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STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph’s College junior outfielder
Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME/Medomak
Valley HS) has been named to the Division III New England All-Star
Honorable Mention team by the New England Intercollegiate Softball
Coaches Association.
Ludwig, a 2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference First Team honoree,
led the Lady Monks with 47 runs, 27 stolen bases and 59 hits during
the season and was third on the team with a .381 (59-155) batting
average. Her 47 runs led the GNAC and ranks as the third-highest total
in St. Joe’s softball history. Ludwig’s single season
swipe count ranked second in the GNAC and second in SJC history and
her career total of 49 steals is just eight shy of the St. Joe’s
all-time mark of 57 held by Kelli Glantz (1996-97). Ludwig was caught
stealing just one time during the season.
The Lady Monks finished the 2008 season with a 26-17 record, the fifth-highest
win total in program history and the most victories in six seasons
as an NCAA member. The win total is the most since 2002, the program's
last year in the NAIA, when the team achieved a 27-18 record and went
on to win the NAIA New England Regional Tournament. After five years
of holding NCAA Division III Independent status, the Lady Monks posted
a 19-7 record in the team's first season as a member of the Great
Northeast Athletic Conference, which was good for a third-place regular
season finish.
Ludwig is a two-sport standout at Saint Joseph’s and was a captain
on the 2007-08 women’s basketball team that achieved a 15-10
record and a trip to the GNAC playoffs in the squad’s first
season as a league member. Ironically, Ludwig also led the hoops team
in steals for the season.
2008 NEISCA All-Star Teams:
| First
Team |
| P
|
Jenna
|
Harvey
|
Wellesley
College |
| P
|
Shelby
|
Slie
|
Western
Connecticut SU |
| C
|
Krystle
|
Denny
|
Eastern
Connecticut SU |
| 1B
|
Christy
|
Tinker
|
Tufts
University |
| 2B
|
Lauren
|
Blake
|
Clark
University |
| 3B
|
Katie
|
Allenson
|
Keene
State College |
| SS
|
Joey
|
Lye
|
Williams
College |
| OF
|
Ashley
|
Sullivan
|
Eastern
Connecticut SU |
| OF
|
Jackie
|
Tyler
|
Amherst
College |
| OF
|
Courtney
|
Romyns
|
Western
Connecticut SU |
| DP
|
Kate
|
Streilein
|
Brandeis
University |
| UT
|
Amanda
|
Frederick
|
US
Coast Guard Academy |
|
|
|
|
| Second
Team |
| P
|
Laura
|
Bower
|
Western
New England College |
| P
|
Monica
|
White
|
Rivier
College |
| C
|
Michelle
|
Wlosek
|
Springfield
College |
| 1B
|
Rachel
|
Denny
|
Eastern
Connecticut |
| 2B
|
Kristen
|
Lugovich
|
Western
Conecticut SU |
| 3B
|
Megan
|
Kiefer
|
Smith
College |
| SS
|
Jess
|
Ferreira
|
Suffolk
University |
| OF
|
Alyson
|
Durben
|
Lesley
College |
| OF
|
Jessica
|
Tait
|
Trinity
College |
| OF
|
Danielle
|
Sargent
|
Endicott
College |
| DP
|
Alysia
|
DiMuzio
|
Curry
College |
| UT
|
Jenna
|
Patnode
|
Keene
State College |
| Honorable
Mention |
| P
|
Samantha
|
Rhodes
|
Brandeis
University |
| C
|
Megan
|
Sargent
|
Endicott
College |
| 1B
|
Talia
|
Bernstein
|
Wesleyan
University |
| 2B
|
Danielle
|
Lopez
|
Tufts
University |
| 3B
|
Lindsey
|
DeStefano
|
Emerson
College |
| SS
|
Jenna
|
Lazar
|
Endicott
College |
| OF
|
Megan
|
Wood
|
Wellesley
College |
| OF
|
Alyson
|
Ludwig
|
St.
Joseph's College |
| OF
|
Meghan
|
Noyes
|
Bridgewater
State College |
| DP
|
Cara
|
Hovhannessian
|
Tufts
University |
| UT
|
Meghan
|
Dendy
|
Wesleyan
University |
NEW ENGLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jenna Harvey, Wellesley
College
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