14 PBC Softball Players Named All-Region

AUGUSTA, GA -- Fourteen Peach Belt Conference softball players were named to the South Atlantic All-Region team by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) just prior to the NCAA Regional tournament. An amazing nine of those were named to the first team and are now eligible for All-America consideration.

PBC Champions UNC Pembroke had three players make the first team while Francis Marion, who won the NCAA Regional, had two first-team players and one on the second team. GCSU had two players on the first team, including PBC Player of the Year Sherquita Bostick, while North Georgia and Augusta State also had a pair. USC Aiken’s Jessica Strickland was named first-team catcher.

The All-America team will be announced just prior to the start of the national championships.

National Fastpitch Coaches Association
South Atlantic All-Region Team

First Team

P Mandy Chandler GCSU
P Martika Elmore UNC-Pembroke
C Jessica Strickland USC-Aiken
1b Monica Wofford Francis Marion
2b Laura Voyles North Georgia
SS Jessie Howard Carson Newman
3b Jelena Shaw UNC-Pembroke
OF Brittany Berrier UNC-Pembroke
OF Sherquita Bostick GCSU
OF Taylor Queen Lenoir Rhyne
DP Jenny Jackson Mount Olive
UT Michaela Wolf Francis Marion

Second Team

P Zoe Heim Carson Newman
P Meredith O’Connor Lenoir Rhyne
C Karie Pushard Lenoir Rhyne
1b Kimberly Atkinson Coker
2b Kathleen Hammond Newberry
SS Shannon Tyson Francis Marion
3b Sarah Henn Lincoln Memorial
OF Jessica Birchmeier Francis Marion
OF Courtney McGuire North Georgia
OF Jessica McFadden Barton
DP Alyssa Pingree Augusta State
UT Amy Dumas Augusta State