SIX IOWA LAKES SOFTBALL PLAYERS NAMED TO ALL-REGION

The All-Region softball team has been named and six Iowa Lakes Community College athletes have been selected.  The players are selected by and voted upon by the coaches in Region XI.

Named to the first team were sophomore catcher Kristi Henrichsen, sophomore outfielder Lindsay Reiter, and sophomore pitcher Sonjia Schuurmans. 

Henrichsen batted .318 this past season with 14 doubles, two triples and nine home runs. Henrichsen was also named as a Region XI All-American candidate.

Reiter finished the season with a .357 batting average with 16 doubles and 7 triples.  She leaves Iowa Lakes after compiling 101 hits in her career, 94 runs(which ranks her 4^th on the all time list), 26 doubles and 40 stolen bases (which ranks her 5^th).  Later this month Reiter will be named as an Academic All-American.

Schuurmans finished the season with a .370 batting average with 7 doubles and a single season Iowa Lakes record 16 home runs.  Her .803 slugging percentage was also a single season record.  On the mound, Schuurmans finished with a 8-4 record and a 1.00 ERA(the lowest ERA in college history).  For her career Schuurmans finished with 23 home runs (1^st at Iowa Lakes), 96 RBIs (4^th on all-time list), and 144 strikeouts (1^st all-time at Iowa Lakes).  Schuurmans will also be a Region XI All-American candidate later this month.

Named to the second team was sophomore pitcher Katie Rice and freshman second baseman Tracee Kroese. 

Rice finished the season with a 13-9 record and a 2.20 ERA, the second best single season ERA only behind Schuurmans 1.00. 

Kroese finished the season with a .331 batting average and her 56 hits were a team high.  Kroese also added 14 stolen bases and was 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA as a pitcher in limited duty on the mound.

Receiving honorable mention all-region honors was freshman pitcher Abby Schmidt.  Schmidt was 11-4 on the mound for Iowa Lakes with a 2.97 ERA and 49 strike outs.

The Iowa Lakes Community College softball team finished the season with a 34-18 record.  Three out of the past four years Iowa Lakes has topped the 30 win plateau and the 34 wins this season was the second most in college history.