STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) placed 19 student-athletes on the 2009 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-Region teams. Rhodes College placed a league-high six players on the All-Region teams followed closely by DePauw University which placed five on the All-Region teams.
The SCAC was well represented as a league. Not only did 19 student-athletes make the teams, but seven of the league's 11 softball teams had at least one student-athlete selected. Birmingham-Southern College (4), Hendrix College (1), Millsaps College (1), Southwestern University (1), and Trinity University (1) joined Rhodes and DePauw with being represented on the All-Region teams.
Five student-athletes were named First-Team All-Region including Rhodes' Sara Bowen (Atlantic Region Utility), Birmingham-Southern's Jena Franks (Atlantic Region At-Large), DePauw's Jennifer Kosinski (Central Region Designate Player), DePauw's Megan Soultz (Central Region At-Large) and Rhodes' Elise Suna (Atlantic Region Outfield).
Complete 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Region Teams
Rhodes | Region | Team | Position |
Elise Suna | Atlantic | First | OF |
Sara Bowen | Atlantic | First | UT |
Caroline Cooper | Atlantic | Second | C |
Kelli Zomer | Atlantic | Second | OF |
Rebekah Moore | Atlantic | Second | UT |
Allison Conn | Atlantic | Third | At-Large |
DePauw | Region | Team | Position |
Jennifer Kosinski | Central | First | DP |
Megan Soultz | Central | First | At-Larege |
Chelsy Patterson | Central | Third | At-Large |
Rachel Gill | Central | Third | At-Large |
Kelly Schwerzler | Central | Third | At-Large |
Birmingham-Southern | Region | Team | Position |
Jena Franks | Atlantic | First | At-Large |
Ashley Bice | Atlantic | Second | 1B |
Kayla Backlund | Atlantic | Second | At-Large |
Melissa Muehlenfeld | Atlantic | Third | At-Large |
Hendrix | Region | Team | Position |
Elizabeth Vaughan | Midwest | Third | At-Large |
Millsaps | Region | Team | Position |
Jennifer McKinley | Atlantic | Second | At-Large |
Southwestern | Region | Team | Position |
Kaitlyn Pavlicek | West | Third | At-Large |
Trinity | Region | Team | Position |
Karen MacPherson | West | Third | At-Large |