STARKVILLE, Miss. ?- Arizona senior center fielder Caitlin Lowe and junior pitcher Taryne Mowatt were named to the NFCA All-America teams, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
Lowe was named to the first team and Mowatt to the second team. While both Lowe and Mowatt have enjoyed exceptional seasons, both honors have historical implications as well.
Lowe is now the second player in Arizona softball history to be named to a first-team All-American all four years she played and just the fifth Wildcat to make the All-America squad for four years. Leah Braatz is Arizona’s only other four-time, first-team All-American and former Wildcat greats Alicia Hollowell, Lauren Bauer and Amy Chellevold are the other four-timers.
The center fielder from Tustin, Calif., has set a school record with 156 stolen bases in a career and will enter the Women’s College World Series with a .425 batting average, 49 stolen bases and 55 runs scored in 2007.
Lowe is one of just 12 players in NCAA Division I Softball history to have accumulated 300 hits, 200 runs scored and 100 stolen bases. Additionally, her .448 career batting average is good for second in school history and puts her in the top 10 in NCAA history.
On Tuesday, Lowe was named the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner ?- an honor bestowed for the first time on a softball player ?- for on and off-field achievement.
This is Mowatt’s first All-America honor and marks the 17th consecutive year that an Arizona pitcher has been named an All-American.
The pitcher from Corona, Calif., has had to fill the shoes of a four-time All-American in Hollowell and has done so to the tune of a 36-10 record with a 1.65 ERA with 446 strikeouts in 310 innings pitched.
Her win total is the tied for the third highest in a season for an Arizona pitcher, she has pitched more innings than any other Wildcat in a given year and will have struck out the second-most batters in a season when she registers her first punchout in the world series.
Lowe and Mowatt’s citations mark the 18th consecutive year that Arizona has had at least two players named to the All-America team. Incidentally, this week the Wildcats are making their 19th trip to the Women’s College World Series in the last 20 years.
Arizona (44-12-1) begins WCWS on Thursday in Oklahoma City against eighth-seeded Baylor (50-14). The game is slated for 8 p.m. (CDT) and will be shown live to a national audience on ESPN.
First Team
Pos. Name School
P Monica Abbott University of Tennessee
P Katie Burkhart Arizona State University
P Angela Tincher Virginia Tech
C Killian Roessner Louisiana State University
1B Dena Tyson University of Washington
2B Lauren Parker University of Alabama
3B Norrelle Dickson University of Oklahoma
SS Jennifer Salling University of Oregon
OF India Chiles University of Tennessee
OF Kaitlin Cochran Arizona State University
OF Caitlin Lowe University of Arizona
UT/P Danielle Lawrie University of Washington
UT/Non-P Chelsea Bramlett Mississippi State University
At-Large/UT Megan Gibson Texas A&M University
At-Large/OF Caitlin Lever Georgia Institute of Technology
At-Large/OF Lisa Modglin California Polytechnic State University, SLO
At-Large/P Amanda Scarborough Texas A&M University
At-Large/SS Tammy Williams Northwestern University
Second Team
Pos. Name School
P Eileen Canney Northwestern University
P Taryne Mowatt University of Arizona
P Stacey Nelson University of Florida
C Rachel Folden Marshall University
1B Tonya Callahan University of Tennessee
2B Lisa Dodd University of California, Los Angeles
3B Kara Nelson Illinois State University
SS Amber Jackson University of Maryland
OF Krista Colburn University of California, Los Angeles
OF Danielle Kinley Pennsylvania State University
OF Brittany Rogers University of Alabama
UT/P Kate Robinson University of Hawaii
UT/Non-P Susan Ogden University of Oklahoma
At-Large/P Tracie Adix DePaul University
At-Large/SS Ashley Charters University of Washington
At-Large/1B Samantha Ricketts University of Oklahoma
At-Large/OF Lindsay Schutzler University of Tennessee
At-Large/3B Clare Warwick University of Hawaii
Third Team
Pos. Name School
P Lauren Eckermann University of Oklahoma
P Robin Mackin Fresno State University
P Chrissy Owens University of Alabama
C Courtney Totte Oklahoma State University
1B Garland Cooper Northwestern University
2B Veronica Wootson Florida State University
3B Brette Reagan Baylor University
SS Aileen Morales Georgia Institute of Technology
OF Gina Carbonatto University of the Pacific
OF Angela Findlay University of Michigan
OF Leslie Klein Louisiana State University
UT/P Abbie Sims North Carolina State University
UT/Non-P Tyleen Tausaga University of Hawaii
At-Large/1B Jennifer Curtier University of the Pacific
At-Large/OF Alissa Haber Stanford University
At-Large/UT Becca Heteniak DePaul University
At-Large/1B Ashley Monceaux Baylor University
At-Large/2B Kim Waleszonia University of Florida
