By FHSU Sports Information<\/b><\/p>\n
Photos courtesy FHSU SID<\/p>\n
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State had four players named to the All-MIAA Softball Team for the 2018 season on Thursday (Apr. 26). Sara Breckbill<\/a> headlines the four selections, earning a first-team selection at utility\/non-pitcher, while Candace Bollig<\/a>, Bailey Boxberger<\/a>, and Grace Philop<\/a> earned honorable mention selections at their primary positions.<\/p>\n Breckbill qualified for the utility\/non-pitcher slot on the All-MIAA ballot, voted on by head coaches of all 14 MIAA teams. Players must play in at least 33% of their games at a secondary position, so Breckbill qualified by making 31 starts at first base and 19 at catcher. She started all 50 games for FHSU this season and hit .315 with five home runs, eight doubles, 22 RBI, and 18 runs scored. She committed just two errors at each position for a total of four on the season, putting together a fielding percentage of .984 on a team-high 251 chances. She ranked second on the team in batting average and doubles, and tied for the team lead in home runs.<\/p>\n Bollig grabs and All-MIAA Honorable Mention selection at third base for the second straight year. The senior led the team in runs scored (28) and stolen bases (13), while hitting .286 for the season and starting every game. She added 10 extra-base hits and 20 RBI for the season.<\/p>\n Boxberger earns the first all-conference selection of her career, receiving an honorable mention nod at designated player. Boxberger made 30 starts as the team’s DP, while also getting 16 starts at first base. For the season, Boxberger hit .305 with a team-best 14 extra-base hits. She tied Breckbill for the team lead in home runs and led the team in RBI (27) and slugging percentage (.482).<\/p>\n Philop gives FHSU a pair of freshmen named to the all-conference team. She earned an honorable mention selection in the outfield by leading FHSU in batting average (.333) and hits (57), while starting every game. She had 20 RBI and 19 runs scored, along with eight doubles and one home run. She had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 57 chances for the season, while also recording two assists from the outfield.<\/p>\n Below is the 2018 All-MIAA Softball Team.<\/p>\n 2018 All-MIAA Postseason Awards<\/strong> 2018 All-MIAA First Team<\/strong> 2018 All-MIAA Second Team<\/strong> 2018 All-MIAA Honorable Mention<\/strong> By FHSU Sports Information Photos courtesy FHSU SID KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State had four players named to the All-MIAA Softball Team for… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":38048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4541,7349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-softball-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/softhonors.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38049,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38045\/revisions\/38049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCoach of the Year- Brenda Holaday, Washburn
\nPlayer of the Year- Carrie Abrams, Central Oklahoma
\nPitcher of the Year-Megan Deiter, Washburn
\nDefensive Player of the Year- Shelby Uhl, Missouri Western
\nFreshman of the Year- Bri Francis, Washburn<\/p>\n
\nPitcher- Megan Deiter, Washburn
\nPitcher- Claire Miller, Southwest Baptist
\nCatcher-Kala Holder, Pittsburg State
\nFirst Base-Hannah Porter, Lindenwood
\nSecond Base-Kaitlyn Weis, Northwest Missouri
\nShortstop- Morgan Heard, Central Oklahoma
\nThird Base-Savannah Moore, Washburn
\nOutfield-Carrie Abrams, Central Oklahoma
\nOutfield-Abi Corbett, Missouri Southern
\nOutfield-Samantha Stallbaumer, Washburn
\nDesignated Player-Jessica Schuler, Northeastern State
\n*Utility\/Non-Pitcher-Taylor Dames, Central Missouri
\n*Utility\/Non-Pitcher-<\/strong>Sara Breckbill<\/a><\/strong>, Fort Hays State<\/strong>
\nUtility\/Pitcher-Stormee Galka, Lindenwood
\n*denotes tie in voting<\/p>\n
\nPitcher-Jayden Chestnut, Central Oklahoma
\nPitcher-Rachel Smith, Northwest Missouri
\nCatcher-Bri Francis, Washburn
\nFirst Base-Danielle Sprinkle, Emporia State
\nSecond Base-Annelise Rockley, Emporia State
\nShortstop-Austine Pauley, Lindenwood
\nThird Base-JoBi Heath, Central Oklahoma
\nOutfield-Lauryn Deer, Central Missouri
\nOutfield-Shelby Uhl, Missouri Western
\nOutfield-Emilee Baker, Washburn
\nDesignated Player-Karli Allen, Northwest Missouri
\nUtility\/Non-Pitcher-Taylor Kirk, Washburn
\nUtility\/Pitcher-Destiny Ojigoh, Emporia State<\/p>\n
\nCentral Missouri- Alexa Bradley-Pitcher, Katie Giacone-Pitcher, Allie Dishinger-Catcher, Hailey Crabtree-First Base, Alexis Koop-Second Base, Kaitlyn Markin-Shortstop, Emily King-Third Base, Payton Summers-Designated Player
\nCentral Oklahoma-Halley Randolph-Catcher, Carli Jones-First Base, Bailey Thompson-Outfield, Allie Eicher-Designated Player
\nEmporia State-Kenzie Garvin-Outfield
\nFort Hays State – <\/strong>Candace Bollig<\/a><\/strong>, Third Base, <\/strong>Grace Philop<\/a><\/strong>, Outfield, <\/strong>Bailey Boxberger<\/a><\/strong>, Designated Player<\/strong>
\nLincoln-Jordan Lawson-Outfield
\nLindenwood-Megan Clark-Second Base
\nMissouri Southern- Natalie Hamm-Pitcher, Erika Lutgen – First Base, Shelby Friend-Shortstop
\nMissouri Western-Kenzie Hilzer-Pitcher, Bekah Mueller-Catcher, Shellby Atwell-First Base
\nNebraska Kearney -Sara Sempek-First Base, Cheyenne Hamilton-Third Base, Lex Ray-Outfield, Alexis Howe-Utility\/Non-Pitcher, Meg Householder- Utility\/Pitcher
\nNortheastern State – Gail Young-Pitcher, Kyla Ibarra-Catcher, Paige Gann-First Base, Kaleigh Hinkle-Second Base, Kelsey Harmon-Shortstop, Haley Acrey-Third Base, Jessica Boone-Outfield, Sierra Crick-Outfield
\nNorthwest Missouri-Rebecca Maher-Shortstop, Erin Keeney-Third Base, Jaedra Moses-Outfield, Abbi Gilson-Utility\/Non-Pitcher
\nPittsburg State-Kristen Van Hoosen
\nSouthwest Baptist-Megan Schellert-Second Base, Jaidyn Mawhinney
\nWashburn – Kelsee Henry-Pitcher, Alyssa Carney-Designated Player<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"