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| Kelsey Musselman |
For the second season in a row, a member of the Missouri S&T softball team has landed a spot on the Daktronics Inc., All-America softball team.
After Kandi Wieberg made the initial Daktronics squad last spring, third baseman Kelsey Musselman was named to this season's third team on the team released over the weekend.
Musselman, the "Player of the Year" in both the Great Lakes region and Great Lakes Valley Conference in the 2008 season, was named to the squad after a season in which she led the Lady Miners with a .422 batting average -- which was good for second in the GLVC behind the .430 mark posted by Wisconsin-Parkside's Amanda Miller -- while leading the league in slugging percentage, on-base percentage and home runs.
Musselman had a school record 14 home runs on the year and drove in 47 runs, while posting a .755 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage. Her performance netted her two GLVC "Player of the Week" awards during the year and eventually first-team All-GLVC honors.
She is currently 12th in NCAA Division II for home runs per game and also ranks 35th for runs batted in per contest.
Musselman was named to the all-region first team on both the Daktronics squad, voted on by the sports information directors in NCAA Division II, and on the coaches team which is sponsored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Lincoln Memorial's Sara Henn was the first-team selection at third base, while Miranda Campbell from eventual national runner-up Emporia State was named to the second team.
The Lady Miners finished the 2008 season with a 26-21 record and were third in the GLVC with a 17-9 mark.
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