Posted: May 08, 2019

Softball places four on all-conference ballot

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Simpson softball's Megan Crockett has earned American Rivers All-Conference First Team honors for her impressive sophomore season, while Ashley Allen, Emily Bell and Sara Trent were tabbed to the second team.

The Storm ended their season in the A-R-C Tournament semifinals in a 3-1 loss to Coe. Simpson finished with a 21-19 record and were 7-9 in conference play. To end the regular season, the squad went on a 5-3 run in league play to make the conference tournament as the sixth seed.

As a unit, the Storm led the A-R-C with 26 home runs and were third with 59 doubles. Of those 26 longballs, 18 were against conference opponents.

Megan Crockett | First Team, Designated Player

Sophomore from Bryant, Iowa
Led the conference with nine home runs
Drove in 31 runs on 38 hits while batting .369 and scored 19 runs, all were team highs
Tallied 16 hits and six homers in conference play
Named A-R-C Female Athlete and Softball Position Player of the Week on April 22
Had a six-game hitting streak during the stretch of March 16-31
Only had four hits, three runs scored and one RBI during her freshman season for the Storm

Ashley Allen | Second Team, Catcher

Senior from Laurel, Iowa
This is her third selection to an all-conference team, she was an honorable mention nod in 2018 and second team performer in 2017
Finished fourth on the team in hits with 25 and had eight doubles to tie for first
Was third on the team with four homers
Threw out 12 would-be base stealers and had a .975 fielding percentage from behind the plate

Emily Bell | Second Team, Pitcher

Sophomore from Aurora, Colo.
Fifth in the conference with a 2.27 earned run average and held an 11-6 record inside the circle
Struck out 78 batters to finish fourth in the conference in 114.0 innings of work
Named the A-R-C Softball Pitcher of the Week once this season
This is her second-straight selection to the all-conference second team
Ended with 19 hits, eight doubles and three homers to drive in five runs
Batted .333 which was second-best on the team in only 57 plate appearances

Sara Trent | Second Team, Third Base

Sophomore from Fairfield, Iowa
Tied for first in doubles (8), second on the team in home runs (6), RBIs (20) and tied for second in hits (30)
Batted .297 for the year with a .554 slugging percentage
Had two five-game hitting streaks and one six-game streak during the season