BECK NAMED ECAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR; SCARILLO EARNS FIRST TEAM HONORS

May 27, 2009

BECK NAMED ECAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR; SCARILLO EARNS FIRST TEAM HONORS

Orangeburg, NY (5/27/09) Dominican College softball player, Sarah Beck, has been named the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Year as was announced by the ECAC today. Teammate Nicole Scarillo earned All-ECAC First Team accolades.

Orangeburg, NY (5/27/09) Dominican College softball player, Sarah Beck, has been named the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Year as was announced by the ECAC today. Teammate Nicole Scarillo earned All-ECAC First Team accolades.

Beck, a senior outfielder from Milton, NY, led the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) with a .407 batting average, runs scored (49), hits (77), total bases (123), RBIs 959), is fifth in the CACC with 17 doubles and is second with nine home runs. Shewas named the CACC Player of the Year, named to the All-CACC First Team, the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region First Team, the 2009 Daktronics NCAA Division II East All-Region First Team and to the 2009 Daktronics All-American Softball Second Team. She was also named the Dominican College Most Valuable Player for the third time in her career.

In 2008 she was also named to the All-CACC First Team, the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region First Team and was the Dominican College Co-Most Valuable Player Award winner. In her rookie year (2006), Beck was named the CACC Rookie of the Year, All-CACC First Team, CACC All-Tournament Team and the Dominican College Most Valuable Player. Beck has also been a team captain for the last two years.

Scarillo, a sophomore catcher from South Amboy, NJ, finished second on the team and 13th in the CACC with a .368 batting average. She led the CACC with a .663 slugging percentage and in home runs (13). She was recently named to All-CACC First Team, the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II East All-Region Second Team and the 2009 Daktronics NCAA Division II East All-Region First Team.

Player of the Year
Sarah Beck Sr. OF Dominican

Pitcher of the Year
Diane Sansavera So. P Georgian Court

Rookie of the Year
Rachel Ruch Fr. 2B Georgian Court

Coach of the Year
Rocco Constantino Bloomfield

First Team
Nicole Scarillo So. C Dominican
Jackie Hannan Sr. 1B Dowling
Rachel Ruch Fr. 2B Georgian Court
Courtney Cuevas So. 3B Georgian Court
Christie Softy Jr. SS C.W. Post
Sarah Beck Sr. OF Dominican
Mallory Kirchner Sr. OF Georgian Court
Erin MacNamee So. OF West Chester
Ashley Harkins Sr. Utl St. Michael's
Diane Sansavera So. P Georgian Court
Breanna Gleason Jr. P New Haven

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.