Carthage College softball pitcher Kelsey Epping (Jr., Bloomington, Ill./Downs-Tri Valley, 14-6, 0.83 earned run average, .137 opponent batting average) was named 2009 National Fastpitch Coaches Association second-team All-Great Lake Region. Epping, shortstop Kari Peterson (So., Blooming Prairie, Minn., .364, seven home runs, 24 RBI) and designated hitter Alyssa Schrader (Fr., Plainfield, Ill./South, .273, five home runs, 19 RBI) were named first-team All-CCIW, while first baseman Jacquelyn Tassone (Jr., Downers Grove, Ill./South, .275, eight doubles, 12 RBI) and outfielder Stephanie Noel (Jr., Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township, .333, eight doubles, four home runs, 23 RBI) earned second-team all-conference honors. Epping, Peterson and Noel were each named second-team All-CCIW in 2008, while Tassone was a first-team honoree.