LOCK HAVEN - East Stroudsburg University has placed three players, second baseman Deana Geist, designated hitter Casey Dixon and pitcher Monica Sobolesky, on the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division softball team.

A total of 25 players, 12 on the first team and 13 on the second, were honored in a balloting of the division's seven head coaches.

Conference champion Bloomsburg swept the major awards with shortstop Erica Miller chosen as the Player of the Year, pitcher Amber Cowher the Rookie of the Year and ESU graduate Jan Hutchinson the Coach of the Year.

Geist led the Warriors in batting with a .294 average on 37 hits in 126 at-bats. She also was the team leader in runs scored with 18 and stolen bases with six.

The junior from Hegins, Pa. belted a three-run homer for the key hit in ESU's 4-3 victory over Bloomsburg. She has been a three-year starter.

Dixon was second on the squad in batting with a .278 average with 30 hits in 108 attempts. She had five doubles, a triple and a homer and drove in 12 runs. The sophomore from Osceola Mills also made the All-PSAC second team selection last year.

Sobolesky enjoyed an outstanding freshman season with a 1.87 earned run average and a 10-10 record. The Bloomsburg High School product struck out 64 batters, fourth most in the school's history, and hurled 18 complete games and two shutouts.

The complete teams:

First Team: 1B-Steph Reavy (Shippensburg), 2B-Heather Currie (Millersville), 3B-Vanessa Sterner (Bloomsburg), SS-Erica Miller (Bloomsburg), C-Liza Pepper (Bloomsburg), OF-Kristy Gestl (Kutztown), Lisa Moll (Bloomsburg), Jessica Shnyder (Bloomsburg), DP-Courtney Memmo (Kutztown), Utility-Brianne Homyak (Kutztown), P-Amber Cowher (Bloomsburg), Kellie Evans (Kutztown).

Second Team: 1B-Christi McHale (Bloomsburg), Deana Geist (ESU), 3B-Jes Ricker (Mansfield), SS-Hollie Stover (Shippensburg), C-Brenna Eck (Shippensburg), OF-Amy Baughman (Shippensburg), Andrea Curwood (Millersville), Alison Necci (Bloomsburg), DP-Casey Dixon (ESU), Utility-Sandy Smith (Shippensburg), P-Nicole Brunt (Shippensburg), Kerri Copper (Bloomsburg), Monica Sobolesky (ESU).

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