NFCA Softball All-Region Teams Announced

Four Iowa Lakes Community College Softball athletes were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Softball Midwest All-Region teams.

Named to the first team was freshman shortstop, Kacie Salazar. Salazar is from Bakersfield, California and is the daughter of Jerry and Jane Salazar. In her freshman campaign, Kacie posted an overall batting average of .377 and a .391 batting average in conference. She has 52 hits on the season, including 18 doubles and 13 homeruns. Salazar has crossed the plate 37 times, while scoring 53 of her teammates. She has also posted an impressive .922 slugging percentage in conference. Kacie is joined by fellow ICCAC players Molly Jacobson, Bailey Richards, Mia Ruther, and Morgan Nealy from DMACC, Natalie Halverson, Monika Bevans, Rachel Stewart, Lauren Kuch, and DoniRae Mayhew from Kirkwood CC, Savannah Robertson from Northeast CC, and Alexis Egan and Cheyenne Andersen from Iowa Central CC on 1st Team.

Named to the second team were sophomore outfielder, Julia Sullwold, sophomore outfielder, Leilani San Pedro, and sophomore infielder, Kaitlin Walsh. Sullwold is from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota is the daughter of Mike and Tippy Sullwold. She finished the season with a .398 batting average and a .435 on-base percentage. Sullwold had 66 hits, including 11 doubles and 1 triple. She drove in 21 runs, scored 39 times, and swiped 21 bases. She has put herself in the Iowa Lakes Softball record book top 10 for stolen bases (52). San Pedro is from Redlands, California and is the daughter of James San Pedro and Samantha Gutierrez. She has finished the season with a .340 batting average and a .660 slugging percentage. San Pedro has 50 hits on the season, including 11 doubles, 3 triples, and 10 homeruns. She has scored 51 times, pushed across 56 runs, and swiped 21 bases. She has put herself in the Iowa Lakes Softball record book top 10 for batting average (.425), runs (120), doubles (32), homeruns (21), runs batted in (109), and hit by pitch (12). Walsh is from Medford, Wisconsin and is the daughter of Pat and Lori Walsh. She finished the season with a .429 batting average and a .497 on-base percentage. Walsh had 54 hits, including 9 doubles, 1 triple, and 7 homeruns. She batted in 37 of her teammates, while scoring 34 times herself. She has put herself in the Iowa Lakes Softball record book top 10 for hit by pitch (8). They are joined by fellow ICCAC player Shelby Low from NIACC on 2nd Team.