Four Wayne State College softball players were selected to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Central Region Softball Team released Thursday afternoon. Coaches in the Central Region voted WSC pitcher Katie Goetzinger First Team All-Central Region while first baseman Jennifer Radley, outfielder Amy Sandstrom and designated player Kassie Nurton each received Second Team All-Central Region accolades.
Goetzinger, a junior from Harlan, Iowa, is a repeat First Team selection after posting a 32-8 record this season with a 0.95 ERA. In 249.1 innings pitched, she has registered 338 strikeouts and has 11 shutouts and 23 complete games in 32 starts. Opponents are hitting just .158 against Goetzinger. Goetzinger ranks third in NCAA Division II in strikeouts, fifth in hits allowed per seven innings (3.85), sixth in wins and earned run average and ninth in strikeouts per seven innings (9.6). She eclipsed her own school record for wins in a season (32) and needs just 10 strikeouts to break last year's school record of 347 strikeouts in a season. She was named the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week on April 21 and was voted the 2010 NSIC Pitcher of the Year.
Radley, a junior first baseman from Des Moines, Iowa (East HS), ranks second on the Wildcats in hitting this season with a .331 batting average, accounting for seven homers and a team-high 40 RBI's. She became Wayne State's career home run leader this season and has hit two grand slams, including one last Saturday in Wayne State's 7-3 win over Concordia-St. Paul at the NCAA Division II Central Regional Tournament in Wayne. Radley leads Wayne State this season with 11 multiple RBI games and was named First Team All-NSIC for the second time in three seasons.
Sandstrom, a senior outfielder from Omaha, Nebraska (Millard North HS), is a Second Team NFCA All-Central Region selection for a second straight season. She has a .303 average this season for the Wildcats with seven homers and 31 RBI's and leads the team in hits with 59. Sandstrom holds several career school records at WSC, including career hits (256), runs scored (154) and career total bases (371). She is also tied for the most career doubles with 49 and was named First Team All-NSIC for the third straight season.
Nurton, a freshman designated player from Omaha, Nebraska (Marian HS), is hitting .294 for the Wildcats ranking fourth on the team in hits with 47. She was named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team after leading WSC in hitting with a .419 average going 5 for 12 with two doubles, one triple and three runs scored. Nurton has been swinging a hot bat for the Wildcats at the end of the season, recording hits in 11 of the team's last 13 games helping WSC in its' current 16-game win streak.
Wayne State College, ranked 17th in NCAA Division II, is 43-12 on the season entering this weekend's NCAA Division II Super Regional at #4 Metro State.
