Five Players Selected All-Region

STARKVILLE -- Five BYU athletes were named to the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Pacific Region team, including three players on the first team.

Senior Angeline Quiocho was named First Team third baseman while senior Andrea Ramirez and junior Kristin Delahoussaye were named first team first baseman and second baseman, respectively.

The honor is the third first team award for Quiocho and the second for Ramirez. It is the first for Delahoussaye, who had previously made the second team two seasons ago.

Junior pitcher Paige Affleck earned her first All-Region honor, being named as one of two pitchers on the second team. Junior Jessica Fitu, an All-Region first team selection in 2009, was also placed on the second team at catcher.

The five Cougars honored totals the most of any Mountain West Conference squad. San Diego State had one first team and two second team selections while Colorado State had two second team and Utah earned one second team selection.

The all-region teams were chosen by NFCA member coaches from each region, and all the honorees will now be eligible for selection to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America first, second or third teams. In addition, conference pitchers and players of the year not selected to the regional teams were added for All-America consideration.

The NFCA Division I All-American teams will be announced at 4 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 2.

The entire 2010 NFCA Division I All-Region teams are available at http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1567.

First Team
P      Joelene Henderson       University of California
P      Danielle Lawrie         University of Washington
C      Shawna Wright           University of Washington
1B     Andrea Ramirez          Brigham Young University
2B     Kristin Delahoussaye    Brigham Young University
3B     Angeline Quiocho        Brigham Young University
SS     Jenn Salling            University of Washington
UT/P   Valerie Arioto          University of California
UT/DP  Niki Williams           University of Washington
OF     Samantha Pappas         University of Oregon
OF     Kimi Pohlman            University of Washington
OF     Jamia Reid              University of California
Second Team
P      Paige Affleck           Brigham Young University
P      Jessica Moore           University of Oregon
C      Jessica Purcell-Fitu    Brigham Young University
1B     Christine Thomsen       Colorado State University
2B     Shannon Thomas          University of California
3B     Kathy Cox               Boise State University
SS     Caitlan Stem            Colorado State University
UT/P   Alex Holmes             University of California, Davis
UT/DP  Lea Cavestany           Oregon State University
OF     Allie Burger            University of Oregon
OF     Kara Foster             University of Utah
OF     Michelle Mounts         St. Mary's College of California