SB: MWC Announces 2010 All-Conference Team
May 18, 2010
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TwitterCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2010 Mountain West All-Conference softball awards, as selected by the league's six head coaches, were announced today. BYU senior Angeline Quiocho was named MWC Player of the Year, while San Diego State junior Samantha Beasley captured the MWC Pitcher of the Year award. BYU's J.C. Clayton garnered MWC Freshman of the Year acclaim, and Cougar head coach Gordon Eakin captured MWC Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season.Quiocho, a native of Walnut, Calif., helped the Cougars to their fifth outright regular-season title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. During league play, she batted .391, while tallying league-best totals in home runs (10), RBI (25), runs scored (24) and walks (13). Quiocho is the second straight Cougar (Jessica Purcell, 2009), and the seventh BYU player in the last eight seasons overall, to be awarded MWC Player of the Year.
Beasley, a San Diego, Calif., product, is the third Aztec hurler in the last five seasons (Christina Ross, 2006 and 2008) and seventh overall to earn the MWC Pitcher of the Year award. This season, she went 11-3 in Conference play, including nine complete games, with a league-low earned run average of 1.21. The right-hander also led the MWC in opposing batting average (.191), innings pitched (92.2), batters struck out (MWC single season league record 128) and batters struck out looking (26).
Clayton, from Hollister, Calif., is the second Cougar in three seasons (Kristin Delahoussaye, 2008) to be awarded MWC Freshman of the Year accolades. In Conference play, she led all freshmen in batting average (.446), on-base percentage (.467), runs scored (19), hits (25), triples (two) and total bases (32). In overall league play rankings, Clayton led the MWC in triples, was second in runs scored and hits, fifth in batting average, sixth in total bases and nine in on-base percentage.
Eakin collected his second MWC coaching honor after guiding BYU to its fifth regular-season league crown and sixth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. The eighth-year coach led the Cougars to a 12-3 Conference record (43-11 overall) this season, pushing his all-time record at BYU to 328-140 (.701). The 43 victories marks the fifth consecutive season which BYU has collected at least 40 wins.
| 2010 All-Mountain West Conference Softball Team | |||||
| Name | Team | Pos. | Ht. | Yr. | Hometown (Previous School) |
| Paige Affleck% | BYU | P | 5-11 | Jr. | New Harmony, Utah (Canyon View HS) |
| J.C. Clayton | BYU | SS | 5-8 | Fr. | Hollister, Calif. (San Benito HS) |
| Kristin Delahoussaye^ | BYU | 2B | 5-4 | Jr. | Las Vegas, Nev. (Sierra Vista HS) |
| Jessica Purcell-Fitu% | BYU | C | 5-8 | Jr. | Walnut, Calif. (Nogales HS) |
| Angeline Quiocho%^# | BYU | 3B | 5-9 | Sr. | Walnut, Calif. (Walnut HS) |
| Andrea Ramirez%$ | BYU | 1B | 5-9 | Sr. | Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS) |
| Kelli Eubanks% | Colorado State | P | 5-11 | So. | Troutdale, Ore. (Reynolds HS) |
| Ashley Munoz^# | Colorado State | C | 5-7 | Sr. | Diamond Bar, Calif. (Diamond Ranch HS) |
| Rebecca Penland^ | Colorado State | DP | 5-7 | Sr. | Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly HS) |
| Caitlan Stem% | Colorado State | SS | 5-6 | Jr. | Broomfield, Colo. (Broomfield HS) |
| Christine Thomsen | Colorado State | 1B | 5-6 | So. | Fresno, Calif. (Bullard HS) |
| Cristin Anderson | New Mexico | 2B | 5-3 | Sr. | Vacaville, Calif. (Sacramento City College) |
| Samantha Beasley% | San Diego State | P | 5-6 | Jr. | San Diego, Calif. (Steele Canyon HS) |
| Brittany Knudsen%# | San Diego State | OF | 5-5 | Sr. | San Diego, Calif. (Escondido HS) |
| Justeen Maeva | San Diego State | DH | 5-8 | So. | San Diego, Calif. (Cal State Bakersfield) |
| Tara Bendt | UNLV | OF | 5-3 | Sr. | Kearns, Utah (Salt Lake Community College) |
| Laura Briones | UNLV | C | 5-8 | Sr. | San Bernardino, Calif. (Cajon HS) |
| Ashli Holland%^ | UNLV | 2B | 5-4 | Jr. | Arvada, Colo. (Pomona HS) |
| Marissa Nichols%! | UNLV | OF | 5-8 | Sr. | Diamond Bar, Calif. (Diamond Bar HS) |
| Joni Cook | Utah | DP/P | 5-8 | So. | Eagle, Idaho (Eagle HS) |
| % 2009 All-MWC Selection ^ 2008 All-MWC Selection # 2007 All-MWC Selection $ 2006 All-MWC Selection ! 2005 All-MWC Selection | |||||
| Player of the Year - Angeline Quiocho, BYU | |||||
| Pitcher of the Year - Samantha Beasley, San Diego State | |||||
| Freshman of the Year - J.C. Clayton, BYU | |||||
| Coach of the Year - Gordon Eakin, BYU | |||||
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