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Ashley Waters Named to Northeast All-Region Second-Team
May 14, 2008
ORONO, Maine - University of Maine softball junior second baseman Ashley Waters has been named to the 2008 NFCA Northeast All-Region Second-Team. By earning a spot on the regional team, Waters' name and her accomplishments will now be forwarded onto the All-American selection meeting in Oklahoma City on May 26. This latest award comes on the heels of several other post-season awards Waters has won this year, including being named the America East Player of the Year, earning a spot on the All-America East First-Team and the All-Academic Team, and being named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic/CoSIDA District I All-Academic Second-Team. Waters turned in one of the finest offensive seasons in school and America East history in 2008. She either tied for the lead or led the conference in hits (58), home runs (10) and total bases (101) following the regular season. Waters also ranked among the top 10 in several other offensive categories following the regular season, including: batting average (T-5th, .352), slugging percentage (3rd, .612), runs scored (5th, 33), runs batted in (5th, 30), doubles (5th, 11), total plate appearances (10th, 182) and at-bats (3rd, 165). Waters' offensive play was one of the major reasons that enabled the Black Bears to shake off a slow start to the season and contend for a playoff spot in the campaign's final weekend. In conference play this season, Waters batted .400 against league foes. An Amesbury, Mass. native, Waters earned a trio of regular season awards, including being named the America East Player of the Week twice (including the season's inaugural weekly award) and earning the ECAC Player-of-the-Week award once.
Waters becomes the fifth player in program history to be named to the Northeast All-Region Team, and the first to do so since Sara Jewett in 2000 (Jewett was twice named to the team in 1999 and 2000). The other honorees include pitcher Lynn Hearty-Coutts in 1987, outfielder Stacey Caron in 1988 and outfielder Tina Ouellette in 1988.
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