Priester, a sophomore first baseman from Lake Jackson, Texas, is the third, second-year player to win Offensive Player-of-the-Year honors, but first since 2000 when DePauw's Keri Shake was Co-Player-of-the-Year. Priester hit .381 (second in the SCAC) this season and also finished in the top 10 in the league in on-base percentage (.422 - fifth), hits (40 - ninth) and runs batted in (28 - third). She was the league's Offensive Player-of-the-Week in Week 6 and also made the all-tournament team in leading the Tigers to the 2005 SCAC title.

Mulvey, a sophomore right-hander from Round Rock, Texas, turned in one of the more dominating single-season pitching performances in league history in garnering Pitcher-of-the-Year honors. She led the league in earned run average (0.99) - just the second pitcher in league history to post a sub-1.00 ERA for a complete season. She also posted league-high totals for wins (15) and opposing batting average (.192 - a new single-season conference low), and her 148 strikeouts are a single-season school record. Three weekends ago, Mulvey pitched Trinity to its first conference championship in three years, going 3-0 without allowing a single run in 26.0 innings of work. She struck out a tournament-record 32 batters and walked just one to earn all-tournament honors. Mulvey was the league's Pitcher-of-the-Week three times during the 2005 season.

Centre head coach Wendie Austin-Robinson, in her fifth season in charge of the Colonels', led her squad to the SCAC tournament championship game - the program's first appearance in the finals since the sport was adopted by the league in 1999. Centre went 19-14 in 2005, the program's first-ever winning season, and the 19 victories also set a new high-water mark for single-season wins. After taking over a program that had gone 10-45 (.181) in the two previous seasons, Austin-Robinson has compiled a 67-100 (.401) record in her five years as head coach at Centre.

Trinity skipper Roland Rodriguez, who has been named SCAC Coach-of-the-Year a record three times, led the Tigers' to their fifth title in seven years and third since he took over the reigns in 2001. Rodriguez sports a 125-81 overall mark (.607) in his five years as the head man in San Antonio and has more wins than any other active coach in SCAC softball history. Trinity made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance last weekend and picked up victories over Linfield (Ore.) and the host school Redlands before being eliminated at the Seed 3 Region in Redlands, Calif.

2005 SCAC Player-of-the-Year
Stephanie Priester Trinity University Sophomore OF Lake Jackson, Texas

2005 SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Year
Erin Mulvey Trinity University Sophomore P Round Rock, Texas

2005 SCAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year
Wendie Austin-Robinson Centre College 19-14 Overall / 6-6 SCAC East /
SCAC Tournament Runner-Up
Roland Rodriguez Trinity University 26-20 Overall / 9-3 SCAC West /
SCAC Tournament Champions

2005 All-SCAC Softball First Team
Catcher
&+Holly Phillips Centre College Senior Cincinnati, Ohio

First Baseman
Stephanie Priester Trinity University Sophomore Lake Jackson, Texas

Second Baseman
*+Eliza Herrera Sewanee-Univ. of the South Senior Ardmore, Ala.

Shortstop
Kristy Mahon DePauw University Sophomore Cincinnati, Ohio

Third Baseman
&Josie Manley Millsaps College Sophomore Madison, Miss.

Outfielders
#Crystal Bender Millsaps College Senior Aberdeen, Miss.
^%Rachel Hanson Trinity University Senior El Campo, Texas
Lauren Curosh DePauw University Sophomore Whiting, Ind.
&Katherine Womack Hendrix College Sophomore Friendswood, Texas
-Curosh and Womack tied for the final outfield spot

Utility
#Melissa Johnson Trinity University Sophomore Sugar Land, Texas

Designated Player
&Kati Fleming Millsaps College Senior Columbus, Miss.
Kim Tallent Hendrix College Sophomore Baytown, Texas
-Fleming and Tallent tied for the designated player spot

Pitchers
Erin Mulvey Trinity University Sophomore Round Rock, Texas
&$Lauren Clark Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Senior Terre Haute, Ind.
#+$Tammy Ladner Millsaps College Senior Gulfport, Miss.
-Clark and Ladner tied for the final pitchers spot

KEY
# 2004 First Team All-SCAC ^ 2003 Honorable Mention All-SCAC
& 2004 Second Team All-SCAC $ 2002 First Team All-SCAC
* 2004 Honorable Mention All-SCAC % 2002 Honorable Mention All-SCAC
+ 2003 First Team All-SCAC

2005 All-SCAC Softball Second Team
Catcher
McKinzie Fruchtl Hendrix College First-Year Fayetteville, Ark.

First Baseman
#+Marjorie Pilkinton Centre College Senior Shelbyville, Ky.

Second Baseman
#+Christina Sharp Millsaps College Junior Starkville, Miss.

Shortstop
&Janae Chaney Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Senior Fairfield, Ohio
Cate Guthrie Centre College Sophomore Castaliean Springs, Tenn.
*Kristen Juarez Hendrix College Sophomore Frisco, Texas
-Chaney, Guthrie and Juarez all tied for the shortstop spot

Third Baseman
Nicole Sanders Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Sophomore Montezuma, Ind.
Monica Vonderbrink Centre College First-Year Danville, Ky.
-Sanders and Vonderbrink tied for the third baseman spot

Outfielders
Maggie Blackburn Centre College First-Year Lexington, Ky.
+Naffie Mooney Millsaps College Senior Tyler, Texas
Cacey Smith Hendrix College Junior Fordyce, Ark.

Pitchers
Rachel Austin Rhodes College First-Year Atlanta, Ga.
^$Erin Grumley Centre College Senior Belleville, Ill.

KEY
# 2004 First Team All-SCAC ^2003 Honorable Mention All-SCAC
& 2004 Second Team All-SCAC $ 2002 First Team All-SCAC
* 2004 Honorable Mention All-SCAC % 2002 Honorable Mention All-SCAC
+ 2003 First Team All-SCAC

Honorable Mention

Centre - Julia Hubbard (P); DePauw - Nicole Kernan (OF), Jessica Krueger (1B); Hendrix - Cara Tallent (OF); Millsaps - Victoria Gibson (OF/INF); Rhodes - Dana Bartolomei (P/1B); Rose-Hulman - Erin Locke (1B), Ashley Montgomery (2B), Katie Yiznitsky (C); Sewanee - Lauren Martin (OF), Kristen White (SS); Trinity - Mandy Chastang (C), Jo Schumacher (2B), Kristen Weber (OF)