Lake Forest College Sports Information
May 9, 2002
Contact: Mike
Wajerski, SID
Five Foresters Named to All-Great Lakes Region Teams
Battery of Findeisen and Reifenberg selected to First Team
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Jenn
Reifenberg (top) and Nancy Findeisen were named First Team All-Region.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The National Fastpitch Coaches Association released
its NCAA Division III all region teams Thursday (May 9th) and Lake Forest
College had five players make the list. Augustana College matched the Foresters
with five selections. Benedictine University and North Central College
both had four while three other schools had three representatives each.
Pitcher Nancy Findeisen (Beecher, IL/ Beecher)
was named to the First Team. The sophomore is 13-5 this season with a 0.72
earned run average, the 12th-lowest mark in the nation. She has already
set school records in victories, shutouts (9), strikeouts (128), and is
a lock to better the 1.80 school record ERA at year's end. Findeisen has
walked just nine batters in 117 innings pitched.
Joining Findeisen on the First Team is senior catcher Jenn
Reifenberg (Skokie, IL/Niles West). "Reif" is hitting a career-high
.305 on the season with three home runs and a school-record 12 doubles.
She ranks second on the team with a .365 on-base percentage and third with
a .526 slugging percentage. Behind the plate, Reifenberg has helped Forester
pitchers to a team ERA of 0.93 in the 35 games she started.
Lake Forest's lone representative on the Second Team was second baseman
Alissa
Mildebrath (Carol Stream, IL/West Chicago), who was named Midwest Conference
South Division Player of the Year earlier in the day. The freshman is hitting
.319 and set a new school record for home runs in a season with eight.
She also leads the team with 23 runs scored, 69 total bases, and a .595
slugging percentage.
Mildebrath's fellow freshman double-play partner, shortstop Tina
Koludrovic (Darien, IL/Downers Grove South) was named to the Third
Team. Koludrovic leads the Foresters with a .392 batting average, a .422
on-base percentage, and five stolen bases. She is also just ahead of Mildebrath
with a school record 38 base hits. Koludrovic ranks second on the squad
in both runs scored (17) and driven in (18).
Leigh Anne Furgerson's (Carmel, IN/Westfield)
selection to the Third Team made Lake Forest the only school in the area
to have two pitchers named to the all-region teams. Furgerson is 11-4 with
a 1.33 ERA. The sophomore, who also has one shutout and one save to her
credit, has struck out 51 batters this season while issuing just eight
walks. She won nine consecutive games from April 6-27th.
The Foresters (26-10) are the #1 seed in this weekend's (May 10-13th)
NCAA Regional Tournament. Should they win the tourney, they will advance
to the 2002 National Championship Tournament in Eau Claire, Wisconsin,
on May 16-20th.
FIRST TEAM |
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Player |
Position |
School |
Nancy Findeisen |
Pitcher |
Lake Forest College |
Karen Guckenberger |
Pitcher |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Eva Klamann |
Catcher |
Carroll College |
Jenn Reifenberg |
Catcher |
Lake Forest College |
Brenda Feucht |
First Base |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Cassandra Hallstrom |
Second Base |
Augustana College |
Colleen Schuster |
Third Base |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Stephanie Heiser |
Shortstop |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Megan Koeller |
Outfield |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Melissa Nelmark |
Outfield |
University of Wisconsin-Superior |
Cari Zalesiak |
Outfield |
Benedictine University |
Kelly Ostler |
Utility |
University of Chicago |
Hayley Hallstrom |
Designated Player |
Augustana College |
Jenny Burris |
At-Large |
Lawrence University |
Jenn Heggaton |
At-Large |
Benedictine University |
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SECOND TEAM |
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Player |
Position |
School |
Michelle Kass |
Pitcher |
Augustana College |
Andrea Leystra |
Pitcher |
St. Norbert College |
Mary Eaton |
Catcher |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Erica White |
Catcher |
Lawrence University |
Teri Hanson |
First Base |
North Central College |
Alissa Mildebrath |
Second Base |
Lake Forest College |
Amber Briddick |
Third Base |
Benedictine University |
Carin Cieslowski |
Shortstop |
Benedictine University |
Lynelle Benson |
Outfield |
North Central College |
Christina Okon |
Outfield |
Augustana College |
Jill Van Wychen |
Outfield |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Kim Walker |
Utility |
North Park University |
Alexis Pakalka |
At-Large |
Millikin University |
Andrea Tsilis |
At-Large |
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
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THIRD TEAM |
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Player |
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School |
Jamie Busche |
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University of Wisconsin-Superior |
Katie Dams |
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Kelly Fischer |
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University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
Leigh Anne Furgerson |
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Lake Forest College |
Angie Garin |
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University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
Heidi Hallstrom |
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Augustana College |
Kristina Kelso |
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Rockford College |
Tina Koludrovic |
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Lake Forest College |
Renee Miklosik |
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North Central College |
Kelly Murray |
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Illinois Wesleyan University |
Kristi Nichols |
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Rockford College |
Shannon Pederson |
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North Central College |
Emilee Planert |
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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
Melissa Turbak |
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University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
Sally Wenzel |
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University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
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