BATON ROUGE — For the third consecutive year, junior outfielder Leslie Klein was named a first-team All-American by the Jewish Sports Review, as announced in the July/August issue.
A third-team NFCA All-American and first-team All-SEC selection, Klein remains the only freshman to earn All-America honors in LSU history. Returning to form after the second ACL surgery on her right knee in the fall of 2004, the junior from Sunrise, Fla., hit .396 for the season with 14 doubles and led the team with four triples, nine home runs and 53 stolen bases.
In addition, she recorded 18 stolen bases and did not post an error in 87 chances in center field. On 12 occasions, she knocked in the game winning runs, including wins over four nationally-ranked teams.
Klein ranked in the top 10 in the SEC in batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, RBIs, doubles, triples, total bases and stolen bases this past season. A Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, she recorded a team-best 12-game hitting streak during the year, which is tied for seventh longest in LSU history.
The Jewish Sports Review is a bi-monthly publication that has been recognized as the foremost authority on Jewish athletes in sports. The All-America softball team was comprised of Jewish athletes from NCAA Division I, II and III schools.
Jewish Sports Review All- America First Team
Pos.
Name
Cl.
School
Hometown
P
Shelly Madick
So.
San Diego State
Santa Clarita, Calif.
P
Danielle Cohen
Jr.
Robert Morris
Marlton, N.J.
P
Christina Ross
So.
Kansas
Valencia, Calif.
1B
Lindsay Klein
Jr.
Maryland
Orange, Calif.
2B
Katie Haber
Jr.
Vermont
Riverwoods, Ill.
SS
Mary Seid
Sr.
Brown
Spring Valley, Calif.
3B
Emily Friedman
Sr.
California
Berkeley, Calif.
C
Kim Weinstein
Fr.
Syracuse
Tarzana, Calif.
OF
Jr.
LSU
Sunrise, Fla.
OF
Morgan Siegel
Fr.
California
Antioch, Calif.
OF
Whitney Lebowitz
So.
Kent State
Westminster, Calif.
DH
Linda Kohan
Fr.
Notre Dame
Westminster, Calif.
UT
Maya Chard-Yaron
Sr.
Columbia
La Jolla, Calif.