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June 1, 2005


Mays, Bayse Headline All-State (College Division) Softball Team

DANVILLE, Va. – Lynchburg College’s Christy Mays was selected the Virginia State (College Division) Player of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) on Friday.  Additionally, Roanoke College head coach Alan Bayse was chosen as the state coach of the year.

2005 VaSID College Division All-State Softball Team

Mays, a senior from Amherst, VA, played first base for the Hornets, where she earned Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards.  She held a batting average of .403 and tallied 36 RBIs on the season.  Mays was also an All-State first team selection at first base.

Bayse led Roanoke to their sixth ODAC Championship and their sixth NCAA appearance in the last seven years.  His Maroons posted a 33-12 overall record and were ranked as high as 13 nationally in 2005.

Roanoke’s Lyndsi Craig and Virginia Wesleyan’s Becky Sowell were the first team all-state honorees at the pitching position.  Craig was named the ODAC Pitcher of the Year, while hurling to a 1.53 ERA and a 14-3 record.  Sowell was 13-4 on the year, while posting a 1.41 ERA and earning first team All-ODAC honors.

Lynchburg’s Brittany Edelen was selected to the first team at the catcher position.  Edelen batted .419, had 37 RBIs and earned first team all-conference and all-region honors.  At second base, Robin O’Connor from Roanoke received the first team nod.  O’Connor was a first team All-ODAC selection after belting seven doubles and 30 RBIs on the year.

The first teamer at third base was Bridgewater’s Lindsay Ware.  Ware was also on the first team All-ODAC squad and batted .327 with nine doubles and 35 RBIs on the year.  Rounding out the infield is all-state shortstop Brooke Barker from Emory & Henry.  Barker batted .385 with a .495 slugging percentage.  She was also a first team All-ODAC selection.

In the outfield, Ferrum’s Mary Greenway, Bridgewater’s Jennifer Hall and Lauren Lancaster from Lynchburg were first team selections.  Greenway led the NCAA in stolen bases with 50, batted .437 and earned All-USA South Conference honors.  Hall was the ODAC Rookie of the Year after hitting .384 and leading the ODAC with five triples.  Lancaster was selected to the All-ODAC first team after smashing three home runs and posting a .328 batting average.

At the utility position, Shenandoah’s Tana Bartek was recognized as a first team all-state performer.  She batted .362 with 17 RBIs, earning first team All-USA South honors.  At the designated player position, Lynchburg’s Caroline Cubbage earned first team honors.  She was a first team All-ODAC honoree, after posting a .413 batting average, which included seven doubles and three triples.

The first team included 10 players from the ODAC, with Lynchburg leading the way with four Hornets selected.  The USA South had two representatives on the all-state first team.

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.