Five Red Storms Named Daktronics All-West Region
Egge, Hunter and Mendenhall were All-West Region First Team selections
6/9/2010 11:45:58 PM
Saint George, UT- The Dixie State softball team continued to pick up postseason awards as the 2010 Daktronics All-West Region team was released and five Red Storms landed on the team. It was announced that junior Breanna Egge (Las Vegas. NV/Centennial High School), senior Shantae Hunter (Idaho Falls. ID/Idaho Falls High School) and sophomore Kelsey Mendenhall (Tooele. UT/Tooele High School) were selected to the First Team while sophomore Bailie Hicken (Cedar Hills. UT/Lone Peak High School) and freshman Anna Cue (Murrieta Valley, CA/Murrieta Valley High School) were tabbed as Second Team All-Region players.
Egge made the jump from Second Team last year to First Team All-Pac West Region accolades after an outstanding offensive season this year. Finishing with a .413 batting average after going 62 for 150 in 50 games. She has scored 39 runs, driven in 43 others, homered six times, doubled in a dozen at-bats, and roped in a pair of triples. She also has producted a .640 slugging rate, a .464 on-base average, 14 walks and 12 steals. The 5-foot-6 junior from Centenial High (Las Vegas, NV) finished with a .965 fielding percentage behind the plate while throwing out 13 runners out of 21 attempts to garner her first All-West Region Team award.
Hunter, a four-year starter for Dixie State, finished third on the team in batting average this season with a .420 clip. She had second team-highs in hits (73) and stolen bases (20). The 5-foot-5 second baseman from Idaho Falls High (Idaho Falls, ID) holds the all-time record for most Games Played (196), Games Started (194), Most at Bats (614), Most Runs Scored (143) and Most Hits (209). Hunter also garnered All-Pac West First Team in 2010 and finished 22nd in the NCAA in "Toughest to Strikeout" with only 6 k's in 174 at bats
Mendenhall finished with a team high 10 homeruns and a .362 batting average and was named to the Daktronics First Team accolades at the proverbial hot corner after claiming Second Team honors across the diamond at first base in 2009. The 5-foot-4 sophomore from Tooele High (Tooele, UT) was one of three players to start all 53 games this season and finished with 13 doubles and 48 RBI's. She has a .667 slugging rate and a .500 on-base average after reaching base on a team high 32 times on walks and a team high 12 times after being hit by a pitch. Mendenhall is also a two time All-Pac West honoree.
Hicken had a breakout season for Dixie State in 2010, batting .459 with a program-record 52 stolen bases to lead the NCAA DII out of 60 attempts. The 5-foot-4 outfielder from Lone Peak High (Cedar Hills, UT) was instrumental in helping the Redstorm to NCAA Regional Tournament championship. Hicken was named to the All-Pac West First Team this season for the second consecutive year.
Cue, a freshman from Murrietta Valley High (Murrietta Valley, CA) grabbed Second Team All-West Region accolades after finishing with a .401 batting average in 50 starts for the Red Storm, going 67 for 167 with 24 runs, 55 RBI, a team high 18 doubles, 2 triples and five home runs. She has a .623 slugging rate, a .433 on-base average and eight walks along with making All-Pac West Second Team in her first season with the Red Storm.
Dixie State saw their 39-14 season come to an end with a 4-3 loss to Chico State in the 2010 NCAA Division II West Regional Championship at Rohner Park, California to deny them a second consecutive trip to the Women's College World Series. Dixie State only loses one Senior on thier roster and looks to rebound in 2011.