ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Seven players and the Washington University in St. Louis softball coaching staff received All-UAA honors, the conference office announced on Tuesday.
Senior
Maggie Baumstark (outfield), sophomore
Maria Brooks (pitcher), senior
Taylor Geluck (infield), senior
Natalia Pilpil (infield), and senior
Erin Reardon (outfield) all earned First Team honors. Seniors
Jamie Burgasser and
Jordan Rossi, both pitchers, picked up Second Team honors.
The coaching staff of Head Coach
Casey Cromwell and assistant coaches Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile,
Natasha Ramakrishnan, and
Cora Bassett were named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year. This marks the 10th time in program history the Bears have earned this honor and the second year in a row.
Baumstark bookends her collegiate career at WashU with another First Team honor, marking her second-career First Team selection. An anchor in the outfield, Baumstark has a 1.000 fielding percentage, 56 catches, 55 putouts, and one assist. At the plate, Baumstark has a .341 batting average with a .959 on-base plus slugging (OPS). She has played and started in 36 games, recording 29 hits, including eight doubles, two triples, and a home run. Baumstark has 22 runs and 18 RBIs on the year and has drawn 13 walks. Additionally, she has stolen 14 bases in 17 attempts.
Brooks leads the team with a 1.55 ERA and has a season record of 9-2. She has made 14 appearances with 11 starts, pitching nine complete games with two shutouts. Brooks has allowed 57 hits in 77.0 innings of work, striking out 58 batters with a team-low 17 earned runs. Opponents have a .198 batting average against the sophomore. This marks Brooks' second-career UAA honor, earning First Team honors a season ago while also being named the UAA Rookie of the Year.
Geluck is second on the team with a .417 batting average and has a 1.073 OPS. She has played and started in 36 games, recording a team-high 48 hits, including 11 doubles and four home runs. Geluck has 25 runs scored and has recorded 19 RBIs. She leads the team with 115 at-bats and 71 total bases. In the field, Geluck has made 36 catches with 42 putouts.
Pilpil has a batting average of .386 with a 1.061 OPS. She has 39 hits on the year, including eight doubles and four home runs. Additionally, Pilpil has scored 17 times and recorded a team-high 33 RBIs. She has a team-high 22 walks and has only struck out one time. This is Pilpil's second-straight All-UAA First Team honor.
Reardon leads the team with a .464 batting average and a 1.156 OPS. In 33 games, Reardon has recorded 45 hits, including six doubles, two triples, and two home runs. She has scored 26 runs, recorded 13 RBIs, and has walked 11 times. On the base paths, Reardon has stolen 16 bases in 22 attempts. In the right field, she has made just one error all season while making 46 catches and recording 43 putouts. This is Reardon's third All-UAA honor, having earned first team honors as a first-year and second-team honors as a sophomore.
Burgasser has a 1.56 ERA with a team-high 13 wins and just one loss. She has made 15 appearances with 11 starts and has pitched 10 complete games with one shutout. Burgasser has a team-high 81.0 innings pitched, allowing 60 hits and 18 earned runs. She has struck out a team-high 60 batters and opponents are hitting .207 against her. This marks Burgasser's second-career UAA honor after earning a second-team nod as a junior.
Rossi has made 12 appearances with eight starts and has a record of 7-1 on the year. She has an ERA of 2.10 and has pitched six complete games with six shutouts. Rossi has pitched 60 innings, allowing 55 hits and 18 earned runs. She has struck out 41 batters and teams are hitting .249 against her. This is Rossi's second-career UAA honor, having earned a second-team selection as a sophomore.
In Cromwell's third year at the helm of the program, she and her staff have led the Bears to a current record of 32-5, finishing 17-1 in conference play. The 17 UAA wins mark the most conference victories since the format changed to allow more conference games throughout the season.
The Bears are set to host an NCAA Regional beginning on Thursday. WashU will take on Wartburg at 1:30 p.m.