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This Season in Pac-10 Softball
June 11, 2009
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This Season in Pac-10 Softball Washington wins NCAA title For the first time in program history and the 21st time in Conference history, the Washington Huskies shutdown the top seeded Florida Gators to win the 2009 NCAA Softball title.
Danielle Lawrie, the third-seeded Huskies starting ace, was rewarded for her stellar pitching by being honored as the USA Softball Player of the Year, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player and receiving the Honda Award as the best female athlete in softball.
Washington, the fifth team in the Conference to win a softball National Championship, spent three-straight weeks on the road during their post-season venture. 2009 WCWS All-Tournament Team Ashley Charters, Washington Danielle Lawrie, Washington* Kimi Pohlman, Washington Morgan Stuart, Washington Niki Williams, Washington *Most Outstanding Player UCLA takes Pac-10 Title The Bruins won their ninth Pac-10 title to secure the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. In four of its eight previous season it which it won the Conference title, UCLA also won the NCAA title (1988, 1989, 1990, 1999). After starting the Pac-10 season 1-4, the Bruins found their stride and concluded the Conference season going 15-1 to clinch the League championship. Pac-10 NCAA Championships by the #'s 27 Total number of NCAA Softball National Champions since the organization recognized women's athletics in 1982. 21 NCAA Championships won by Pac-10 Teams. UCLA (10), Arizona (8), Arizona State (1), California (1), Washington (1). 10 WCWS championship games between two Pac-10 teams. 15 Pac-10 NCAA Runners-Up. UCLA (7), Arizona (4), Washington (2), California (2). 2 The number of times a Pac-10 team has not made it to the Women's College World Series finals (1983, 1986). Out of the Park With national home run leader Stacie Chambers' bomb in the third inning against Tennessee Martin on May 15, Arizona broke the Pac-10 and NCAA record for most home runs in the season. The Wildcats, who bested their own home run record of 126 in 2001, set a new record with 134 home runs hit in 2009 Chambers (31) and Jenae Leles (23) are finished the season ranked first and second in the nation and in the Pac-10 in home runs per game. Pac-10 Record Breaker Arizona State's Kailtin Cochran has made an imprint Pac-10 record books and has become one of the most decorated players in Conference history. The senior finishes her career ranked third in career walks with 235, third in total runs with 274, fifth in career batting average with .444, sixth in games played with 273, seventh in home runs, 69 and 10th in both career RBI (230) and career doubles (54). At the conclusion of her career, the Sun Devil has is the only Pac-10 player to be ranked in seven of the Conference's 11 offensive career records. No other player has been ranked in more than six categories. Pac-10 Tops the Polls The Pac-10 leads the way in the final USA Today/NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Softball polls with six teams ranked in the top-25, the most of any conference: Pac-10: 6 (WASH, ASU, ARIZ, CAL, UCLA, STAN) SEC: 5 (FLA, ALA, UGA, TENN, LSU) Big Ten: 3 (MICH, OSU, N.W.) ACC: 3 (UNC, FSU, GA TECH) Big 12: 3 (BAYLOR, OKLA, MIZZ) Big East: 1 (DePAUL) Pac-10 Single-Season Bests Where do this season's totals rank among all-time Pac-10 single-season performances? Home Runs Team - 1st: 134, Arizona Indv. - T2nd: 31, Stacie Chambers, ARIZ RBI Team - 4th: 468, Arizona Indv. - T5th: 96, Stacie Chambers, ARIZ RUNS Team - 5th: 499, Arizona Indv. - 10th: 79, Brittany Lastraps, ARIZ STOLEN BASES Team - 3rd: 146, California Indv. - T5th: 47, Jamia Reid, CAL STRIKEOUTS Indv. - 2nd: 521, Danielle Lawrie, WASH National Award Winners LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS First Team P Danielle Lawrie WASH 2B Ashley Charters WASH OF Kaitlin Cochran ASU OF Brittany Lastrapes ARIZ OF Katie Schroeder UCLA UT/P Megan Langenfeld UCLA AL/OF Alissa Haber STAN AL/P Missy Penna STAN Second Team AL/SS Ashley Hansen STAN Third Team C Stacie Chambers ARIZ 3B Jenae Leles ARIZ UT Jessica Mapes ASU AL/UT Valerie Arioto CAL AL/2B Amanda Kamekona UCLA NCAA WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Ashley Charters, WASH Kimi Pohlman, WASH Morgan Stuart, WASH Niki Williams, WASH Danielle Lawrie, WASH* * - Most Outstanding Player NFCA ALL-PACIFIC REGION Pos Player School P Marissa Drewrey CAL P Danielle Lawrie WASH 2B Ashley Charters WASH OF Neena Bryant ORE OF Kimi Pohlman WASH OF Jamia Reid CAL UT/P Valerie Arioto CAL UT Ashlyn Watson WASH NFCA ALL-WEST REGION Pos Player School P Hillary Bach ASU P Missy Penna STAN C Stacie Chambers ARIZ C Kaila Shull UCLA 2B Amanda Kamekona UCLA 3B Krista Donnenwirth ASU 3B Shannon Koplitz STAN 3B Jenae Leles ARIZ SS Ashley Hansen STAN OF Kaitlin Cochran ASU OF Alissa Haber STAN OF Brittany Lastrapes ARIZ OF Katie Schroeder UCLA OF Lauren Schutzler ARIZ UT/P Megan Langenfeld UCLA UT GiOnna DiSalvatore UCLA UT Jessica Mapes ASU NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Louisville Slugger/NFCA Feb. 17 Ashley Hansen, STAN Feb. 24 Danielle Lawrie, WASH Mar. 31 Missy Penna, STAN Apr. 14 Megan Langenfeld, UCLA Apr. 28 Megan Langenfeld, UCLA May 5 Missy Penna, STAN USA Softball Feb. 24 Danielle Lawrie, WASH Mar. 17 Stacie Chambers, ARIZ Mar. 31 Missy Penna, STAN Apr. 14 Megan Langenfeld, UCLA May 5 Missy Penna, STAN
COSIDA/ESPN THE MAGAZINE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM First Team Yr. Player School Sr. Kaitlin Cochran ASU Second Team Yr. Player School Sr. Missy Penna STAN Sr. Jessica Mapes ASU 2009 HONDA-BRODERICK AWARD WINNER P Danielle Lawrie WASH 2009 USA SOFTBALL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR P Danielle Lawrie WASH 2009 USA SOFTBALL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS Kaitlin Cochran, ASU (Top-3) Stacie Chambers, ARIZ (Top-10) Missy Penna, STAN (Top-10) Ashley Charters, WASH (Top-25) Alissa Haber, STAN (Top-25) Ashley Hansen, STAN (Top-25) Brittany Lastrapes, ARIZ (Top-25) Jenae Leles, ARIZ (Top-25) Kaila Shull, UCLA (Top-25)
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