Cornbelt Conference Elite Softball Team Announced
Several local players received post-season recognition for their play in the Cornbelt Conference softball campaign during the recently completed season. Voting on the post-season honors was completed by the league coaches.
Softball players from Graettinger/Terril, West Bend-Mallard and Ruthven-Ayrshire all earned recognition on the Cornbelt Conference All Confernece teams.
For the Graettinger/Terril Knights, Theresa Peterson earned First Team recognition as a utility player.
Dakota Hovinga, a third baseman, and outfielder Tasha Neilson were named to positions on the Second Team unit and catcher Jennie Mart was accorded Honoable mention recognition for the Knights.
For West Bend-Mallard, the Lady Wolverines had fiver players earn recognition. Kari Zinnel and Kayla Hartman were both selected to the First Team All Conference squad as utility players, while Michela Grimm, Missy Abrahamson and Courtney Laubenthal were both named to the Second Team All Conference squad.
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Raiders had one player, Cassidy Smith, receive Second Team All Conference recognition.
The complete 2008 Cornbelt Conference All Conferrence Teams are listed as follows:
Cornbelt
Conference
All Conference
First Team
Pitchers
Stacy Schutjer, WCLT
Jayna Blome, NSK
Amy Leach, A-R
Catchers
Jordan Vaske, NSK
Alyssa Schwartz, WCLT
First base
Courtney Haag, NSK
Second base
Melanie Hoffman, WCLT
Shortstop
Rebekkah Rolling, NSK
Third Base
April Gunderson, A-R
Outfield
Lisa Pelzer, A-R
Megan Rolling, NSK
Brittney Bennett, TRV
Utility
Nicole Bannister, WCLT
Kari Zinnel, WBM
Kayla Hartman, WBM
Theresa Petersen, GT
Devon Schwartz, CWL
Cassie Atwood, TRV
Second Team
Michela Grimm, WBM
Laura Brugman, CCE
Cassidy Smith, RA
Missy Abrahamson, WBM
Brittany Banwart, TRV
Sam Thilges, WCLT
Logan Evans, A-R
Brianne Gonzales, A-R
Dakota Hovinga, GT
Rosie Cheever, AR
Tasha Neilson, GT
Courtney Laubenthal, WBM
Hannah Kofron, WCLT
Kelsie Mino, NSK
Morgan Grabinoski, AR
Lindsey Reese, HLP
Jenna Biedenfeld, CCE
Jenna Peters, HLP
Honorable Mention
Michele Iris, A-R
Megan Sanders, A-R
Jennie Mart, GT
Genna Valvick, NSK
Abby Ingalls, NSK