The University Athletic Association has announced its All-Association 30th Anniversary Softball Team. Fifty-four student-athletes earned the honor, including 16 from Washington University and 15 from Emory University.
The team consists of each student-athlete who was named Most Valuable Player/Player of the Year or accumulated five or more points with two points awarded for All-Association first-team recognition, and one point for second-team honors in her career. All-Tournament designation, an additional award that began in 2009, is based solely on tournament competition and was not considered for this award.
Highlighting the honorees is the only player in softball history to earn Most Valuable Player honors four consecutive years, Laurel Sagartz of Washington, who accomplished the feat from 2004-07. Megan Light of Emory was named Most Valuable Player three times, first in her rookie season in 2011 and then in back-to-back years in 2013 and 2014. She earned All-Association first team recognition four times.
Five Bears joined Sagartz as four-time All-Association selections: Victoria Ramsey (2002-05), Monica Hanono (2003-06), Ashton Hitchcock (2007-10), Claire Voris (2008-11), and Corissa Santos (2009-12). Hannah Mehrle and Anna McKee were named the first Position Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, in 2017.
Six other Eagles earned Most Valuable Player accolades: Melissa Roberts (2001), Nicole Kovski (2002), Tamara Boggs (2003), Megan Light (2011), Bridget Holloway (2012), and Brittany File (2016). Roberts earned All-Association honors four times (2000-03) as did Cassie Walsh (2007-10) and Kim Bandy (2006-09).
Others who earned All-Associaton accolades four times were Melissa Jones (1996-99), Erin Ross (2007-10), and Amanda Genovese (2012-15) of Brandeis University, Carla Kinyon (1998-2001) and Annie Wennenberg (2014-17) of Case Western Reserve University, and Jenna Robertson (2004-07), Beth Ameno (2006-09), and Nina Korn (2011-14) of University of Rochester.
In 23 years, 45 teams from the UAA have earned a trip to the NCAA Division III Softball Championship. Emory reached the Division III eight-team quarterfinal round in 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2016. Washington University finished as the national runner-up in 2007. Rochester reached the NCAA quarterfinal round in 2014.
All-Association 30th Anniversary Softball Team
Sara Albert, Brandeis
Beth Ameno, Rochester
Kim Bandy, Emory
Tamara Boggs, Emory
Allison Bouknight, Emory
Jessee Boyce, Brandeis
Melisa Cagar, Brandeis
Lauren Dix, Emory
Adrienne Douglass, CWRU
Brittany File, Emory
Amanda Genovese, Brandeis
Tricia Gomes, Brandeis
Anne Gregory, Washington
Elizabeth Hampson, Emory
Monica Hanono, Washington
Danielle Hari, Chicago
Ashton Hitchcock, Washington
Bridget Holloway, Emory
Melissa Jones, Brandeis
Carla Kinyon, CWRU
Nina Korn, Rochester
Nicole Kovski, Emory
Jamie Kressel, Washington
Megan Light, Emory
Lindsay Macaluso, Rochester
Beth Marquardt, Chicago
Anna McKee, Washington
Hannah Mehrle, Washington
Maggie Mullen, Washington
Sarah Morse, Emory
Mary Nicol, Emory
Molly O’Brien, CWRU
Becky Palmer, CWRU
Erica Peterson, Brandeis
Annie Pitkin, Washington
Victoria Ramsey, Washington
Michelle Rizzo, Chicago
Melissa Roberts, Emory
Amanda Roberts, Washington
Jena Robertson, Rochester
Erin Ross, Brandeis
Laurel Sagartz, Washington
Corissa Santos, Washington
Melanie Simpson, CWRU
Jessica Sorrentino, Rochester
Karli Stander, Washington
Emily Sunshine, Emory
Liz Swary, Washington
Jessica Thomas, Emory
Claire Voris, Washington
Cassie Walsh, Emory
Annie Wennerberg, CWRU
Adrienne White, Washington
Jennifer Wu, Chicago