MSSU's Stewart, Corbett named to All-Region softball team

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

Tahlequah, Okla. - Missouri Southern junior Myranda Stewart earned first team All-Region and junior Abi Corbett was named second team All-Region today by the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA).

Augustana's Sarah Kennedy and Minnesota State's Coley Ries headlined the 2017 D2CCA All-Central Region Team as its Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year. Monday's announcement included 23 student-athletes from 13 institutions within the NCAA Division II Central Region that includes Great American Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

Stewart was the top voter getter among the second basemen as she finished second on the Lions' squad in batting average (.375), hits (66) and led the team in doubles (12), home runs (5), and set a new single season record with 55 RBIs. Corbett led all of D2 for much of the latter part of the season in hits finishing her season with 96. Those 96 hits set a new Southern and MIAA single season mark. Corbett also set a new single season mark in at bats (216) and runs (56) and had the fourth best mark in a single season in stolen bases with 30.

A total of 14 members are included in both the first team and second team with Central Oklahoma and Minnesota State picking up a region high four honors each. Southern Arkansas led the region with three first team honors, followed by Central Oklahoma and Harding who both had a pair of first team award winners.

Harding's Autumn Humes had the distinction of appearing on both the first team and second team. Humes was a first team honoree as a pitcher and was named to the region's second team as a designated player which landed within the rules that pitchers can also be nominated as designated player and vice versa.

Each member of the first-team All-Central Region squad will join first-team members from each of the other seven regions on the ballot for the D2CCA All-America Team. The teams are voted on by the members of the NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.

Player of the Year
SS	Sarah Kennedy	Sr.	Bettendorf, Iowa	Augustana
Pitcher of the Year
	Coley Ries	Sr.	Eagle Lake, Minn.	Minnesota State

First Team
C	Tori Collet	Sr.	Houston, Texas	Central Oklahoma
1B	Maddie Dow	Sr.	Bonham, Texas	Southern Arkansas
2B	Myranda Stewart	Jr.	Owasso, Okla.	Missouri Southern State
SS	Sarah Kennedy	Sr.	Bettendorf, Iowa	Augustana
3B	Haley Acrey	So.	Baytown, Texas	Northeastern State
OF	Peyton Mills	So.	Rockwall, Texas	Harding
OF	Brooke Goad	Jr.	Waxahachie, Texas	Southern Arkansas
OF	Carrie Abrams	Jr.	Yukon, Okla.	Central Oklahoma
P	Coley Ries	Sr.	Eagle Lake, Minn.	Minnesota State
P	Autumn Humes	Fr.	Bald Knob, Ark.	Harding
P	Jalissa Gum	Sr.	Red Rock, Okla.	Arkansas Tech
DP	Jill Roye	Jr.	McAlester, Okla.	Southern Arkansas
UT	Kala Holder	Fr.	Olathe, Kan.	Pittsburg State
UT/P	McKenna Larsen	Jr.	Oconto Falls, Wis.	Winona State

Second Team
C	Shannon Petersen	So.	Edina, Minn	Augustana
1B	Amber Kral	Fr.	Wellman, Iowa	Minnesota State
2B	McKenzie Rice	Sr.	Bryant, Ark.	Arkansas-Monticello
SS	Morgan Heard	Jr.	Midwest City, Okla.	Central Oklahoma
3B	Katie Klosterman	Sr.	Omaha, Neb.	Missouri Western State
OF	Jess Meidl	Jr.	Lakeville, Minn	Minnesota State
OF	Abi Corbett	Jr.	Wentzville, Mo.	Missouri Southern State
OF	McKenzie Paap	So.	Excelsior, Minn.	Minnesota State
P	Emmie Robertson	Jr.	Lamar, Mo.	Pittsburg State
P	Hannah Johnson	Sr.	Branson, Mo.	Harding
P	Jayden Chestnut	So.	Mustang, Okla.	Central Oklahoma
DP	Autumn Humes	Fr.	Bald Knob, Ark.	Harding
UT	Ali Nowak	Fr.	New Berlin, Wis.	Winona State
UT/P	Katie Giacone	Jr.	Belton, Mo.	Central Missouri