United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Softball - Bear Battery Mates Earn All-America Honors

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(5/21/10)--The Coast Guard battery of junior Amanda Frederick and sophomore Hayley Feindel were both named to the 2010 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-American third team on Thursday night at the national championship banquet in Eau Claire, Wisc.

The duo that led the Bears to the NCAA regional final for the second straight season, become the first Coast Guard players to earn NFCA All-America honors in the history of the program.

Frederick, who was the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Year, led the team with a .483 batting average and set single-season school records with 71 hits, 18 doubles and 51 RBI’s while tying the single-season school record with 41 runs scored.

She also belted nine homers, led the team with a .789 slugging percentage and a .494 on base percentage while making just two errors in 401 chances behind the plate.

The junior was outstanding during NCAA tournament play this season leading the Bears with a .591 average (13-22) with a homer and 10 RBI’s as Coast Guard which won the NEWMAC regular season and tournament championship, advanced to the regional final for the second straight season and finished 34-10.

Hayley Feindel leads the nation in wins for the second straight season and is second with 367 strikeouts.

Frederick is already the Bears all-time leader with 138 RBI’s and she is second with 176 hits, 113 runs scored, 41 doubles and 20 home runs.

Feindel, the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season, finished the season with a 32-10 record and 367 strikeouts. She led the nation in wins for the second straight season, she is second nationally in strikeouts and shutouts (14). She also threw five no-hitters this season including one in the first round NCAA win over Salem State and a pair of no-hitters in the NEWMAC tournament. Feindel, who has six no-hitters in her career, also registered her first career perfect game this season.

The sophomore has already rewritten the Coast Guard record books. She is the Bears all-time leader with 749 strikeouts and is second with 66 wins, just two shy of the record of 68 held by Katie Wunderlich (1998-2001). Feindel has an .805 winning percentage with a 66-16 mark in her first two seasons.