A. McElroy	E. Mayhew	M. Tomaschik	S. Bortner

 
BLOOMSBURG—Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run) was named the 2016 PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) Central Division Softball Athlete of the Year, while Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield) was named the PSAC Central Division Freshman of the year with head coach Susan Kocher earning PSAC Central Division Coach of the Year honors in voting by the conference coaches.
 
In addition, Parker was named All-PSAC as a Utility/Pitcher with Winkelman being named All-PSAC as a Utility/Non-Pitcher. Also earning All-PSAC honors were Anna McElroy (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) at catcher, Emily Mayhew (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) in the outfield, Mallory Tomaschik (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) as a pitcher and Sarah Bortner (Glenville, Pa./South Western) as an at-large selection.
 
Parker, a junior, both pitches and plays shortstop for the Huskies. As a hitter she is second on the team in batting at .384 with a PSAC-best 14 homers and 52 RBI. She's also second in the PSAC in slugging percentage at .762. Her 16 doubles are third best in the PSAC and she also leads the Huskies with 17 multiple-RBI games. In the circle she is 13-1 with a 1.80 ERA with 10 complete games and four shutouts. She has 93 strikeouts and issued just 32 walks. She threw a five-inning no-hitter against IUP on March 26 on a day when she went a combined 5-7 with the bat and also hit two home runs and drove in five. Also during the year she tossed two, one-hitters and two, two-hitters.
 
In the recent PSAC Championships won by the Huskies Parker earned Most Valuable Player honors by hitting .333 with three homers and five RBI and going 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 14 innings.
 
Parker has previously been named the 2014 PSAC East Freshman of the Year and 2014 All-PSAC East second team Utility/Pitcher and 2015 All-PSAC East first team pitcher.
 
Winkelman has had a spectacular freshman season and leads the Huskies in batting at .401 with two homers and 22 RBI. She's second in the PSAC in runs scored with 45, leads in doubles with 19 and hits with 71. In the PSAC Championship tournament she hit .500 (11-22) with a homer and four RBI and scored five runs. It was her solo homer leading off the bottom of the first against Millersville that proved to be the only run of the game. It was also the first of four straight games where she scored a first inning run for the Huskies. For the year she leads the team with 25 multi-hit games, had a 17-game hitting streak and 20-game streak of reaching base. Also nine times she scored two or more runs in a game.
 
Kocher is in her sixth season as head coach of the Huskies and 29^th overall on the coaching staff after serving as an assistant coach for 23 years. She also played four years for the Huskies and is in the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
 
As head coach this season she has guided the team to a record of 44-7 winning both the PSAC Central (with a 19-1 record) and overall PSAC Championships. She's also guided the Huskies to the NCAA playoffs for the fifth time. During the year the Huskies put together a 22-game winning streak while her career record as a head coach is now 198-86.
 
McElroy, a junior, was named All-PSAC for the first time in her career. On the year she's hitting .299 with a homer and seven RBI. She's also hit five doubles and scored nine runs. As a catcher she has a .996 fielding percentage with just one error in 224 chances. In the PSAC Championships it was her two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh against California (PA) in an elimination game that helped the Huskies rally for a win and force a winner-take-all game that Bloomsburg won.
 
Mayhew, a sophomore, was the 2015 PSAC East Freshman of the Year. She avoided the sophomore slump in 2016 and is hitting .372 with nine homers and 42 RBI. She's also scored 36 runs and banged out 16 doubles and has a .616 slugging percentage. Twice she was named the PSAC Central Division Athlete of the Week, including after hitting .565 with three homers and five RBI the week ending April 2.
 
Tomaschik, who's a junior, earned a spot on the All-PSAC team as a pitcher. In the circle this season she's 15-0 with a 1.54 ERA with 82 strikeouts and 23 walks. She's thrown eight complete games and three shutouts. Twice this season she was named the PSAC Central Division Pitcher of the Week. At the PSAC Championships she went 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA and a shutout in 13.2 innings. She struck out 14 and allowed just seven hits in three games. As a hitter (and part-time first baseman) she is batting .317 with four homers and 32 RBI with nine doubles for the year.
 
Bortner, a junior, is 15-6 as a pitcher for the Huskies with a team-best 1.16 ERA. She's fanned 141 and walked 37 in 138.2 innings. She's allowed 93 hits, thrown 17 complete games with three shutouts and saved five games. In the PSAC Championships she went 2-1 with a 1.29 ERA. In the deciding game of the championship she threw six scoreless innings allowing just two hits and striking out three to get the win.

ALL-PSAC CENTRAL

Pos.	Name	University	Class	Hometown/Previous School
Catcher	Anna McElroy (Jessup, Pa./Valley View)	Bloomsburg	Jr.	Jessup, Pa. / Valley View
First Base	Rachael Sterner	Mansfield	So.	Duncannon, Pa. / Susquenita
Second Base	Rachel Francis	IUP	Sr.	Jefferson, Ohio / Jefferson
Third Base	Michelle Holweger	Lock Haven	Jr.	Lansdale, Pa. / North Penn
Shortstop	Hannah Mercer^^	IUP	Jr.	Hollidaysburg, Pa. / Hollidaysburg Area
Outfield	Morgan Cannin	Pitt-Johnstown	Fr.	Jenners, Pa. / North Star
Outfield	Megan Gould*	IUP	Jr.	New Germany, Pa. / Forest Hills
Outfield	Emily Mayhew (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge)*	Bloomsburg	So.	Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge
Pitcher	Bekah Slattery	Lock Haven	Fr.	Douglassville, Pa. / Daniel Boone
Pitcher	Mallory Tomaschik (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia)	Bloomsburg	Jr.	Catawissa, Pa. / Southern Columbia
Designated Player	Rachel Mouillesseaux^	Lock Haven	Jr.	Endicott, N.Y. / Union Endicott
Utility/Non-Pitcher	Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield)	Bloomsburg	Fr.	Springfield, Pa. / Springfield
Utility/Pitcher	Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run)^*	Bloomsburg	Jr.	Dewart, Pa. / Warrior Run
At-Large	Sarah Bortner (Glenville, Pa./South Western)	Bloomsburg	Jr.	Glenville, Pa. / South Western
At-Large	Brooke Darling	IUP	Sr.	Springville, Pa. / Elk Lake
At-Large	McKenna Garlock^*	Lock Haven	Jr.	Three Springs, Pa. / Southern Huntingdon
At-Large	Koryn Wickwire	Mansfield	So.	Wysox, Pa. / Towanda
At-Large	Lauren Zola	IUP	Fr.	Pittsburgh, Pa. / Seton-La Salle

Athlete of the Year: Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run), Bloomsburg
Pitcher of the Year: Bekah Slattery, Lock Haven
Freshman of the Year: Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield), Bloomsburg
Coach of the Year: Susan Kocher, Bloomsburg