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Katie Goetzinger
Katie Goetzinger

Goetzinger selected to Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Team

First Wildcat softball All-American since 1986

5/27/2010 4:00:29 PM

            
Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Team release

            Katie Goetzinger of Wayne State College has been selected to the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Division II All-America Team, earning Third Team honors.  The All-America Teams were announced Wednesday evening at the NCAA Banquet of Champions in St. Joseph, Missouri prior to the start of the 2010 NCAA Division II College Softball World Series.  The junior pitcher from Harlan, Iowa is the fourth player in Wildcat softball history to be named All-American, joining Dee Dee Recic (1983), Teresa Durbala (1985 & 1986) and Shelle Tomaszkiewicz (1985 & 1986).

            Goetzinger finished this season with a 32-10 record and a 1.11 earned run average.  She broke her own single season school record with 358 strikeouts in 264.1 innings pitched, needing 30 less innings this year to top last year's mark of 347 strikeouts.  Goetzinger had 11 shutouts and 25 complete games in 34 starts this season as opponents hit just .161 off Goetzinger this season.  She ranks second in NCAA Division II in strikeouts, fifth in hits allowed per seven innings (3.95), sixth in wins (32), eighth in strikeouts per seven innings (8) and eighth in shutouts (11) while ranking 11th nationally in ERA (1.11).  She was named the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week on April 21 and was voted the 2010 NSIC Pitcher of the Year.

            Goetzinger is a three-time All Northern Sun Conference selection and has received Daktronics and NFCA All-Central Region First Team honors the last two seasons.  She was named ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American this season and was Academic All-District VII Second Team last year as a sophomore.  She is also a two-time NSIC All-Academic selection.

            Wayne State finished the 2010 season with a record of 43-14, a new school record for wins in a season.  The 17th- ranked Wildcats won the 2010 NSIC Softball Tournament and captured the NCAA Division II Central Region #2 title before falling at #4 Metro State in the NCAA Division II Super Regionals last weekend in Denver.
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