Four Mavs Earn All-Summit League Honors
May 8, 2013 | General, Softball
Pitcher Dana Elsasser and first baseman Amber Lutmer were named to the All-Summit League Second Team, along with Ditto at catcher.
Mathewson, a sophomore from Papillion, posted a team-high .395 average in her first year at UNO to finish third in The Summit League. Serving as the Mavs' leadoff hitter every game, Mathewson brought power to the batting order with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs to rank second on the team in both categories. She scored a team-high 44 runs and tied for second nationally with seven triples. She also had nine doubles and recorded a Summit League-best .763 slugging percentage, 0.64 points better than the closest competitor. Mathewson was perfect defensively in center field for the Mavs and stole 10 bases in 11 attempts.
Ditto, voted the top freshman in The Summit League, capped one of the best freshman seasons in UNO history with a .376 batting average to finish fourth in The Summit League. A native of Wamego, Kan., Ditto tallied seven home runs, 30 RBIs, 34 runs, 11 doubles and four triples. In conference play, Ditto was third in batting average (.438), on-base percentage (.533) and fourth in slugging percentage (.771). Ditto earned Summit League Player of the Week on April 15. Over the final 12 games of the season, Ditto hit .516 with three home runs, 11 RBIs and three doubles. She boasted a team-best .903 slugging percentage and .610 on-base percentage during that stretch to earn All-Summit League Second Team as well.
Elsasser (21-7) finished the season with the lowest ERA in The Summit League (1.25), and posted far and away the best ERA in league play only at 0.62. Elsasser tied for The Summit League lead with 21 wins, and her three saves were the most in the conference. The Hershey, Neb., native was fifth in strikeouts with 136, and she allowed just three home runs all season in 190.1 innings pitched. Elsasser earned four Summit League Pitcher of the Week awards and held opponents to a .204 batting average on the season and .173 in conference play.
Lutmer, also a second-team pick, finished the season with a .304 batting average, 12 home runs and 47 RBIs to finish second in the league in both categories. Lutmer ended the season on a 33-game reached base streak. The Omaha native reached base in every game played dating back to Feb. 23. For the season, she reached base at least once in 40 of 43 games.
Western Illinois shortstop Sammy Marshall was named Player of the Year, while NDSU's Whitney Johnson was named Pitcher of the Year. NDSU head coach Darren Mueller earned Coach of the Year after leading the Bison to the regular season title.
2013 All-Summit League Awards
First Team
C - Jenina Ortega, North Dakota State
1B - Yvon Minogue, South Dakota
2B - Matley Jones, South Dakota
3B - Ashleigh Bousquet, Fort Wayne
SS - Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois
OF - Larissa Franklin, Fort Wayne
OF - Allie Mathewson, Omaha
OF - Emily Ott, Kansas City
DP - Katie Kelley, Kansas City
UTL - Katie Cochran, South Dakota
P - Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne
P - Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State
Second Team
C - Campbell Ditto, Omaha
1B - Amber Lutmer, Omaha
2B - Cheyenne Garcia, North Dakota State
3B - Amanda Grable, North Dakota State
SS - Alex Bousquet, Fort Wayne
OF - Katie Dinning, South Dakota
OF - Karissa Kouchis, Western Illinois
OF - Devon Reick, South Dakota State
DP - Alex Pflieger, Western Illinois
UTL - Brandi Enriquez, North Dakota State
P - Erica Denney, South Dakota
P - Dana Elsasser, Omaha
Player of the Year: Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois
Pitcher of the Year: Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State
Freshman of the Year: Campbell Ditto, Omaha
Coach of the Year: Darren Mueller, North Dakota State
