CHILDERS, CORRAO AND PLANTE NAMED TO 2012 NFCA DIVISION II ALL-EAST REGION TEAMS

May 10, 2012

CHILDERS, CORRAO AND PLANTE NAMED TO 2012 NFCA DIVISION II ALL-EAST REGION TEAMS

Orangeburg, NY (5/10/12) Dominican College softball players, Delaney Childers, Ashley Corrao and Julie Plante* have been named to the 2012 National Fast Pitch Coach's Association (NFCA) Division II All-East Region Teams as was announced today. Childers and Corrao were named to the First Team, while Plante received Second Team accolades.

Orangeburg, NY (5/10/12) Dominican College softball players, Delaney Childers, Ashley Corrao and Julie Plante* have been named to the 2012 National Fast Pitch Coach's Association (NFCA) Division II All-East Region Teams as was announced today. Childers and Corrao were named to the First Team, while Plante received Second Team accolades.

2012 NFCA Division II All-Region Teams

Childers, a junior left-handed pitcher from Johnstown, OH, was voted the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Pitcher of the Year, led the CACC with a 1.08 earned run average and 10 shutouts this year. She pitched 214.1 innings this season and finished with 24‐8 record this season that included two wins against C.W. Post and Adelphi University at the NCAA East Regional. She was named the CACC Pitcher of the Week three times this year and earned a one‐time ECAC weekly selection. Childers was also second in the league in strikeouts with 180.

Corrao, a junior catcher from Staten Island, NY, makes her first appearance on the Daktronics All-Region Team. She made her second straight appearance on the All-CACC First Team. She finished third on the team in batting average, while ranking sixth in the CACC in batting and fourth in runs batted in. Corrao has started all 56 games behind the plate this season.

Plante, a junior shortstop from Swansea, MA, is making her second appearance on the NFCA All-Region team as she was also named to the second team in 2010. Recently, she made her second appearance on the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) First Team. She is third on the team in batting average, while leading the team in doubles, triples and runs scored. She is tied for team lead in hits and tied for second on team in RBIs. Plante was named CACC Payer of the Week and ECAC Hitter of the Week once this season. She has been a team captain for the past two years and recently recorded her 200th career hit this season.

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.