Trio of PacWest players earn 2011 Daktronics, Inc., NCAA Division II All-America honors

PHOENIX, AZ – A trio of Pacific West Conference players have been selected to the 2011 Daktronics, Inc., NCAA Division II All-America Softball Team.

The announcement was made on Wednesday, May 25, from Rolla, MO.

Dixie State sophomore utility player Anna Cue (Murrieta Valley, CA/Murrieta Valley) was named to the Second Team, while Grand Canyon rookie 2B Claire Zampini (Phoenix, AZ/Deer Valley) and Hawai‘i Pacific junior DP Maile Kim (Salinas, CA/Notre Dame) earned Honorable Mention accolades.

Division II sports information directors from across the country selected the members of the 2011 Daktronics, Inc., NCAA Division II All-America Softball Team. All three PacWest selections earned 2011 Daktronics, Inc., First Team All-West Region honors.

Cue, the PacWest Player of the Year and an All-PacWest First Team selection, led the PacWest in hitting (.437), runs batted in (53), and in slugging (.817). She ranked ninth in on-base percentage (.462), tied for 10^th in base hits (55), and is second in home runs (12) and total bases (103). She is tied for eighth in doubles (10).

Kim earned her third straight All-PacWest First Team selection as a designated player this year. The 2009 Newcomer and Freshman of the Year finished the season sixth in hitting (.387) in the conference, while she was eighth in slugging (.574), 10^th in on-base percentage (.461), fifth in hits (60) and tied for third in RBI (46).

Zampini ended the year with a .414 batting average in 47 starts. She had 70 base hits, 46 runs scored, 12 doubles, three triples, 22 RBI, a .538 slugging mark and a .448 on-base average.