May 13, 2014
Colorado Springs, Colo. - Erin Rodriguez, Jessica Garcia and Jessie Hufstetler earned All-Mountain West Softball honors, the Mountain West announced today. Rodriguez garnered First Team honors, while Garcia and Hufstetler captured Second Team accolades.
This is the first All-Conference honor for Rodriguez and Garcia. Hufstetler was named to the All-Western Athletic Tournament team in 2013.
Rodriguez led the Spartans at the plate in Mountain West play for much of the season, finishing 2014 batting .377 in league. In her first season as a Spartan, she posted a .475 slugging percentage and .487 on base percentage in league and was one of three players to hit a triple in a Conference game.
Garcia set the Spartans' single-season RBI and walks record (53 and 86, respectively) in 2014. Her 10 home runs were a team-best, giving her 17 for her career, the third-highest mark in San José State history. With 138 RBI in her career, she sits second all-time.
Hufstetler ended the season with the Mountain West's top batting average (.438), the best mark in San José State history. Her .380 batting average, 24 RBI, eight doubles and .595 slugging percentage in Conference play led the Spartans. Hufstetler also finished her sophomore year with the program's record for single-season on base percentage (.547), slugging percentage (.656) and intentional walks (3).
The three players helped San José State to the top single-season batting average in program history (.302). The 2014 team was also the ninth in the program's 27-year history to win 30-or-more games.
2014 Mountain West All Conference First Team
Name | Team | Pos. | Yr. |
Tara Glover** | Boise State | OF | Sr. |
Rebecca Patton | Boise State | P | Sr. |
Chelsea O'Connor | Colorado State | OF | Sr. |
Jill Compton* | Fresno State | RHP | So. |
Brenna Moss* | Fresno State | OF | Jr. |
Brandi Heimburg | New Mexico | OF | Jr. |
Willow Kalinen | New Mexico | OF | Fr. |
Jaylene Ignacio | San Diego State | OF | Fr. |
Patrice Jackson** | San Diego State | OF | Sr. |
Danielle O'Toole | San Diego State | LHP | So. |
San José State | INF/DP | So. | |
Garie Blando | UNLV | SS | So. |
Sam Juarez | UNLV | OF | Jr. |
Stefany Valentino** | UNLV | OF | Sr. |
Victoria Saucedo | Utah State | 3B | Fr. |
2014 Mountain West All Conference Second Team
Name | Team | Pos. | Yr. |
Jordan Kreiger | Boise State | 2B | Jr. |
Haley Hutton | Colorado State | 2B | Fr. |
Holly Reinke | Colorado State | RHP | So. |
Stesha Brazil | Fresno State | 1B | Sr. |
Hannah Harris | Fresno State | RHP | So. |
Kierra Willis | Fresno State | OF | Fr. |
Karlyn Jones | Nevada | RHP | Sr. |
Megan Sweet | Nevada | SS | So. |
Naomi Tellez | New Mexico | C/DP | So. |
Dominique Dinner | San Diego State | OF/C | Sr. |
Katie Mathis | San Diego State | 2B | Sr. |
San José State | INF | Sr. | |
San José State | INF/DP | So. | |
Emily Haslinger* | UNLV | C | So. |
Pauline Monreal | UNLV | OF | Sr. |