The AMCC is embarking on its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. Since 1997 there have been many outstanding teams and individual student-athletes who have risen to the top of their sports. We are honored to recognize and highlight some of those accomplishments throughout this anniversary year.
Over the past 20 years, Penn State Behrend has won a conference-best seven softball championships, including back-to-back titles the past two seasons.
The Behrend Lions' Julie Koman is the only player to earn both Player and Pitcher of the Year honors in the same year (2009), as well as also being named Player of the Year in 2006. Koman was named to the AMCC first team all-conference team four years in row, and was voted the 2009 AMCC Player of the Year. In 2006, she was named both AMCC Newcomer of the Year and Player of the Year. Koman finished the regular season with a 16-1 record and led the Behrend Lions to the NCAA Division III tournament.
D'Youville College 2016 graduate Kalie McHenry was one of the most dominant pitchers to come out of the AMCC, as she is the only three-time pitcher of the year (2014, 2015, 2016) in conference history. During her senior year, McHenry set career-highs in innings pitched (199.1), complete games (28), strikeouts (180), games started (28) and games (32), while tying her career-high in wins (21). McHenry led the AMCC in wins (23), strikeouts (203), innings pitched (229.1) and complete games (32), while finishing third in ERA (1.58) and posted four shutouts.
Fellow D'Youville alum, Hannah Norton, was a two-time pitcher of the year in 2011 and 2012. Norton racked up 16 wins in 2011, which was the best in the conference, and also ranked first in strikeouts (143) and third in ERA (2.00). In 2012, she pitched 22 games with a 2.25 ERA, second in the AMCC. Her 10 wins were second in the conference while she was fourth in innings pitched (115.0) and was third in strikeouts (95).
Mount Aloysius College's Jalisa Westover picked up player of the year honors in 2012 and 2014. Westover had a .451 batting average and led the AMCC with 55 RBI in 2012. Two seasons later, in 2014, she batted .422 and was a key component in the Mounties' run to a runner-up finish in the AMCC tournament. She led the league in doubles (16) and hits (54) and ranked second in RBI (37).
Behrend's Mandy Bodnor was the first softball player in conference history to earn back-to-back Player of the Year honors (1999 and 2000). As a freshman, she was named AMCC Newcomer of the Year and was a four-time all-conference selection, leading her team to the program's first-ever AMCC title in 1999. Bodnor remains at the top of the list in the Behrend career record book in homeruns (26), RBIs (157), assists (376) and complete games (68). At the time of graduation, she ranked first in wins (43), appearances (94) and innings pitched (515.3) and has only dropped one spot since.
We are proud to honor the complete line-up of AMCC Softball Players and Pitchers of the Year from 1997-2016:
SOFTBALL (PLAYER)
2016 – Clarissa Keller, PSA – Keller ranked first in the conference in batting average (.486), on-base percentage (.517), and slugging percentage (.670), second in runs scored (36), hits (53), total bases (73) and stolen bases (15), fifth in home runs (3), 12th in doubles (9), and 25th in runs batted in (19). Behind the plate, she made only two errors all season.
2015 – Kelly Chambers, PSA - Chambers led the conference with 12 home runs, 94 total bases and an .812 slugging percentage. She was second in RBI (42), fifth in hits (47) and on base percentage (.461), and sixth with a .409 batting average. She averaged 0.33 homeruns per game, which ranked her 10th nationally. Chambers was also just as strong with the glove, posting a .983 fielding percentage while ranking fourth in the conference in putouts with 217. Her 12 home runs set a new Penn State Altoona single season record.
2014 – Jalisa Westover, MAC - Westover batted .422 and was a key component in the Mounties' run to a runner-up finish in the AMCC tournament. She led the league in doubles (16) and hits (54) and ranked second in RBI (37).
2013 – Mary Kate Bongiovanni, MED - Bongiovanni boasted a .445 batting average and recorded 25 RBI.
2012 – Ashley Gruber, BEH - Gruber led the Lions in nearly every offensive category including batting average (.430), slugging percentage (.797), hits (55), RBI (50), doubles (15), and homeruns (9). She compiled 14 multi-hit games, registering at least one hit in all but two of the final 24 games of the season.
2012 - Jalisa Westover, MAC - Westover had a .451 batting average and led the AMCC with 55 RBI.
2011 – Kristen Rohe, MED – Rohe, a two-time first team all-conference selection, led the league with a .532 batting average. She accumulated 42 hits and 23 runs scored.
2010 – Brooke Tapman, Frostburg - Tapman ranked among the conference leaders in numerous categories, including batting average (.433), hits (55), runs scored (41) and RBI (40), and was a perfect 22-22 in stolen bases
2009 – Julie Koman, BEH – Koman was named to the AMCC first team all-conference softball team for the fourth year in row, and was voted the 2009 AMCC Player of the Year. Koman finished the regular season with a 16-1 record and led the Behrend Lions to the NCAA Division III tournament.
2008 – Michelle Kushner, UPB (CO-POTY) - Kushner hit .448 this season with a .750 slugging percentage.
2008 - Brittney Binko, Lake Erie (CO-POTY) - Binko finished the season with a .435 batting average and .702 slugging percentage.
2007 – Nikki Kaschauer, BEH - The two-time first team all-conference selection led the AMCC in several hitting categories, including batting average (.477), hits (52), RBI (33) and on-base percentage (.496).
2006 – Julie Koman, BEH - Koman led Behrend to the conference championship and was named both Newcomer of the Year and Player of the Year. Boasting a 17-3 record, she led the league with a .57 ERA and held opposing batters to a .144 batting average.
2005 – Amanda Baker, MED – The freshman catcher led every offensive category for the Lady Mavericks all season. With a .469 batting average, she ranked in the top 20 in the nation in five offensive categories: #2 in the nation in slugging percentage (.947), #3 in the nation in homeruns per game (.314, 11 total), #9 in the nation in runs per game (1.29, 45 total), and #6 in the nation in RBI per game (1.29, 45 total). Defensively, Baker had a .994 fielding percentage.
2004 – Trish Brown, FSU (CO-POTY)
2004 - Chrystal Delgado, LRC (CO-POTY)
2003 – Ashley Martin, FSU
2002 – Krissy Jackson, FSU
2001 – Amber Waltz, FSU
2000 – Mandy Bodnor, BEH
1999 – Mandy Bodnor, BEH
1998 – Beth Calhoun, BEH (CO-POTY)
1998 - Jenni Millar, UPB (CO-POTY)
SOFTBALL (PITCHER)
2016 – Kalie McHenry, DYC - McHenry set career-highs in innings pitched (199.1), complete games (28), strikeouts (180), games started (28) and games (32, while tying her career-high in wins (21). McHenry led the AMCC in wins (23), strikeouts (203), innings pitched (229.1) and complete games (32), while finishing third in ERA (1.58) and posted four shutouts.
2015 – Kalie McHenry, DYC – McHenry led the conference with 21 wins, a 1.01 ERA, and 180.1 innings pitched. She also ranked first with seven shutouts and 23 complete games and was second with 164 strikeouts. McHenry's 21 wins ranked eighth nationally and her 1.05 ERA, 11th.
2014 – Kalie McHenry, DYC - McHenry worked more innings (140.2) and threw more complete games (19) than any other AMCC pitcher. She ranked second in ERA (1.49) and strikeouts (120).
2013 – Sydney Mosby, UPB - Mosby led the league with 15 wins and ranked second with a 2.05 ERA.
2012 – Hannah Norton, DYC - Norton pitched 22 games with a 2.25 ERA, second in the AMCC. Her 10 wins were second in the conference while she was fourth in innings pitched (115.0) and was third in strikeouts (95).
2011 – Hannah Norton, DYC - Norton racked up 16 wins, best in the conference, and also ranked first in strikeouts (143) and third in ERA (2.00).
2010 – Megan Magee, FSU - Magee ranked first among all league pitchers with a record of 18-3. She also pitched the most innings (170) and amassed the most strikeouts (163), while recording a 1.77 ERA.
2009 – Julie Koman, BEH - Koman was named to the AMCC first team all-conference softball team for the fourth year in row, and was voted the 2009 AMCC Player of the Year. Koman finished the regular season with a 16-1 record and will led the Behrend Lions to the NCAA Division III tournament.