Box Score FLORENCE, S.C. – Jaguar Softball sophomore Paige Deschaine was named second-team Peach Belt All-Conference on Thursday night at a banquet in Florence, S.C., on the eve of the PBC Championships at Francis Marion.
The Jaguars (22-33, 9-13 PBC) are coming off a 2-0 extra-inning win at Lander, highlighted by Paige Deschaine's 10 strikeouts. Deschaine ended the regular season ranked third with 240 strikeouts and was sixth best for ERA in the league at 2.15. She recorded 12 double-figure strikeout performances – highlighted by her career-high 16 in her complete game win against Georgia Southwestern on April 6th.
While holding batters to a .197 average on the year, Deschaine leads GRU in ERA, wins (12), innings pitched (179), and strikeouts while making 27 starts. The 2014 softball All-Conference team is listed below as selected by the league's head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
2014 PBC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE FULL RELEASE
2014 PBC Softball All-Conference Team
First Team
1b – Kim McMillan, North Georgia
2b – Lauren Bessent, Flagler
3b – Taylor Campbell, Georgia College
SS – Alexis Mercer, Armstrong
C – Casey Googe, Columbus State
OF – Whitney Okvist, Georgia College
OF – Taylor Cloninger, UNC Pembroke
OF – Mackenzie Conley, Flagler
P – Victoria Sink, North Georgia
P – India Kornegay, USC Aiken
DP – Lacye Walker, Armstrong
UT – Kaitlyn White, USC Aiken
At-Large – Kristie Hanewinckel, Francis Marion
At-Large – Brea Hartley, UNC Pembroke
At-Large – Meagan May, North Georgia
At-Large – Courtney Poole, North Georgia
Second Team
Danielle Bernstein, Georgia College
Ashley Burney, Francis Marion
Suzanne Carney, Columbus State
Kristen Carr, Columbus State
Paige Deschaine, GRU Augusta
Abi Leroy, Georgia College
Kalyn Loverich, Flagler
Taylor Luff, Francis Marion
Ollivia McLemore, Armstrong
Jordan Miller, Georgia Southwestern
Christen Moon, Flagler
Kacie Patterson, Armstrong
Hannah Reppert, Armstrong
Lauren Roudabush, Flagler
Chandler Stooksbury, Young Harris
Sydnee Weaver, Young Harris
Player of the Year
Alexis Mercer, Armstrong
Pitcher of the Year
Victoria Sink, North Georgia
Freshman of the Year
Mackenzie Conley, Flagler
Coach of the Year
Mike Davenport, North Georgia