Landmark Releases Softball All-Conference Team
MADISON, N.J. – After a season in which two Landmark teams
earned NCAA Tournament berths and five teams finished .500 or
better in conference play 26 student-athletes have been selected to
the 2010 All-Landmark Conference Softball Team as voted by the
conference's seven head coaches. The All-Landmark Team includes a
first and second team, with the voting done by position. The voting
took place prior to the start of the Landmark softball postseason.
Moravian College, which won its third straight Landmark title,
placed four players on the team and picked up a pair of individual
awards while Susquehanna University placed a high of five players
on the team after a year in which the Crusaders also earned an NCAA
bid. Three of the award winners repeated selections from a year ago
as USMMA senior Jess LaValley was named the Player of the Year for
a second-straight season and Moravian hurler Jenna Carmon repeated
as the Pitcher of the Year. Susquehanna Coach Kathy Kroupa and her
staff also earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors for the
second-straight year. Moravian freshman Katie Gross was tabbed as
the Landmark Rookie of the Year. All seven Landmark teams placed at
least two players on the All-Landmark team.
2010 All-Landmark Conference Softball Team
First Team
Pos-Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
C-Kelli Holota, Susquehanna, Sr., Spring Lake, N.J.
(Livingston)
1B-Amanda Dizinno, Moravian, Fr., Budd Lake, N.J. (Mount Olive)
2B-Annie Zeleniak, Scranton, Jr., Taylor, Pa. (Scranton
Preparatory)
SS-Megan Rizzi, Catholic, So., Mont Vernon, N.H. (Souhegan)
SS-Kaitlyn Robbins, USMMA, Jr., Fairfax, Va. (Fairfax)
3B-Brennan Balfour, Susquehanna, Jr., Cape Elizabeth, Maine (Cape
Elizabeth)
OF-Sarah Eckard, Juniata, Sr., Hollidaysburg, Pa.
(Hollidaysburg)
OF-Lisa Finizio, Susquehanna, So., Oakland, N.J. (Indian Hills)
OF-Rachel Nagy, Juniata, Sr., Nazareth, Pa. (Nazareth)
DP-Shelly Landis, Susquehanna, Jr., Souderton, Pa. (Christopher
Dock Mennonite)
UT-Jess LaValley, USMMA, Sr., Havelock, N.C. (Havelock)
SP-Jenna Carmon, Moravian, So., Flemington, N.J. (Hunterdon
Central)
SP-Cara Swerdlow, Susquehanna, Jr., Bloomfield, N.J. (Bloomfield)
Second Team
Pos-Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
C-Samantha Russo, Scranton, Sr., Manalapan, N.J. (Manalapan)
1B-Lynn Brown, Catholic, Sr., Laurel, Md. (Saint Vincent
Pallotti)
2B-Kati Eggert, Drew, So., Denville, N.J. (Morris Knolls)
2B-Caley McCool, Juniata, Jr., Spring Mills, Pa. (Penns Valley)
SS-Katie Gross, Moravian, Fr., Allentown, Pa. (Parkland)
3B-Taylor Stockinger, Catholic, Fr., Olney, Md. (Sherwood)
OF-Maura Agnew, Moravian, Jr., Doylestown, Pa. (Lansdale
Catholic)
OF-Ashley Regan, Scranton, Sr., Old Forge, Pa. (Old Forge)
OF-Tracey Scanlon, Catholic, So., North Wales, Pa. (Gwynedd Mercy
Academy)
DP-Jennifer Mateo, Drew, Fr., Union City, N.J. (Union City)
UT-Stacy Nagy, Juniata, Sr., Millerton, Pa. (Troy)
SP-Adriana Durso, Drew, Jr., Old Tappan, N.J. (No. Vall. Old
Tappan)
SP-Alyssa Erb, Juniata, Sr., Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Hollidaysburg)
Player of the Year: Jess LaValley,
USMMA
Pitcher of the Year: Jenna Carmon, Moravian
Rookie of the Year: Katie Gross, Moravian
Coaching Staff of the Year: Susquehanna University (Head
Coach Kathy Kroupa)