(Photo via Kean Athletics) Pitman, NJ—Kean University senior second baseman Emily Sabo (Rahway, NJ/Rahway) has been named the NJAC Softball Player of the Year, while Ramapo College sophomore right-hander Erin Fitzsimmons (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville) and William Paterson University senior right-hander Allison Podmajersky (Red Bank, NJ/Middletown South) have been named NJAC Softball Co-Pitchers of the Year. Their selections highlighted the 37-member 2017 NJAC Softball All-Conference team which was announced on May 4. All selections were made via a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches and were based on conference-only statistics. A four-time NJAC first-team all-conference selection, Sabo finished her final NJAC regular season as the league-leader in both conference-only batting average (.519) and conference-only on-base percentage (.581). A Week 9 NJAC Player of the Week honoree in 2017, she also ranked second in conference-only slugging percentage (.833) and third in conference-only hits (28). A two-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week selection during the 2017 season, Fitzsimmons finished the conference season as the league-leader in conference-only opposing batting average (.181), while tying for the league-lead in NJAC pitching victories (8). She also finished third in conference-only ERA (1.17) and 11th in conference-only strikeouts (23). A three-time NJAC all-conference honoree, Podmajersky wrapped up her final NJAC regular season as the league-leader in both conference-only strikeouts (53) and conference-only strikeouts looking (21). A two-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week selection in 2017, she also finished second in conference-only earned run average (1.07) and fourth in conference-only opposing batting average (.217). Montclair State University freshman second baseman Kaylee Powers (Newton, NJ/Pope John XXIII) was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year. A first-team all-conference selection, she finished her first NJAC regular season ranked fourth in conference-only runs (18) and sixth in conference-only walks (9). A Week 10 NJAC Rookie of the Week honoree, Powers also finished ninth in conference-only batting average (.441). Ramapo College head coach Bridgette Quimpo was selected as the NJAC Coach of the Year by her peers. Selected to finish fourth in the 2017 NJAC coaches’ preseason poll, Quimpo has led the Roadrunners to a 27-7 overall record and the NJAC regular season championship via a 17-1 mark in league play. Now in her fourth season at the helm of the Ramapo program, Quimpo has guided the Roadrunners to an overall record of 94-53-1, giving her 229 total victories during her collegiate head coaching career. NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TEAM SPRING 2017 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emily Sabo, Kean CO-PITCHERS OF THE YEAR: Erin Fitzsimmons, Ramapo & Allison Podmajersky, William Paterson ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Kaylee Powers, Montclair State DR. JUNE WALKER COACH OF THE YEAR: Bridgette Quimpo, Ramapo FIRST TEAM Name Year Pos. School Hometown//High School Erin Fitzsimmons SO P Ramapo Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville Allison Podmajersky^@ SR P William Paterson Red Bank, NJ/Middletown South Nicole Paiotti JR C Rowan Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills Nicole Mahoney SR 1B Ramapo Ringwood, NJ/Lakeland Emily Sabo*@! SR 2B Kean Rahway, NJ/Rahway Christine Griffith SO 3B William Paterson Upper Saddle River, NJ/Northern Highland Harper Patsko^ SO 3B Ramapo Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional Rachel Wasilak*@ SR SS William Paterson Livingston, NJ/Livingston Grace Brennan+ SR OF Ramapo Old Bridge, NJ/Academy for Allied Health Nicole Fryer SR OF William Paterson East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg South Gianna Genello* SO OF Rowan West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell Kelly Yusko*@ JR UT Rutgers-Newark Portage, PA/Penn Cambria Morgan Smith^ JR DP Rowan Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central Kaylee Powers FR At-Large Montclair State Newton, NJ/Pope John XXIII Caroline Ratti JR At-Large Kean South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield Lauren Shannon FR At-Large Rowan Sewell, NJ/Washington Township Ally Spellman# JR At-Large Ramapo Bloomingdale, NJ/Butler SECOND TEAM Name Year Pos. School Hometown/High School Gabrielle Castelli& SR P William Paterson Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Grove Shannon McMahon SR P Kean South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield Kim Fryer# SR C William Paterson East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg South Jess Santelli* SO 1B TCNJ Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough Jalene Garcia SR 2B Rutgers-Camden Vineland, NJ/Vineland Cassandra Gerard SO 3B Rowan Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley Cayleen Rizo SO SS Kean Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough Holly Arentowicz^ SR OF Stockton Roxbury, NJ/Roxbury Jackie Howarth FR OF Ramapo Wall, NJ/Wall Dana Knapp* SR OF Kean Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy Lia Stamile^ SO UT Montclair State Rockville Centre, NY/South Side Valentina Cucci FR DP Montclair State Bronx, NY/The Ursuline School Carli Shaw SO At-Large Stockton Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown Jacqueline Riley SO At-Large Kean South Amboy, NJ/Cardinal McCarrick Damariz Mercado! SR At-Large Rowan Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield Noel Hodgins JR At-Large Montclair State Paramus, NJ/Paramus Alexandra Cosenzo FR At-Large Stockton East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park HONORABLE MENTION Name Year Pos. School Hometown/High School Megan Mayernik FR SS TCNJ Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington Vanessa Archibold FR DP William Paterson Saddle Brook, NJ/Saddle Brook Katrina Buczkowski+ JR P Ramapo Buffalo, NY/Clarence Key: * First Team All-Conference 2016 ^ Second Team All-Conference 2016 # Honorable Mention 2016 @ First Team All-Conference 2015 + Second Team All-Conference 2015 ! First Team All-Conference 2014 & Second Team All-Conference 2014 Post Views: 2,039 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Media Release This content is directly from an official media release and was not written by any member of our team here at Double G Sports. 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