Sophomore Jen Stahlhut led the Missouri Valley Conference in doubles this season with 18.

Two Aces Earn First-Team All-Conference Honors

5/7/2009 8:55:49 AM

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Evansville softball players Jen Stahlhut and Kylie Wagner have named to the first team of the Missouri Valley All-Conference the league office announced today.

Stahlhut, a sophomore from Troy, Ill., led the conference and finished sixth in the country for doubles with 18, which is the third-most at UE for a single season. She finished second on the team with a .333 batting average while leading the team during conference play hitting .375. She was the only Purple Ace to play and start in all 48 games and finished fourth in the league with 55 hits.

Wagner was the only freshman to appear on the first-team this season. The Orange, Cal. native led the Aces hitting .370 and had the best on-base percentage at .463. She had a season-long 11 game hit streak in which she hit all five of her home runs. She was one of two Aces this season to be named the MVC Player of the Week and led the team with 16 multiple hit games, including four three-hit games.

In all, 28 players were honored as part of the first and second all-conference teams. League awards are voted on by the head softball coaches in the conference.

2009 MVC Softball All-Conference Team
Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Hometown/HS
P	Tara Oltman, Creighton*^@	Jr.	Cortland, Neb./Beatrice
P	Jenna DeLong, Drake	So.	Dalton Gardens, Idaho/Coeur d'Alene
C	Heather Gerritse, Wichita State	So.	Cypress, Calif./Cypress
1B	Renae Sinkler, Creighton*	Jr.	Lincoln, Neb./Northeast
2B	Michelle Koch, Creighton	Jr.	Beatrice, Neb./Beatrice
SS	Meredith Simpson, Indiana State*	Sr.	Mission Viejo, Calif./Capo Valley
3B	Abby Olson, Illinois State	So.	Hartsburg, Ill./Hartsburg-Emden
OF	Rachel Gerking, UNI	Jr.	Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake
OF	Megan Machovec, UNI	Jr.	DeWitt, Iowa/Central
OF	Jen Stahlhut, Evansville	So.	Troy, Ill./Triad
DP-P	Katie Armour, Indiana State	Sr.	New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine
DP-U	Kylie Wagner, Evansville	Fr.	Orange, Calif./El Modena
P	Ashley Birdsong, Bradley	Sr.	Otis, Ore./Taft
DP-U	Erin Bly, Drake	So.	Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln Way East
DP-P	Amber Smith, Illinois State*^!	Sr.	Fairfield, Calif./Fairfield
SS	Jessie Smith, Missouri State!	Sr.	Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South
P	Darcy Wood, Indiana State!	Sr.	Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove
*2008 First Team; ^2007 First Team; !2006 First Team; @2007, 2008 Pitcher of the Year

Player of the Year: Renae Sinkler, Creighton
Pitcher of the Year: Tara Oltman, Creighton
Newcomer of the Year: Mackenzie Daigh, UNI
Coaching Staff of the Year: UNI (Ryan Jacobs, Julie Gerdes, Stephanie Winter)

2009 MVC Softball All-Conference Second Team
Pos.	Name, School	Yr.	Hometown/HS
1B	Alycia Bachkora, Bradley	Sr.	Overland Park, Kan./Notre Dame de Sion
3B	Brittney Balduf, UNI	Sr.	Mason City, Iowa/Mason City
SS	Mackenzie Daigh, UNI	Fr.	Bucyrus, Kan./Berean Christian
2B	Alicia Garza, Southern Illinois^	Jr.	Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon
DP-P	Jen Larsen, UNI*	Jr.	Moline, Ill./Moline
SS	Elena Leon, Drake	Jr.	West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley
2B	Kara L’Huillier, Wichita State	Jr.	Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound
C	Kelly Papesh, UNI	Sr.	Minooka, Ill./Minooka
SS	Niki Stansell, Illinois State	Jr.	Meeker, Okla./Meeker
3B	Katie Wagner, Southern Illinois	Sr.	Mt. Vernon, Ill./Mt. Vernon Township
OF	Jessica Wakasugi, Creighton*	Sr.	Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury
*2008 First Team; ^2007 First Team

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