Drury junior catcher/infielder Sadie Ball was named to the First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference softball team as a utility player and junior third baseman Stephanie Ray was a Third Team choice as the league released its honors late Wednesday night.
Ball, from Wichita, Kan., led the Panthers with a .388 batting average, 64 hits and 25 stolen bases and was second on the squad in homers (9) and RBIs 44.
Ray, from Stark City, paced Drury in homers (10) while batting .316 with 31 RBIs, playing in all 57 games for the first-year Panthers' program that finished with a 20-37 record.
Kelsey Mussleman of Missouri Science and Technology was named the league's Player of the Year, while Coach of the Year honors went to George DiMatteo of Lewis. Kaitlin Colosimo of SIU Edwardsville was named the league's Pitcher of the Year, while Torie Bunzell of Quincy was the Freshman of the Year.
FIRST TEAM
C – Mallory Paine, Lewis
1B – Kim Locke, Bellarmine
2B – Kandi Wieberg, Missouri S&T
3B – Kelsey Musselman, Missouri S&T
SS – Kelly Dianis, Lewis
DP – Sara Loete, Southern Indiana
UT – Sadie Ball, Drury
OF – Emily Tucker, Missouri S&T
OF – Kathy Wood, Southern Indiana
OF – Jessica Breeden, UIndy
P – Kaitlin Colosimo, SIU Edwardsville
P - Courtney Lyons, Lewis
P – Torie Bunzell, Quincy
SECOND TEAM
C – Ashley Price, SIU Edwardsville
1B – Mallory Ruggles, SIU Edwardsville
2B – Lindsay Longfellow, SIU Edwardsville
3B – Kristin Eickholt, Southern Indiana
SS – Kaeleigh Rousey, SIU Edwardsville
DP – April Ehlers, Northern Kentucky
UT – Amanda Smith, Northern Kentucky
OF – Nicole Beecher, SIU Edwardsville
OF – Gabrielle Simmons, Kentucky Wesleyan
OF – Amanda Miller, UW-Parkside
P – Meagan Shimkus, UW-Parkside
P - Emily Dye, Rockhurst
P – Sara Somogyi, Saint Joseph’s
THIRD TEAM
C – Ashley Reed, Saint Joseph’s
1B – Lisa Casey, UW-Parkside
2B – Jamie Keltz, UIndy
3B – Stephanie Ray, Drury
SS – Anna Mehr, Bellarmine
DP – Stephanie Harmon, Lewis
UT – Sarah Ormond, Quincy
OF – Megan Riggs, Missouri-St. Louis
OF – Chaleen Rumpf, SIU Edwardsville
OF – Holly Hilton, Rockhurst
P – Erika Taylor, SIU Edwardsville
P - Jen O’Hara, Missouri S&T
P – Heather Robertson, Rockhurst
Player of the Year – Kelsey Musselman, S&T
Pitcher of the Year – Kaitlin Colosimo, SIUE
Freshman of the Year – Torie Bunzell, Quincy
Coach of the Year – George DiMatteo, Lewis