight of the 12 first team spots are held by graduating seniors and four schools - Creighton, Drake and Southern Illinois - each placed two players on the list, while Indiana State placed a league-best three players on the first team.

Impressively, Southern Illinois has earned at least two MVC Scholar-Athlete first team selections for 12-consecutive seasons.

In all, seven conference schools are represented on the first team.

2009 MVC Softball Scholar-Athlete First Team
Name, School	Yr.	Pos.	GPA	Major	Hometown/HS
Katie Armour, Indiana State	Sr.	UT	3.34	Recreation and Sport Management	New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine
Alycia Bachkora, Bradley	Sr.	IF	3.57	Cell & Molecular Biology	Overland Park, Kan./Notre Dame de Sion
Brynne Dordel, Drake	So.	P	4.00	Accounting/Management	Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska
Casey Gorrell, Illinois State	Sr.	C	3.62	Deaf and Hearing Impaired Education	Olathe, Kan./Olathe East
Jen Larsen, UNI*	Jr.	P/DP	3.54	Biology	Moline, Ill./Moline
Katie McNamara, Southern Illinois	Sr.	P	3.78	Political Science/French	Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley
Tara Oltman, Creighton*	Jr.	P	3.92	English/Secondary Education	Cortland, Neb./Beatrice
Katie Schmidt, Southern Illinois	Sr.	OF	3.97	Marketing	Millstadt, Ill./Belleville West
Bridget Shields, Drake	Jr.	OF	3.93	Biology	Iowa City, Iowa/West
Meredith Simpson, Indiana State*^	Sr.	SS	3.62	Athletic Training	Mission Viejo, Calif./Capo Valley
Jessica Wakasugi, Creighton*	Sr.	OF	3.64	Business Entrepreneurship & Business	Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury
Darcy Wood, Indiana State	Sr.	P	3.31	Elementary Education	Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove
*2008 First Team; ^2007 First Team

2009 MVC Softball Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
Name, School	Yr.	Pos.	GPA	Major	Hometown/HS
Erin Bly, Drake	So.	DP	3.56	Politics	Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln Way East
Anne Creighton, Bradley	Sr.	OF	3.50	Journalism	Glide, Ore./Glide
Jenna DeLong, Drake	So.	P	3.44	Journalism	Dalton Gardens, Idaho/Coeur d'Alene
Alicia Garza, Southern Illinois	Jr.	2B	3.29	Diatectics	Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon
Kelsey Kahler, Drake	Jr.	OF	3.77	Elementary Education	North Liberty, Iowa/Clear Creek-Amana
Michelle Koch, Creighton	Jr.	2B	3.58	Nursing	Beatrice, Neb./Beatrice
Lauren McGinley, Missouri State	Jr.	RHP	3.86	Physical Education	Oklahoma City, Okla./Putnam City
Jen McKee, Evansville	Jr.	P	3.70	Visual Communication	Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton
Janay Mitchell, Bradley	Jr.	OF	3.45	International Business	Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South
Kelly Papesh, UNI	Sr.	C	3.60	Elementary Education/Health Education	Minooka, Ill./Minooka
Katie Wagner, Southern Illinois	Sr.	3B	3.45	Elementary Education	Mt. Vernon, Ill./Mt. Vernon Township