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 Cara DeStigter, a senior outfielder from Dakota Dunes, S.D., has been named to the first team of the 2009 ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-America Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
DeStigter has a 3.96 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in biology and chemistry.
She was the leading hitter this past season for a Morningside team that had a 34-21 record and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championship en route to its first NAIA National Tournament appearance since 1982. DeStigter paced the Mustangs with a .387 batting average to go along with 10 doubles, one triple, and a team-high eight home runs and 55 RBIs.
Student-athletes must be of at least sophomore athletic and academic status, be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials, and have a minimum GPA of 3.30 in order to be eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic honors.
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Kelly Baumert, Kendra Klein and Kylie Helmink all broke school records during the 2009 softball season.
Baumert, a junior pitcher from Omaha, Neb., pitched a team-high 11 shutouts this season to raise her career total to 29 shutouts to break the former Morningside record of 28 career shutouts shared by Jeree Carlson (1993-96) and Whitney McElrath (2005-08).
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Cara DeStigter, a senior outfielder from Dakota Dunes, S.D., has been named to the honorable mention list of the 2009 NAIA All-America Softball Team.
DeStigter was the leading hitter for a Morningside team that finished the season with a 34-21 record, won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season championship, and made its first NAIA National Tournament appearance since 1982.
DeStigter collected a team-high 63 hits in 163 at-bats for a .387 batting average with 10 doubles, one triple, and a team-high eight home runs and 55 runs batted in. DeStigter also paced the Mustangs with a .607 slugging percentage. Her statistics also included 19 runs scored, 11 base on balls, and two stolen bases.
She was named the GPAC Player of the Week twice during the regular season and was also an All-GPAC first-team selection. DeStigter was named a Daktronics-NAIA Softball Scholar-Athlete and was named to the ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-District VII First-Team.
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Sasha Backhaus, a junior outfielder from Westside, Iowa, and Cara DeStigter, a senior outfielder from Dakota Dunes, S.D., have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of softball.
Backhaus has a 3.86 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in studio art.
DeStigter has a 3.96 cumulative GPA with majors in biology and chemistry. She received first-team ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-District VII honors in softball and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete laurels in women’s golf earlier this spring.
DeStigter was the Mustangs’ leading hitter this season with a .387 batting average and led the team with eight home runs and 55 RBIs.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Morningside posted a 34-21 record this season and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championships to earn its first NAIA National Tournament berth since 1982.
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Morningside went out a winner at the NAIA Softball National Championships when it defeated Asbury College 2-0 in Monday’s pool play finale in Decatur, Ala.
The Mustangs went 1-2 in the pool play competition at the national tournament to finish the campaign with a record of 34-21.
Morningside ace pitcher Kelly Baumert overpowered the Asbury lineup by twirling a one-hit shutout and Brandi Burke staked the Mustangs to an early 1-0 lead with a clutch two-out RBI single in the bottom of the third inning.
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Kelly Baumert, a junior pitcher from Omaha, Neb.; Cara DeStigter, a senior outfielder from Dakota Dunes, S.D; and Kendra Klein, a senior third baseman from Remsen, Iowa, were all named to the first team of the 2009 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
In addition to their three first-team selections, the Mustangs’ Jessica Jones-Sitzmann was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co-Coach of the Year after she led Morningside to the GPAC regular season championship and its first NAIA National Tournament berth since 1982. The Mustangs will take a 33-19 record to the national tournament, which starts on May 14 at Decatur, Ala.
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Cara DeStigter, a senior outfielder from Dakota Dunes, S.D., has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Player of the Week for April 20-26.
DeStigter had nine hits in 12 at-bats for a .750 batting average with a double, triple, and 10 RBIs to lead the Mustangs to a 3-1 record and wrap up the GPAC’s regular season championship.
Morningside, which earned a NAIA National Tournament berth as the GPAC’s regular season champion, is the No. 1 seed for this week’s GPAC Tournament slated for Thursday through Saturday at Sioux City’s SYA Complex. The Mustangs will take a 28-17 record into a first round game against Dordt College on Thursday at 2 p.m.
Morningside clinched an outright GPAC softball championship and secured its first NAIA National Tournament berth since 1982 when it defeated Doane College 3-0 in the opener of Friday’s GPAC doubleheader at the Jensen Softball Complex.
The Mustangs, who lost the nightcap 3-2, won this year’s GPAC title with an 18-6 league mark and will compete in the 2009 NAIA National Tournament scheduled for May 14-20 in Decatur, Ala.
In the opener, Morningside’s Kelly Baumert pitched her way out of some early jams to finish with a four-hit shutout against the top hitting team in the GPAC.
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