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| Honor | Year | Name(s) | Team |
| All-PSAC Eastern Division (first team only) |
| 2000 | Erika Lee (Centerfielder) |
| 1997 | Danielle Trainor (Third Base), Melinda Roan (Utility Player) |
| 1996 | Karen Bauer (Shortstop), Heidi Rittenhouse (All-Around Player) |
| 1995 | Karen Bauer (Centerfielder) |
| 1994 | Beth Cavan (Third Baseman) |
| 1993 | Karen Bauer (Shortstop), Shannon Bullock (Centerfielder), Kristen
Lawrensen (Designated Hitter), Tammy Schucker (First Baseman) |
| 1991 | Elaine Bedell (All-Around Player) |
| 1990 | Elaine Bedell (All-Around Player), Denise McKeown
(Centerfielder) |
| 1989 | Elaine Bedell (All-Around Player) |
| 1988 | Sue Fink (All-Around Player), Denise McKeown (Centerfielder) |
| 1987 | Sue Fink (All-Around Player) |
| 1986 | Ruthann Kistner (Centerfielder), Ro Saladino (All-Around
Player) |
| All PSAC Schools (1985 - first team selected) |
| 1985 | Gina Biel (Catcher) |
| All-NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region |
| 2002 | Erika Lee (C) | First Team |
| 2000 | Erika Lee (C) | First Team |
| | Casey Dixon (DH) | Second Team |
| 1996 | Karen Bauer (SS) | Second Team |
| 1995 | Karen Bauer (CF) | Second Team |
| 1994 | Beth Cavan (3B) | Second Team |
| 1991 | Denise McKeown (CF) | Second Team |
| 1990 | Denise McKeown (CF) | First Team |
| GTE Academic All-District |
| 1996 | Heidi Rittenhouse | First Team |
| 1990 | Denise McKeown | Third Team |
| The first varsity team in 1975 was coached by Dolores Kramer and posted an 11-4 record and was
4-1 in the Pennsylvania Women’s Intercollegiate Softball Tournament. One of the tournament wins was a 33-0
rout over Franklin and Marshall. Lynn Dawson was named the team’s outstanding player. |
Jone Bush took over as head coach in 1976 and guided the squad over thirteen seasons to a 208-193-2
record. She says her most memorable teams were her first and her last.
In 1976, the Warriors (17-4) won the first Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
(EAIAW) reg-ional championship, beating top-seeded West Chester, 2-0, in the finals, and qualifying for the
Association for Inter-collegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships in Omaha, Nebraska.
The young ESSC team was matched against all major college opponents in the AIAW tournament, but held its
own. The Warriors beat the University of South Carolina, 10-0, on Lynn Kuchinskas’ no-hitter, and
the University of Utah, 4-1, but lost to Arizona State, 14-4, and the University of Missouri, 3-0.
Kuchinskas fashioned an 11-2 record in 1976 and bettered that the following year with a 13-1 mark.
The Warriors posted their best team record ever in 1977 at 25-4 led by two .400 hitters
in Sharon Harker, .429, and Robin Egerter, .402.
In 1980, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, in operation since 1960, began softball
championship
competition for its 14 member schools.
East Stroudsburg won the first PSAC title, beating Bloomsburg, 12-3, and Lock Haven twice, 8-4 and 5-0.
In the championship game, Gabi Bunk pitched a three-hit shutout and Cathy Moore belted a three-
run homer. Robin
Lawyer finished with a .385 batting average and in 1981, hit a school-record .432.
In Bush’s last season in 1988, the Warriors compiled the most wins, 26, in
the school’s history with a 26-11 record. There were three effective pitchers in Elaine
Bedell (10-4), Sue Fink (10-6) and Claire Hoherchak (6-1) while catcher Kathy Lewis
(.354), center fielder Denise McKeown (.333) and Fink (.302) led the hitters.
McKeown broke ten school hitting records and tied two others while Bedell was a three-time All-Conference
choice both as pitcher and utility player.
Another record-breaker was center-fielder-shortstop Karen Bauer, a three-time All-PSAC player
from
1994-1996. She set school records for career hits, 165, and home runs, ten, while posting a .387 career
batting average. She was chosen as the PSAC East Player of the Year as a senior. Other recent top players
have included pitcher Jenn Huyett, who holds the career records for shutouts and strike-outs, and
Marnie Koch and batters Mar-lene Renfer, Shannon Bullick, Danielle Trainor
and Heather Gentilucci.
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| Name | Year |
| Dolores Kramer | 1975 |
| Jone Bush | 1976-1988 |
| Linda Derk | 1989-1990 |
| Cindy Walz | 1991-1995 |
| Janelle Breneman | 1996-2000 |
| Jeanine Gunther | 2001- |
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