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Roessner, Klein Named to All-America Teams

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Roessner, Klein Named to All-America Teams

BATON ROUGE — LSU softball players Killian Roessner and Leslie Klein were two of the 54 student-athletes named to the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America team, it was announced by the organization on Wednesday.

Roessner garnered first-team honors at catcher, while Klein was named to the third team in the outfield. It marked the third All-America award for Klein, who also earned third-team honors in 2004 and 2006. This is the first All-America honor for Roessner.

A first-team All-South Region and second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, Roessner earned SEC Player of the Week honors once and Louisiana Hitter of the Week honors twice this season. The junior catcher broke the LSU single-season record and leads the SEC with 19 runners caught stealing, while allowing just 28 stolen bases on the year. She also is tied for the league lead and the school single-season record with four runners picked off. In addition, she allowed just two passed balls and eight wild pitches on the season.

At the plate, she recorded the third most hits in consecutive at-bats in NCAA history, posting 10 straight hits in 10 consecutive at-bats. The Manasquan, N.J., native ranks in the top 10 in the SEC in doubles with a career-best 15, while also posting career highs with six home runs, 36 RBIs and 23 runs scored this season. With 17 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games, she knocked in the game-winning run in six games this year, including a win over nationally ranked Florida.

A second-team All-SEC and All-South Region selection, Klein is just the second Tiger in school history to earn three All-America honors and remains the only freshman to earn All-American honors in LSU history. The only other Tiger to earn three All-America honors was Britni Sneed in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

A USA Softball National Player of the Year Top 25 finalist, Klein leads the SEC with a school-record 22 doubles, the second most single-season doubles in conference history. She also broke the LSU single-season record with 17 multiple-RBI games and ranked second on the team with 22 multiple-hit games. In addition, she ranks in the top 10 in the SEC in batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, hits, RBIs, triples, total bases and walks this season.

The senior center fielder recorded the second most RBIs with 60 and third most total bases with 132 in a single-season in LSU history. The Tiger softball career record holder for slugging percentage, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and multiple-RBI games finished her career ranked second in career doubles and third in career RBIs in SEC history. The Sunrise, Fla., native recorded separate 10-game, nine-game and eight-game hitting streaks this season and led the team with 15 game-winning RBIs, including six over nationally ranked teams.

2007 NFCA/LOUISVILLE SLUGGER All-AMERICA TEAMS

First Team

Pos.

 Name

 School

P

Monica Abbott

Tennessee

P

Katie Burkhart

Arizona State

P

Angela Tincher

Virginia Tech

C

Killian Roessner

LSU

1B

Dena Tyson

Washington

2B

Lauren Parker

Alabama

3B

Norrelle Dickson

Oklahoma

SS

Jennifer Salling

Oregon

OF

India Chiles

Tennessee

OF

Kaitlin Cochran

Arizona State

OF

Caitlin Lowe

Arizona

UT/P

Danielle Lawrie

Washington

UT/Non-P

Chelsea Bramlett

Mississippi State

At-Large/UT

Megan Gibson

Texas A&M

At-Large/OF

Caitlin Lever

Georgia Tech

At-Large/OF

Lisa Modglin

Cal Poly

At-Large/P

Amanda Scarborough

Texas A&M

At-Large/SS

Tammy Williams

Northwestern

Second Team

Pos.

 Name

 School

P

Eileen Canney

Northwestern

P

Taryne Mowatt

Arizona

P

Stacey Nelson

Florida

C

Rachel Folden

Marshall

1B

Tonya Callahan

Tennessee

2B

Lisa Dodd

UCLA

3B

Kara Nelson

Illinois State

SS

Amber Jackson

Maryland

OF

Krista Colburn

UCLA

OF

Danielle Kinley

Penn State

OF

Brittany Rogers

Alabama

UT/P

Kate Robinson

Hawaii

UT/Non-P

Susan Ogden

Oklahoma

At-Large/P

Tracie Adix

DePaul

At-Large/SS

Ashley Charters

Washington

At-Large/1B

Samantha Ricketts

Oklahoma

At-Large/OF

Lindsay Schutzler

Tennessee

At-Large/3B

Clare Warwick

Hawaii

Third Team

Pos.

 Name

 School

P

Lauren Eckermann

Oklahoma

P

Robin Mackin

Fresno State

P

Chrissy Owens

Alabama

C

Courtney Totte

Oklahoma State

1B

Garland Cooper

Northwestern

2B

Veronica Wootson

Florida State

3B

Brette Reagan

Baylor

SS

Aileen Morales

Georgia Tech

OF

Gina Carbonatto

Pacific

OF

Angela Findlay

Michigan

OF

Leslie Klein

LSU

UT/P

Abbie Sims

North Carolina State

UT/Non-P

Tyleen Tausaga

Hawaii

At-Large/1B

Jennifer Curtier

Pacific

At-Large/OF

Alissa Haber

Stanford

At-Large/UT

Becca Heteniak

DePaul

At-Large/1B

Ashley Monceaux

Baylor

At-Large/2B

Kim Waleszonia

Florida