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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) announced the 2019 RMAC Softball All-Conference and Gold Glove teams on Tuesday.
Colorado Mesa University’s AnnMarie Torres was named the RMAC Player of the Year, while teammate Kimbri Herring was tabbed the RMAC Pitcher of the Year. Rebecca Gonzales of MSU Denver earned RMAC Freshman of the Year honors and Colorado School of Mines’ head coach, Leah Glasgow was voted RMAC Coach of the Year.
The major award winners, along with the All-RMAC and Gold Glove teams, were voted on by the conferences' 13 head coaches. Coaches could not vote for their own student-athletes. Student-athletes who received one First Team vote, or Second Team votes, were named Honorable Mention.
The Gold Glove Team was selected for the first time in RMAC softball history. The team consist of one pitcher, one catcher, one first baseman, one second baseman, one third baseman, one shortstop and three outfielders. The nominees were nominated by their coach and based on the season’s best fielding percentage and applicable fielding statistics only. To qualify for selection, a student-athlete shall have played in a minimum of 75-percent of the contests at the position.
Torres is a first baseman out of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, has had a tremendous 2019 regular-season campaign, leading the nation's 11th-ranked Mavericks to the program’s 12
th RMAC regular-season crown. Individually, Torres leads the RMAC in batting average (.485) and RBIs (64). She leads the RMAC for walks, having drawn 38 and she has reached safely in 34 consecutive games. She also leads the RMAC with her .873 slugging percentage and is fourth in the conference for home runs with 13.
Herring is tied for second in the RMAC with 19 wins. In 28 appearances, she has started 24 of those games, while 13 have been complete games. She is seventh in the conference with 111 strikeouts. Last season she was the RMAC Tournament Most Valuable Player and was selected to the D2CCA Firs Team All-South Central Region team.
Gonzales started and played in all 53 games for the Roadrunners. The freshman has a .364 batting average with 19 doubles and 40 RBI. She also has converted on 10-of-12 stolen base attempts.
Head Coach Leah Glasgow led the Orediggers to a 24-13 RMAC record and 25-20 record overall so far this season. This is her second Coach of the Year award after winning it in 2017.
2019 First Team All-RMAC
C – Jessica Gonzalez, Dixie State
P – Kimbri Herring^, Colorado Mesa
P – Kenzie Mattey, Colorado Christian
DP – Alexa Samuels, Colorado Mesa
1B – AnnMarie Torres#, Colorado Mesa
2B – Haleigh Hoefs, Chadron State
3B – Stephanie Day, Colorado Christian
SS – Clara Larson, Colorado School of Mines
SS – Kellie Mrofcza, Colorado Mesa
OF – Kendall Yasui, Colorado Christian
OF – Hanna Farmer, Colorado Christian
OF – Brooke Doumer, Colorado Mesa
UTIL PITCHER – Darby McGhee, MSU Denver
UTIL PLAYER – Kaila Jacobi, Colorado Mesa
*There was a tie for shortstop so two are listed on first team.
Second Team All-RMAC
C – Michaela Burpee, CSU-Pueblo
P – Cambrie Hazel, Dixie State
P – McKenzie Surface, Colorado Mesa
DP – Kara Jones, Colo. Sch. of Mines
1B – Angelique Elemen, Fort Lewis
2B – Charlotte Romero, Colorado Christian
3B – Kindall Bethke, Black Hills State
OF – Rebecca Gonzales&, MSU Denver
OF – Kendall Murphy, Colorado School of Mines
OF – Sarah Staudle, Colorado Mesa
UTIL PITCHER – Taylor Reidhead, UCCS
UTIL PLAYER – Laney Sheppard, MSU Denver
^ - Pitcher of the Year
# - Player of the Year
& - Freshman of the Year
2019 Gold Glove Team
C – Jasmine Wessel, MSU Denver
P – Kimbri Herring, Colorado Mesa
1B – Angelique Elemen, Fort Lewis
2B – Katelyn Odle, Black Hills State
3B – Dani Bartholf, Dixie State
SS – Kellie Mrofcza, Colorado Mesa
OF – Sarah Staudle, Colorado Mesa
OF –Katie Leiker, Colorado School of Mines
OF – Sabrina Felix, CSU-Pueblo
The 2019 RMAC Softball Tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. MST on Thursday, May 2 in Grand Junction, Colorado. The major award winners will be honored prior to the start of their school's first game on Thursday. For more information on the tournament, visit
www.RMACSPORTS.org/SB2019.