STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph's College outfielder Emily Leverone '12 (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet) has received New England Intercollegiate Softball Coaches Association (NEISCA) Second Team honors.
Leverone, a 2010 All-GNAC First Team selection, hit .450 (58-129) with 40 runs, 14 doubles, eight home runs and an SJC single-season record 60 runs batted in for the Monks, who went 30-10 overall and posted a program-record 23-game winning streak this spring. The sophomore slugger paced the Royal Blue in batting average, hits, runs, doubles, slugging percentage (.775) and on-base percentage (.472) and helped the Monks post a 21-3 GNAC record, which was good for the #2 seed in the conference tournament. She also led the team in multiple-hit (15) and multi-RBI (17) performances this spring.
In two tremendous offensive seasons, Leverone already owns 11 programs records, including the career marks for home runs (16), slugging percentage (.850) and on-base percentage (.535).
Leverone is no stranger to postseason accolades, as she collected NFCA All-Northeast Region Second Team and ECAC Second Team honors following the 2009 campaign. She joins Monica White, Taylor Cournoyer and Katie Bachinski of Rivier and Christina Naramore of Emerson as one of five GNAC players to receive the regional honor.
| New England Softball Coaches Association | ||
| 2010 Division III All Star Teams | ||
| First Team | ||
| P | Hayley Feindel | Coast Guard |
| P | Molly Rathbun | Eastern CT |
| C | Michelle Wlosek | Springfield |
| 1B (tie) | Alyssa Lepore | Colby |
| 1B (tie) | Alex Warren | Wellesley |
| 2B | Emily Beinecke | Tufts |
| 3B | Alicia Gardner | Westfield St. |
| SS | Casey Sullivan | Tufts |
| OF | Cedar Blazek | Williams |
| OF | Ashley Sullivan | Eastern CT |
| OF | Bryn Worrilow | Springfield |
| DP | Luigina Facchini | Western CT |
| UT | Marianne Specker | Brandeis |
| Second Team | ||
| P | Emily Vaillette | Brandeis |
| P | Monica White | Rivier |
| C | Amanda Frederick | Coast Guard |
| 2B | Jackie Enos | Babson |
| 3B | Amy Hartman | Western CT |
| SS | Taylor Cournoyer | Rivier |
| OF | Brittany Grimm | Brandeis |
| OF | Emily Leverone | St. Joseph's (ME) |
| OF | Megan Wood | Wellesley |
| DP | Christina Naramore | Emerson |
| UT | Katie Davis | Southern Maine |
| Honorable Mention | ||
| P | Geena Constantin | Middlebury |
| C | Jodi Fralick | Lesley |
| 1B | Megan Margel | Middlebury |
| 2B | Lauren Blake | Clark |
| 3B | Merry MacDonald | Endicott |
| SS | Danielle Basciano | Western CT |
| OF | Katie Bachinski | Rivier |
| OF | Chrissy Bello | Wesleyan |
| OF | Kerin DeGirolamo | Westfield St. |
| DP | Stacy Berg | Brandeis |
| UT | Kara Nilan | Bowdoin |
| NEW ENGLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR: | ||
| Molly Rathbun - Eastern CT | ||
