
RAYMOND HILLEGAS • Hays Daily News Fort Hays freshman shortstop Mona Booco attempts to tag out Emporia State senior Jessie Wiard as she steals second base during the third inning of Game 1 Tuesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium.
Anastos earns first team all-conference honors after historic season
5/3/2008
By CONOR NICHOLL
cnicholl@dailynews.net
Jessika Anastos, sophomore catcher for the Fort Hays State University softball team, delivered the best offensive season, statistically, this spring in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Anastos didn't win the conference's player of the year award, but was named first team all-conference in a vote of the MIAA coaches before the postseason conference tournament.
Senior outfielder Anna Herl, a Hays High graduate, capped a tremendous career with her first first team all-conference honor.
Anastos, who led the country in batting for several weeks during midseason, completed the regular season with a .486 batting average, .548 on-base percentage and a .890 slugging percentage.
All three numbers led the conference by significant margins and ranked in the top 20 in the country in the latest release of the NCAA statistics.
After four postseason conference tournament games (post-voting), Anastos finished at 462/525/835.
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- Emily Herl sets record in split for Tigers - 4/15/2008
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- Anastos leads Tigers in sweep - 3/26/2008
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- Anastos, Tigers keep slugging away - 3/21/2008
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| Softball Scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| 5/02 | Central Missouri | Shawnee, KS | L 3-1 |
| 5/02 | Missouri Western | Shawnee, KS | W 3-2 |
| 5/01 | Pittsburg State | Shawnee, KS | W 6-0 |
| 5/01 | Emporia State | Shawnee, KS | L 11-0 |
| 4/22 | No. 22 Emporia State | Hays, KS | W 2-1 |
| 4/22 | No. 22 Emporia State | Hays, KS | L 8-0 (6 inn.) |
| 4/16 | Newman | Hays, KS | W 7-6 |
| 4/16 | Newman | Hays, KS | W 4-1 |
| 4/15 | Missouri Western | St. Joseph, Mo. | W 3-0 |
| 4/15 | Missouri Western | St. Joseph, Mo. | L 3-0 |



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