LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The accolades continue to come in for the Wilmington University softball team as Chelsea Botsch and Colby Wyatt were voted First Team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-East Region, announced on Thursday in a vote of the region’s head coaches.
Botsch and Wyatt led the Wildcats to a 34-18 overall record this year, going 1-2 in the NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament for the second straight season. Both Botsch and Wyatt were also named Daktronics All-East Region performers earlier this week.
Botsch (Smyrna, Del.), a First Team Daktronics All-East Region and First Team All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference performer, led the pitching staff with a 1.61 earned run average in 35 appearances, including 15 innings in the NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament against Adelphi in the first round. She tossed 174.1 innings, going 19-7 overall with 10 shutouts, including eight straight during the regular season spanning 52.1 consecutive scoreless innings. She struck out 179 batters on the year, averaging 9.29 per seven innings against members in the CACC. Botsch threw her first no-hitter of her career in a five-inning shutout against USciences on April and spun another no-hitter in a seven-inning shutout against Felician on April 30 in the first round of the CACC Tournament.
Wyatt (Harrington, Del), a Second Team Daktronics All-East Region and Second Team All-CACC performer, batted .315 for the Wildcats while playing right field and first base. She was fifth in the CACC with 11 doubles while adding three home runs for a total of 41 hits. She brought in 25 RBI while scoring 13 more. Wyatt was 21st in the CACC with a .469 slugging percentage while finishing 28th in batting. She hit a two-run double in the CACC Tournament against Caldwell while also bringing in the only run of the game against Adelphi in the NCAA East Regional Tournament.
The CACC placed four student-athletes on the First Team and five more players on the Second Team All-Region Team. Caldwell led the CACC with four players earning All-Region.
AGATE:
2015 NFCA Division II All-East Region Teams:
First Team:
P – Ali Maloof, Southern New Hampshire
P – Chelsea Botsch, Wilmington
C – Jackie Couillard, Mercy
1B – Kortney Craker, Caldwell
2B – Ashley Abad, Assumption
3B – Brenna Martini, Adelphi
SS – Jeane Drury, Pace
OF – Maureen Hannan, Southern New Hampshire
OF – Dara Schroeder, Georgian Court
OF – Shleby Yung, Pace
DP – Sarah Lavallee, Southern New Hampshire
Utility (Pitcher) – Monique Roberge, Queens
Utility (Non-Pitcher) – Colby Wyatt, Wilmington
Second Team:
P – Lindsay Mapes, Adelphi
P – Samantha Esque, Post
C – Alyssa Calderon, Caldwell
1B – Kat Zabielski, NYIT
2B – Tori Duquette, NYIT
3B – Arianna LaPuma, Dowling
SS – Courtney Case, Le Moyne
OF – Amy Hickman, Caldwell
OF – Krista King, Adelphi
OF – Chelsea Gourdin, NYIT
DP – Marisa Monasseri, Caldwell
Utility (Pitcher) – Tracey Balinskas, Molloy
Utility (Non-Pitcher) – Aubrey Orr, Bloomfield