Brookville, N.Y. – Molloy College senior
Megan Butterworth was named the Pitcher of the Year, and LIU Post
junior Liz Weber earned Player of the Year accolades as the two
players headline the 2013 Daktronics NCAA Division II Softball East
Region Team.
Butterworth, a four-time First Team All-Conference selection
and three-time Daktronics All-Region honoree, was dominant in the
circle for Molloy once again this season. A six-time
recipient of the ECC’s Pitcher of the Week award, Butterworth
currently sports a 26-5 record. Butterworth also led the ECC and
ranks seventh in the nation with a 1.11 ERA and 11 shutouts, while
holding opposing hitters to a .191 batting average over 195.1
innings pitched. In addition, her ERA, shutout, strikeout
(244), and strikeouts per seven innings (8.7) totals all rank in
the top-15 in Division II, with her shutout total the highest
ranked at No. 6.
Weber put together a standout year both at the plate and in the
circle for the Pioneers. Offensively, Weber totaled 69 hits,
posting a .401 average. She also posted tremendous power numbers,
hitting 12 doubles and 10 homeruns from the leadoff spot. Her
pitching numbers were as good, if not better, than her stats at the
plate. In 36 appearances (33 starts), Weber once again tied for a
top mark in the ECC, this time with 24 wins. In 201.1 innings
pitched, opposing hitters managed just a .237 batting average
against and struck out 216 times. Weber also ranked third in the
ECC with a 2.02 earned run average.
Joining Butterworth and Weber on the All-Region first team are four
Caldwell players, Alyssa Calderon, Dia Cascone, Brielle Reighn, and
Kourtney Wilson; a pair of Adelphi players, Victoria Wink and Emily
Dorko; the NE-10 Player of the Year, New Haven’s Christina
Gelardi; Kimberly Ragazzo of Dominican; LIU Post’s Alexis
Gonzalez; Abby Jamieson of UMass-Lowell; AIC’s Stephanie
Belanger; and the CACC Pitcher of the Year Katie Warrington from
Wilmington.
Second team selections are led by two student-athletes from Molloy,
Jeana Frey and Kelley Jansen; two from LIU Post, Aly Dzierzynski
and Paige Swantek, two from Dominican, Delaney Childers and Julie
Plante, and two from Dowling, Stephanie Tarango and Erica
Fischetti. Joining them are Adelphi’s Katie Andrews;
Tawny Palmieri of Merrimack; Wilmington’s Brook Ash; Ali
Maloof of Southern New Hampshire; and New Haven’s Micah
Stonesifer.
Sports information directors from NCAA Division II East Region
schools and conferences selected the two Daktronics All-Region
teams. The process concludes with All-American selections announced
later in the month.
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world
leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for
virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is
voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports
Information Directors of America (D2SIDA).
2012-13
Daktronics NCAA Division II Softball All-East Region
Team
First Team
Name School Yr. Hometown
C – Alyssa Calderon, Caldwell College (So., Fontana,
Calif.)
1B – Kimberly Ragazzo, Dominican College (Fr.,
Lawrenceville, N.J.)
2B – Dia Cascone, Caldwell College (Sr., Staten Island,
N.Y.)
SS – Christina Gelardi, University of New Haven (Sr., Derby,
Conn.)
3B – Victoria Wink, Adelphi University (So., Seaford,
N.Y.)
OF – Emily Dorko, Adelphi University (Sr., Matamoras,
Pa.)
OF – Alexis Gonzalez, LIU Post (Jr., Hauppauge,
N.Y.)
OF – Brielle Reighn, Caldwell College (Fr., Runnemeade,
N.J.)
DP - Abby Jamieson, UMass-Lowell (So., Billerica, Mass.)
UT (Non-Pitcher) – Stephanie Belanger, American International
(Sr., South Windsor, Conn.)
UT (Pitcher) – Liz Weber, LIU Post (Jr., Brightwaters,
N.Y.)
P – Kourtney Wilson, Caldwell College (Sr., Islip ,N.Y.)
P – Megan Butterworth, Molloy College (Sr., North Bellmore,
N.Y.)
P – Katie Warrington, Wilmington University (Sr., Townsend,
Del.)
Second Team
C – Aly Dzierzynski, LIU Post (So., Deer Park, N.Y.)
1B – Katie Andrews, Adelphi University (Jr., Dothan,
Ala.)
2B – Erica Fischetti, Dowling College (Jr., Seaford,
N.Y.)
SS – Stephanie Tarango, Dowling College (Sr., Fontana,
Calif.)
3B – Tawny Palmieri, Merrimack College (Sr., Peabody,
Mass.)
OF – Julie Plante, Dominican University (Sr., Swansea,
Mass.)
OF – Brook Ash, Wilmington University (Fr., Millsboro,
Del.)
OF – Jeana Frey, Molloy College (Sr., Island Park, N.Y.)
DP – Ali Maloof, Southern New Hampshire (So., Norwood,
Mass.)
UT (Non- Pitcher) – Paige Swantek, LIU Post (Fr., Smithtown,
N.Y.)
UT (Pitcher) – Delaney Childers, Dominican (Sr., Johnstown,
Ohio)
P – Kelley Jansen, Molloy College (Sr., Long Beach, N.Y.)
P – Ali Maloof, Southern New Hampshire (So., Norwood,
Mass.)
P – Micah Stonesifer, University of New Haven (Sr., Archer
City, Texas)
East Region Pitcher of the Year - Megan
Butterworth, Molloy College (Sr., North Bellmore, N.Y.)
East Region Player of the Year - Liz Weber, LIU
Post (Jr., Brightwaters, N.Y.)
Release provided by Jill Fisher, LIU Post.
