NCCSIA Announces 2013 North Carolina College Division All-State Softball Teams
June 27, 2013
Kierston Garner (Danbury, NC) became the first softball player from Salem College to earn NCCSIA All-State College Division honors. She was selected to the 2nd team after a season where she earned both Great South All-Conference and Great South All-Freshmen honors. Garner led the team and broke the school record for home runs.
Two of Lenoir-Rhyne’s picks are repeat all-state selections. Senior first baseman Jessica Fellmeth, a three-time All-State honoree, and junior third baseman Haily Jarman helped the Bears to a 37-16 record and the number-26 ranking in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) NCAA Division II Poll. Fellmeth, a First Team NFCA NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region pick, led the Bears in batting average (.359), doubles (13), runs batted in (29) and on-base percentage (.497). She was also named 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Tournament Most Valuable Player after leading the Bears to their fourth-consecutive tournament title.
Jarman returned to the All-State team after hitting .331 with a club-best 33 runs scored, 55 hits, 92 total bases and a .554 slugging percentage. She also swatted seven homers and earned second-team All-Southeast recognition on the NFCA and Daktronics/Division II Sports Information Directors teams. The Bears’ third All-State pick is pitcher Maryann Hoskins, who went 17-8 with three saves and a 1.79 earned run average as a rookie. She was a first-team All-SAC selection and joined Fellmeth and Jarman on the All-SAC Tournament squad.
The sister tandem of Daja White and Jo’Landa White helped St. Augustine’s to its first winning season in 10 years and a fourth-place showing at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Championships. Daja, a rookie outfielder, ranked 10th in NCAA Division II with a .476 batting average and shared the team lead with eight home runs. The honorable mention Daktronics All-American stole 30 bases and boasted an .835 slugging percentage. Jo’Landa, a sophomore catcher, hit .422 with eight homers and 29 RBI. The second-team Daktronics All-Southeast selection is part of a college-division all-star team touring Italy this summer.
UNC Pembroke’s Brea Hartley earned First Team Daktronics All-America honors for her efforts as a utility player. She hit .407 with 10 homers and 40 RBI in 55 games split between catcher, designated player and the outfield. She joined teammate Taylor Cloninger as first-team Daktronics All-Southeast honorees. Cloninger, an outfielder, batted .363 with 10 homers among 61 hits and 32 RBI. UNC Pembroke’s leadoff hitter was also a first-team selection on the NFCA’s Division II All-Southeast squad.
Guilford junior Cynthia Hayes ranked among NCAA Division III batting average leaders for most of the year before a knee injury ended her season after 28 games. The first-team NFCA All-Atlantic Region second baseman finished with a .598 average, setting school and Old Dominion Athletic Conference records. The first-team All-State squad’s lone Division III member also set Guilford standards for on-base percentage (.611), slugging percentage (.805) and stolen bases (19).
Sophomore Beth Overman hit a team-leading .358 and helped Conference Carolinas champion Mount Olive to a 34-15 record. The first baseman was a second-team Daktronics All-Southeast honoree, collected 36 RBI and smashed nine of the Trojans’ school-record 36 home runs.
Kayla Saliga of Wingate is the All-State team’s designated player after leading the Bulldogs with a .346 batting average and .628 slugging percentage. She belted five homers in 29 games and captured second-team All-SAC honors.
Freshman Carley Tysinger became Catawba’s first NCAA Division II softball All-American (Daktronics, 3rd team) thanks to a sterling 1.21 earned run average that ranked ninth in the nation. The Daktronics Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year finished fourth nationally in strikeouts (324), ninth in shutouts (10), 10th in strikeouts per seven innings (9.6) and 14th in wins (25-9).
Greensboro College placed three students (Sarah Connolly, Jackie Nicholson and Sarah Tompkins) on the second-team All-State unit. Chowan’s Liz Hipple, a 2012 All-State honoree, and Alora Lincoln were second-team picks along with Kelsey Maffucci and Stacey Houser of Wingate. Meredith College’s Amanda White, another returning All-Stater, joined Connolly, Salem College’s Kierston Garner and Mars Hill College’s Robyn Stanek as the second-team infielders. Fayetteville State University’s Spencer Embler was the squad’s utility player.
Nominees were submitted by North Carolina sports information professionals and voted on by the NCCSIA members.
Founded in 2002, The North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) is comprised of sports information professionals from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and independent institutions from the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the organization is to promote collegiate athletics at all schools. Membership is open to anyone affiliated with a college, university or conference located in North Carolina, and whose area of responsibility lies within sports information.
NCCSSIA selects all-state teams in the University (Division I) and College (Division II, III, NAIA) divisions for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball.
North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association
2013 College Division All-State Softball Teams
First Team | ||||
Pos. | Name | Class | School | Hometown |
P | Carley Tysinger | Fr. | Catawba College | Lexington, N.C. |
P | Maryann Hoskins | Fr. | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Havelock, N.C. |
C | Jo’Landa White | So. | Saint Augustine’s UNiversity | Leland, N.C. |
IF | Jessica Fellmeth&% | Sr. | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Waxhaw, N.C. |
IF | Cynthia Hayes | Jr. | Guilford College | Seagrove, N.C. |
IF | Haily Jarman | Jr. | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Wadesboro, N.C. |
IF | Beth Overman | So. | Mount Olive College | Elizabeth City, N.C. |
OF | Taylor Cloninger | Jr. | UNC Pembroke | Jacksonville, N.C. |
OF | Leigh Ward | So. | Chowan University | Oriental, N.C. |
OF | Daja White | Fr. | St. Augustine’s University | Leland, N.C. |
UTL | Brea Hartley | So. | UNC Pembroke | Lexington, N.C. |
DP | Kayla Saliga | So. | Wingate University | Asheboro, N.C. |
Second Team | ||||
Pos. | Name | Class | School | Hometown |
P | Stacey Houser | Fr. | Wingate University | Mooresville, N.C. |
P | Alora Lincoln | So. | Chowan University | Smithfield, Va. |
C | Sarah Tompkins | Fr. | Greensboro College | Wilmington, N.C. |
IF | Sarah Connolly | Fr. | Greensboro College | Mount Airy, N.C. |
IF | Kierston Garner | Fr. | Salem College | Danbury, N.C. |
IF | Robyn Stanek | So. | Mars Hill College | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
IF | Amanda White& | So. | Meredith College | Wilmington, N.C. |
OF | Liz Hipple& | Jr. | Chowan University | Chincoteague, Va. |
OF | Kelsey Maffucci | Sr. | Wingate University | Rockledge, Fla. |
OF | Jackie Nicholson | So. | Greensboro College | Snow Camp, N.C. |
UTL | Spencer Embler | Jr. | Fayetteville State University | Thomasville, N.C. |
& - Named to 2012 All-State Team
% - Named to 2011 All-State Team