2013 MIAC SOFTBALL AWARDS
2013 NFCA DIVISION III ALL-REGION TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College softball player
Bri Dorale (SR, Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) was named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball squad and was a first-team honoree on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-Midwest Region Team, it was announced on Friday. In addition, Augsburg's
Lindsay Helbach (SO, Amherst, Wis.) and
Allyson Ruedy (SR, Waseca, Minn.) were All-MIAC Honorable Mention recipients, and Ruedy was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.
It's the second All-MIAC and first all-region honor for Dorale, who was named as an All-MIAC honoree in 2010. It's the first MIAC recognition for Helbach and the second MIAC recognition for Ruedy, who was an All-MIAC and all-region third-team honoree last season. Dorale's recognition is the 34th NFCA All-Region honor for an Augsburg player since 1984 and the 16th all-region first-team honor.
Dorale had a career year for the Auggies, hitting .523 (67-of-128), setting single-season school records for both hits and batting average. She had three doubles, three triples, 12 RBI and eight walks, to go along with stealing 25 bases in 28 attempts. She had a .594 slugging percentage and .561 on-base percentage this season. Dorale had 23 multiple-hit games (13 two-hit games and 10 three-hit games), hitting safely in 34 of her 39 games.
In addition to her school records for hits and batting average, her 76 total bases and 25 stolen bases were both the fourth-most in a single season in school history, while her 35 runs scored were sixth-most, her three hit-by-pitches were tied for eighth-most and her .594 slugging percentage was 10th-best.
Dorale finished as the MIAC's batting champion, as the lone
MIAC player in overall statistics to compile a greater-than-.500 total in all three statistical averages -- batting average (.523, first), on-base percentage (.561, first) and slugging percentage (.594, 12th). Her 67 hits, 25 stolen bases and three triples were all second-most among MIAC players in overall statistics, while she ranked seventh in runs scored and hit-by-pitch, and ninth in total bases.
Augsburg's starting centerfielder, Dorale moved to the infield in the last few weeks of the season, playing at both shortstop and second base. Starting 161 of Augsburg's 162 games in her four seasons, Dorale finished with school records for career hits (212) and runs scored (133), while ranking second in school history in career batting average (.398), total bases (248) and stolen bases (82); third in hit-by-pitch (9), fourth in triples (10) and ninth in slugging percentage (.465). She also had a .440 on-base percentage, 33 walks, 13 doubles, one home run and 46 RBI in her career.
Augsburg's starting rightfielder, Helbach finished the 2013 season with a .344 (32-of-93) batting average, scoring 12 runs with five doubles, three home runs, six walks, a .495 slugging percentage and a .392 on-base percentage. She had a hit in 19 of her 35 games, including 20 multiple-hit games this season, while also recording three multiple-RBI games.
Helbach ranked seventh among
MIAC players during conference games-only in total bases (41), seventh in slugging percentage (.651), 10th in batting average (.429), 15th in on-base percentage (.448), 17th in RBI (14), 12th in hits (27) and 10th in doubles (5).
In her two seasons at Augsburg (73 games, 66 starts), Helbach is hitting .311 (64-of-206), with 26 runs scored, 10 doubles, seven home runs, 37 RBI, a .461 slugging percentage and .351 on-base percentage.
Ruedy, who started at both shortstop and third base during the season, finished second on the team in hitting this year, batting .349 (45-of-129). Her 21 RBI led the team this season, along with her 14 walks, five home runs and seven doubles. She also had 25 runs scored, a triple, a .535 slugging percentage, .413 on-base percentage, 14 walks and eight stolen bases. She had a hit in 27 of her 40 games, including 13 multiple-hit efforts and a team-best six multiple-RBI games.
Among MIAC players in overall statistics, she ranked ninth in at-bats (129), 10th in home runs (5), 11th in walks (14), 14th in total bases (69), 15th in hits (45) and 15th in stolen bases (8). Her five home runs were the fourth-most in a single season in school history, while her 129 at-bats were 10th-most.
Playing in 138 games and starting 131 in her career, Ruedy finished her career with 16 home runs, second-most on Augsburg's school record-list. She also ranked in the top 10 in school history in three other career categories -- fourth in slugging percentage (.523) and tied for sixth in both total bases (202) and RBI (70). Ruedy finished with a .332 career batting average (128-of-386), with 67 runs scored, 22 doubles, two triples, 35 walks, a .387 on-base percentage and 16 stolen bases.
Ruedy was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team, as part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.
Under seventh-year head coach
Tim Gormley, Augsburg finished 12-28 overall, 5-15 in MIAC play in 2013.
