EAST PEORIA, ILL. – University of Indianapolis senior Megan Russell (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) and Quincy University junior Torie Bunzell (Utica, Ill./LaSalle-Peru) have been named the 2010 Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. The duo headline the 2010 All-GLVC Softball Team

 

Rusell has paced the UIndy offensive attack this season and is hitting .324 with 41 RBIs, 31 runs scored, 14 doubles and seven home runs. She boasts a .574 slugging percentage and .408 on-base percentage. Russell leads the team in RBIs, doubles, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and second on the team in hits (48), home runs, runs scored and walks (19).

 

In league play, Russell upped her average to .398 with 30 RBIs, 23 runs, eight doubles, three home runs and a .614 slugging percentage. She has also posted a 19-7 record and a 1.91 ERA in the circle, while setting the school’s career, single-season and single-game strikeout records.

 

Bunzell was named the league’s top pitcher after pacing the Lady Hawks to the No. 2 seed in the GLVC Tournament with a 35-13 overall record and 20-7 league mark. She has posted a 24-6 overall record with a 0.68 earned run average. She has recorded 314 strikeouts in 185 innings pitched and has tossed 11 shutouts and 26 complete games.

 

In league competition, Bunzell was 16-4 with a 0.71 earned run average. She notched seven shutouts and 202 strikeouts in 118 innings pitched. Bunzell led the league in earned run average, opposing batting average (.139), strikeouts and wins, 

 

Joining Russell and Bunzell on the All-GLVC First Team is Lewis’ Michelle Vucsko and Jayme Hefler, Missouri S&T’s Kristin Drage, Missouri-St. Louis’ Meaghan Bauer and JaCee Ellis, Northern Kentucky’s April Ehlers, Quincy’s Erin Gregory, Saint Joseph’s Brittnie Boerema, UIndy’s Jamie Keltz and UW-Parkside’s Christine Holthus and Krista Kelly.

 

Hefler, a centerfielder for the Flyers, has been named the 2010 GLVC Freshman of the Year. She has guided Lewis to the No. 3 seed in the upcoming GLVC Tournament with a 20-8 record. She is hitting .438 on the season with 49 runs, 10 RBIs and 32 stolen bases. She leads the Flyers in batting average, runs, hits (67), on-base percentage (.491) and stolen bases. In league play, Hefler hit .432 with 32 runs and 21 stolen bases.

 

UIndy’s Melissa Frost-Fisher has been selected the 2010 GLVC Coach of the Year in a vote of her peers. Frost-Fisher guided the Greyhounds to the top seed in the GLVC Tournament for the first time in school history. UIndy has an overall record of 34-13 and finished the conference season with a 22-6 mark, a school-record for GLVC wins in a sesaon. The GLVC Coach of the Year award is the first for Frost-Fisher who is in her sixth season with the Greyhounds. 

 

The GLVC has also announced a 13-member All-GLVC Second Team and 13-member All-GLVC Third Team. The complete list of award recipients follows.

 

Freshman of the Year – Jayme Hefler, Lewis

Player of the Year – Megan Russell, Indianapolis

Pitcher of the Year – Torie Bunzell, Quincy

Coach of the Year – Missy Frost-Fisher, Indianapolis

 

FIRST TEAM

C – Brittnie Boerema, Saint Joseph’s
1B – Kristin Drage, Missouri S&T
2B – Jamie Keltz, Indianapolis
3B – Meaghan Bauer, Missouri-St. Louis
SS – Michelle Vucsko, Lewis
DP – JaCee Ellis, Missouri-St. Louis
UT – Krista Kelly, UW-Parkside
OF – Erin Gregory, Quincy
OF – Jayme Hefler, Lewis
OF – Christine Holthus, UW-Parkside
P – Torie Bunzell, Quincy
P – April Ehlers, Northern Kentucky
P – Megan Russell, Indianapolis

 

SECOND TEAM

C – Jessica Matlock, Drury
1B – Brittany DeWeese, Southern Indiana
2B – Rose Broderick, Northern Kentucky
3B – LeAnn Collins, Southern Indiana
SS – Jessica Farris, Northern Kentucky

DP – Kassi Deibert, Missouri S&T
UT – Sadie Ball, Drury
OF – Karey Kruse, Missouri-St. Louis
OF – Reva LeDune-Bourgasser, Southern Indiana
OF – Stephanie West, Northern Kentucky
P – Karissa Habel, Lewis

P – Kallie Walczak, UW-Parkside

P – Ashley Wallingford, Missouri S&T

 

THIRD TEAM

C – Ashley Boxley, Indianapolis
1B – Lisa Casey, UW-Parkside
2B – Leah Emmerick, Kentucky Wesleyan
3B – Tiffany Brakeville, Quincy
SS – Megan Murdoch, Bellarmine
DP – Sara Loete, Southern Indiana
UT – Emily Schwaeble, Northern Kentucky
OF – Katherine Belsito, Southern Indiana
OF – Megan Corey, Quincy
OF – Kristin Parris, Saint Joseph’s
P – Kelsea Garthoff, Drury 
P – Taylor Keal, Missouri S&T

P – Casey Willard, Bellarmine