ADRIAN, Mich.—Adrian College’s Krissy Sheets (Temperance/Bedford) has been named first-team All-MIAA by the league softball coaches while fellow Bulldog Carmen Batway (LaSalle/Monroe) earned second-team recognition.

Sheets led the MIAA in batting average at .510 and on-base percentage at .536, both school records. She also ranked second in the league in steals with 21. The centerfielder also had a .618 slugging percentage with five doubles and three triples, registering 15 RBI, while leading the team with 31 runs. She struck out only six times in 109 at-bats. In the field she recorded 49 putouts and three assists.

Batway led the MIAA in slugging percentage at .780, while ranking fifth in the conference in batting average at .427 and ranking third with 38 RBI. Her 12 doubles tied her for second in the MIAA. She was second on the Adrian team with five home runs and had a .515 on-base percentage, also second on the team. Batway recorded 56 putouts and 62 assists at shortstop.

Meghan Lohr, Meghan Stevens and Carly Toth were all named to the honorable-mention list for the 2007 season.

Lohr led AC with six home runs, while Stevens had four dingers and three triples. Toth hit .410 on the year with six doubles and two home runs.

Adrian College went 16-14 on the year and 5-11 in the MIAA, finishing seventh.

2007 Softball All-MIAA

MOST VALUABLE POSITION PLAYER
Rainbow Bednarski, Tri-State

MOST VALUABLE PITCHER
Kay McDonald, Alma

FIRST-TEAM ALL-MIAA
Kristin Amram, Saint Mary’s** (sophomore from Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee HS)
Rainbow Bednarski, Tri-State** (senior from Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial HS)
Kylee Brouwer, Hope** (junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Elise English, Tri-State* (freshman from Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg HS)
Amy Gaudard, Alma** (junior from Mt. Pleasant/Mt. Pleasant HS)
Kay McDonald, Alma* (senior from Rosebush/Mt. Pleasant HS)
Missy Morcom, Alma* (junior from Chelsea/Chelsea HS)
Jessica Regnerus, Hope*** (junior from Hudsonville /Hudsonville HS)
Sallie Richardson, Tri-State* (sophomore from Jackson/Napolean HS)
Kacie Rosecrants, Olivet* (sophomore from Parma/Western HS)
Krissy Sheets, Adrian* (sophomore from Temperance/Bedford HS)
Brittney Stensland, Tri-State* (junior from Waverly, Iowa/Waverly Shellrock HS)
* denotes number of years All-MIAA first team

SECOND-TEAM ALL-MIAA
Carmen Batway, Adrian (sophomore from LaSalle/Monroe HS)
Kelli Duimstra, Hope (sophomore from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Andrea English, Albion (sophomore from Troy/Seaholm HS)
Kara Graham, Tri-State (sophomore from Climax/Climax-Scotts HS)
Tara Hamming, Hope (freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
Lauren Hudson, Tri-State (sophomore from Lafayette, Ind./Harrison HS)
Katie Koechling, Alma (sophomore from Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS)
Christina Luna, Olivet (sophomore from Charlotte/Charlotte HS)
Sarah Miesle, Saint Mary’s (senior from Woodburn, Ind./Woodlan HS)
Katie Rashid, Saint Mary’s (sophomore from Northville/Marian HS)
Leah VanEnk, Calvin (freshman from Portage/Kalamazoo Christian HS)
Houston Verbeck, Alma (freshman from Flint/Kearsley HS)

COACHES’ HONORABLE MENTION
Adrian: Meghan Lohr, Meghan Stevens, Carly Toth; Albion: Marissa Bell, Marissa Dickey; Alma: Brittany Fales, Sarah Johnson, Kasey Miller; Calvin: Erin Conrad; Hope: Deidra Enochs, Sara Fisher, Maddie Garcia, Laura Tanouye; Kalamazoo: Amelia Barker-King, Heidi Fetzner; Olivet: Amy Cooper, Kacey Darling, Corie Greene, Alisha Ridsdale, Heidi Wear; Saint Mary’s: Maureen Healey, Ashley Peterson; Tri-State: Karly Hooker, Alishia Raak