COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Chadron State College’s Casey Williams has
been named the 2009 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the
Year, the conference office announced on Wednesday.
It’s the first such honor for any CSC softball player and just the
second time a member of the Eagles has been placed on the first team.
Williams, a senior from New South Wales, Australia, had a stellar
year in the circle. She had a 15-10 record and tossed 19 complete
games, including four shutouts. At one point in the season, she had a
22 inning scoreless streak.
She led the RMAC in earned run average (2.46), strikeouts (185) and opponents’ batting average (.220).
Williams, who has won 29 of the Eagles’ 40 games the last two
seasons, also owns several school records. For her career, she struck
out 357 batters, threw 319.1 innings, seven shutouts and 37 complete
games.
Williams was also the RMAC Academic Player of the Year for maintaining a 4.00 GPA in psychology.
The RMAC Player of the Year was Jessika Anastos of the University of
Colorado-Colorado Springs. The Freshman of the Year was Regis’ Nikki
Haberkorn and the Coach of the Year was Metro State’s Jen Fisher.
The Eagles finished their season with a 20-30 overall record and a 13-21 mark in the RMAC.
First Team All-RMAC
P – Casey Williams, CSC; P – Christie Robinson, Metro State; C –
Alisa Heronema, Regis; 1B – Jessika Anastos, UCCS; 2B – Kelly Purcell,
CSU-Pueblo; 3B – Cassie Keck, Nebraska-Kearney; SS – Kristina Barr,
Western New Mexico; OF – Kaleigh Starr, Colorado Mines; OF – Kellie
Nishikida, Metro State; Ashley Aldrich, CSU-Pueblo; DP – Tara
Mickelson, Metro State; UT – Katie Kocman, Colorado Mines.
Second Team All-RMAC
P – Sara Jordan, Mesa State; P – Bianca Holley, Regis; C – Sarah Van
Lingen, Colorado Mines; 1B – Denee Johnson, Adams State; 2B – Shannon
Galenek, Adams State; 3B – Katie Johnson, CSU-Pueblo; SS – Janine
Tyler, CSU-Pueblo; OF – Gabi Parra, Mesa State; OF – Margie Cone,
Colorado Mines; OF – Alissa Larsen, Nebraska-Kearney; DP – Courtney
Davis, Adams State; UT – Lauren Cross, Mesa State.
Third Team All-RMAC
P – Brittany Moss, Metro State; P – Amber Higby, CSU-Pueblo; C –
Kaitlyn Barnes, Western New Mexico; 1B – Laura Gormley,
Nebraska-Kearney; 2B – Sarah Rusch, Metro State; 3B – Jacki Martinez,
Regis; SS – Amber Roundtree, Metro State; OF – Jennessa Tesone, Metro
State; OF – Chelena Coulston, Fort Lewis; OF – Natalie Adami, Regis; DP
– Amber Massey, Fort Lewis; UT – Ashley Jordan, UCCS.
