MONMOUTH, Ill. – The efforts of the Monmouth College softball and baseball teams did not go unnoticed among the Midwest Conference coaches.

LeAnn Hagen

Roger Sander

Fighting Scots softball and baseball coaches LeAnn Hagen and Roger Sander were awarded South Division Coach of the Year honors for guiding their teams to the division title. Hagen guided the Scots to a 10-3 league record and Sander’s squad had a 10-2 division mark.

Four Scots were named to the softball first team – senior first baseman Vanessa Madison (Mapleton, Ill./Limestone) and three juniors – pitcher Heather Burrows (Lewistown, Ill./HS), third baseman Michelle Meyer (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs) and outfielder Stephanie Smith (Chicago, Ill./Nazareth Academy).

Burrows tied the school record for wins with 12, and she finished the year with a 1.68 ERA.

In baseball, senior pitcher/second baseman Beau Hellman (Ottawa, Ill./Marquette) was selected to the first team and named both the Pitcher and Player of the Year in the South Division. Hellman finished the season with a 6-1 record (5-1 against MWC schools).

Other first teamers included two seniors - pitcher Toby Lannholm (Galesburg, Ill./HS) and outfielder Jeremy Hamilton (East Peoria, Ill./HS) - sophomore shortstop Thad King (Loraine, Ill./ROWVA) and two freshmen – outfielder Jason Salmon (Peoria, Ill./Notre Dame) and designated hitter Nathan Clark ( Peoria, Ill./Limestone).

Sophomore infielder Alan Betourne (Washington, Ill./HS) was named to the second team.