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N O W N E W S P A P E R S

2011ALL-SUBURBAN SOFTBALL TEAMPLAYER OF THE YEAR

Hailey MohrfeldMenomonee FallsSenior infielderUnanimous GMC Player of the Year and UW-Green Bay recruit …hit .534 with 42 RBIs, 39 runs scored, seven doubles, five triplesand nine home runs … posted a slugging percentage of 1.137 …Committed only three errors at shortstop (.942 fieldingpercentage).

COACH OF THE YEAR

Kay NicholsWest Allis HaleIn second season, led the Huskies from a team hovering around.500 to 17-3, with a share of the Greater Metro Conference title at13-1 in league play. … First title for Huskies since 1998 … Onlylosses came to state qualifier Oconomowoc, league foeMenomonee Falls and sectional finalist Hartford … Nurturedgroup of sophomores and freshmen with key returning seniors.

ALYSSA BRUNELL I

GreenfieldSenior infielderWoodland Black DivisionPlayer of the Year … hit.542 with six homers, 29RBIs, 29 runs scored andon-base percentage of.552 … did not strike out once all year… Committed only three errors atshortstop (.946 fielding percentage).

SHANNON HUBERTY

West Allis HaleSenior infielderHit .489 with four doubles,five triples and one homerun … drove in 19 runsfrom leadoff spot andposted .506 on-basepercentage … Helped Huskies win firstconference title since 1998 with 13-1league record and 17-3 mark overall.

ANDREA SOLBERG

GreenfieldSenior infielderBatted .472, includingseven doubles and threehome runs — notably ahomer in the WIAAsectional loss to Muskego… Committed zero errors in 169chances … Drove in 42 runs.

S IENA MITMAN

HomesteadSenior infielderMoved from outfield lastyear and helped NorthShore runner-up get backto state … First-teamselection in North Shore… hit .420 with four doubles, seventriples and one homer with 26 RBIs …Successful in all 15 stolen-baseattempts.

L I Z ZY MENDEN

WhitnallSophomoreoutfielderHit .427 on her wayto first-team honorsin the WoodlandConference, with sixdoubles and two triples … Drovein 20 runs and posted a .485on-base percentage, with just threestrikeouts all year.

EMILY GADZ ICHOWSK I

NicoletSenior outfielderFour-year playerearned first-teamAll-North Shorehonors … Battingaverage of .446 wassecond in conference, with .579on-base percentage. … Finishedwith nine doubles, four triples andone home run.

NATAL IE KAY

FranklinSenior outfielderEarned first-teamhonors in theSoutheast and playedin WFSCA All-StarGame … Hit .418with three doubles, two homeruns, 20 RBIs and 18 runs scored… Reached base at .487 clip.

HA I LEY WILSON

Menomonee FallsSenior catcherReturningAll-Suburban choiceled 19-2 GreaterMetro Conferenceco-champs … Batted.500 with 10 doubles, five triplesand 35 RBIs … Only struck outtwice and posted .553 on-basepercentage. … Unanimousfirst-team choice in GMC.

KAT IE KOEPSEL

Oak CreekSenior catcherSoutheast ConferencePlayer of the Year andthree-time first-teamchoice in Southeast… Hit .546 with 11doubles, two triples, two homersand 23 RBIs … On-basepercentage of .661… Made onlyone error with two passed balls.

KAT IE LANG

New BerlinEisenhowerSophomore pitcherFirst-team selectionin the Woodlandposted 1.47 ERA and10-1 record with 95strikeouts and three shutouts. Shealso scored 23 runs with 17 RBIsas a hitter, batting .365. Did notcommit an error as pitcher oroutfielder.

N ICOLE ZYWIEC

Menomonee FallsSenior pitcherLed Indians to GMC co-championship, posting 15-2record with 131 strikeoutsand 23 walks in 95 innings.Posted 1.62 ERA andallowed only 19 extra-base hits all year.

HANNAH KLEBESADEL

GermantownSenior pitcherNorth Shore ConferencePlayer of the Year set a newschool record with 237strikeouts (old mark 186)… Posted ERA of 0.55 andled Warhawks to league title … Allowedonly 33 hits in 77 innings.

ASHLEY GNAC INSK I

MuskegoSenior utilityLast year’s All-SuburbanPlayer of the Year batted.439 with 11 doubles, fivehomers and 31 RBIs.Compiled .505 on-basepercentage and also went 18-8 on themound with six shutouts, closing careerwith 67 victories. … Struck out 147batters, walked 34.

ASHLEY KLUCK

West Allis HaleSenior utilityFirst-team choice in theGreater Metro compiled17-2 record on the hill,working all but two of theteam’s innings. Posted ERAof 0.32 and also hit ateam-high .522 with two doubles, 26runs and 19 RBIs.

MARTHA RADTKE

New Berlin WestSenior utilityNamed Division Player ofthe Year in the WoodlandBlue after batting .492 withthree doubles and 29 runsscored … Posted .582on-base percentage and went 6-1 on thehill with a 1.82 ERA.

H IGHHONORABLEMENT ION

CATCHERS: MeganHenneberry, senior,Muskego; Amy Keel,senior, HomesteadINFIELD: Hailey Kunz,senior, New Berlin West;Andrea Schneider, senior,Brookfield Central;Rachel Seefeldt,sophomore, West AllisHale; Ellen Surges,senior, New BerlinEisenhowerUTILITY: Becky Hansen,junior, Brookfield East;Jayme Love, senior,FranklinCOACHES: Dave Keel,Homestead; JohnRosenberg, Muskego

HONORABLEMENT ION

CATCHERS: Jessica“Crash” Alvaro, senior,New Berlin Eisenhower;Kelsey Griebling, senior,Germantown; EllenKrueger, senior,GreenfieldPITCHERS: Nicole Bublitz,sophomore, Brown Deer;Carolyn Dudek, junior,Whitnall; Jamie Kilps,junior, New BerlinEisenhowerINFIELD: Jessica Cemke,sophomore,Germantown; AllisonCoppersmith, senior,Wauwatosa West; JamieErtl, sophomore,Menomonee Falls; AddyGreen, sophomore,Germantown; BeccaHoffland, junior,Wauwatosa East;Danielle Millard, senior,West Allis Hale; ErinMiller, junior Nicolet;Sarah Mueller, freshman,West Allis Hale; ErikaSwoboda, junior,Germantown; HalieWeigel, junior, West AllisCentralOUTFIELD: Elizabeth Aslin,senior, Brookfield East;Maddie Eikenmeyer,sophomore, MenomoneeFalls; Jocelyn Klescewski,senior, West Allis Hale;Cassie Osinski, senior,Wauwatosa East; LaurenRenard, junior,Germantown; JenniferTschetter, senior,GermantownUTILITY: Meredith Behm,senior, Shorewood; CeliaCarroll, senior,Shorewood; Leslie Fuda,senior, Whitefish Bay;Maggie Hankerd,sophomore, WhitefishBay; Kelsey Noah,freshman, Muskego;Addie Prochnow, senior,Shorewood; QuinceyRice, senior, ShorewoodCOACHES: Jack Miller,Greenfield; Kurt Raguseand Amy Barbiaux,Germantown; CoreyScheel, New Berlin West;Jeff Setz, New BerlinEisenhower; Wendy Wolff,Menomonee Falls

SPORTS

HOW THEY WERE CHOSENThe NOW sports staff begins compiling eachAll-Suburban team by contacting all coachesin its coverage area and asking fornominations. Coaches provide comments oneach player and season statistics.That information is put on a ballot to whichNOW reporters add their own first-handimpressions of players.Each staff member then votes for the playershe feels should be on the team, rankingthem on a numerical scale. The player withthe most points is named the Player of theYear and the next nine players are alsonamed to the team.Those players receiving votes who do notmake the team earn high honorable mentionand those who are nominated but don'treceive votes earn honorable mention.