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| Kandi Wieberg |
University of Missouri-Rolla softball player Kandi Wieberg has added yet another honor for the 2007 season as she has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team for the recently completed campaign.
Wieberg was a third-team selection on the college division squad that includes players from NCAA Division II and III and the NAIA. She was the only player from a Great Lakes Valley Conference school to be named to the academic squad.
Previously, Wieberg was named to two All-America teams for her play on the field, earning second team honors on the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association squad and first team laurels on the inaugural Daktronics Division II team as voted on by sports information directors from Division II institutions.
She was named to the All-America squads along with centerfielder Ashley Winter as the first on-field All-America selections in softball in school history.
Wieberg, a junior at UMR who was named as the "Player of the Year" by the GLVC, batted .402 with a team-high 12 home runs and 39 runs batted in during the recently completed season in which the Lady Miners made their first-ever appearance at the NCAA regional tournament. As UMR's leadoff hitter, she also led the GLVC in doubles (21), total bases (127) and slugging percentage (.751), while ranking second in runs scored (46), hits (68) and home runs. She ranks among the top five in the GLVC in nine categories and is sixth nationally in doubles per game.
During the 2007 season, Wieberg has broken UMR career records for doubles (42) and home runs (24) and tied the record for the longest hitting streak of 18 games. She had a .494 average in conference play with five homers and 16 RBI for the Lady Miners.
In the classroom, Wieberg is a civil engineering major from St. Elizabeth, Mo., who has been on the honor roll at UMR and has served as the softball team's representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
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