CHILDERS AND PIASECKI NAMED TO 2010 ECAC DIVISION II ALL-STARS

May 28, 2010

CHILDERS AND PIASECKI NAMED TO 2010 ECAC DIVISION II ALL-STARS

Orangeburg, NY (5/28/10) Dominican College softball players, Delaney Childers and Cara Piasecki have been named 2010 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Softball All-Stars as was announced by the ECAC yesterday.

Orangeburg, NY (5/28/10) Dominican College softball players, Delaney Childers and Cara Piasecki have been named 2010 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Softball All-Stars as was announced by the ECAC yesterday.

Rookie of the Year honors go to Dominican’s Delaney Childers. Childers, who is from Johnstown, OH, was a dual threat, making her presence felt in the circle and at the plate. Childers finished with a .387 batting average, and tallied 37 RBIs. She had 72 hits on the season, including 15 doubles, five triples and one home run. As a pitcher, she had a 22-9 record and a 1.67 ERA. She fanned 140 batters in 201.1 innings pitched.

Piasecki, a senior infielder from Port Monmouth, NJ, led the team and ranked third in the conference in batting (.415), on-base percentage (.503) and RBIs (49). She ranked third in the CACC and second on the team in runs scored (48), fourth in the conference and third on the team in hits (61) and second on the team and fifth in the CACC in total bases (94). Piasecki leads the team and is second in the conference in with 26 walks on the season. In her career, she has been named to the All-CACC Tournament Team three times, was the 2010 CACC Tournament MVP, earned her third consecutive All-CACC First Team honors this seaon and was named to the 2010 Daktronics Softball East All-Region Second Team.

To view the complete list of the 2010 ECAC Division II All-Stars click here.

About the ECAC
The ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with approximately 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men’s and women’s sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports, administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 2,000 student-athletes through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men’s and women’s ice hockey, and men’s lacrosse.

For more information visit www.ecacsports.com

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.