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Lisa Erwert
Oregon Tech
Erwert, a senior softball player at Oregon Institute of Technology, was selected to the third-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American squad.
Her selection to the District 8 College Division First Team made her eligible as a selection by ESPN. The team is made up of NCAA II, NCAA III and NAIA colleges.
A four-year starter for OIT, Erwert led the Owls to a 37-6 overall and 17-2 conference record in 2006. She recorded a team-high batting average of .451 while hitting eight home runs, 12 doubles, driving in 45 runs and scoring 37 for the conference champions.
In the classroom Erwert maintained a 3.70 grade point average in the Radiological Science field.
Dennis Brands
University of Montana
Dennis Brands, a sophomore at University of Montana in Missoula, was selected to the Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team. Brands, whose major is health and human performance, held a 3.78 GPA to earn the honor.
At the Big Sky Conference track and field meet, Brands ran a time of 4:01.73 to take eighth place in the 1,500 meters and score a team point for the Grizzlies.
While at Canby, Brands was a four-year letterwinner on the Cougars’ cross country team.
Sophie Barstad
University of Buffalo
Barstad, a junior, was the top pitcher for the University of Buffalo softball team this season and compiled a 13-22 record with a 3.04 ERA. The Bulls finished 16-42 on the year and 5-15 in the Mid-American Conference.
She led the team in every single pitching category, including strikeouts (137) and complete games (21).
In the final game of the year, Barstad held Miami of Ohio to two hits in a 6-0 Bulls win.
At the plate, Barstad was one of the team’s top power hitters. She hit six home runs on the year with a team-high 27 RBI.
While at Canby, Barstad helped the Cougars to a state championship.
Luke Sommer
University of San Francisco
Sommer, a sophomore outfielder for University of San Francisco’s baseball team, played a big role in the Dons’ most successful baseball season ever.
Sommer ended the year with a .263 batting average and 32 RBI, the third highest total on the team.
Sommer also made one pitching appearance, in which he threw four innings and allowed just one run.
USF ended the season with a 39-23 record after being eliminated by Manhattan in an NCAA regional elimination game. It was San Francisco’s first appearance in the NCAA Regionals.
Jaime Raines
Wichita State
Raines, a sophomore at Wichita State University in Kansas, competed in nine tournaments for the Wichita State women’s golf team and finished with an average score of 80.7.
Her low round was a 73 and her top finish was second place at the Cincinnati Spring Invitational in March.
At the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Wichita, Raines tied for 25th with a three-day score of 239 (76-78-85). The Shockers finished fifth out of eight teams at the tournament.
In high school, Raines was Canby’s team captain for all four years with the team. She helped the Cougars to a second-place state finish in 2004.
Jacque Postlewait
Western Oregon University
A former multi-event track star at Canby, Postlewait is now doing the same at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. As a freshman, she finished in the top five in four different events at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships
Postlewait’s best event was the long jump, where she jumped 17-4 to take second place.
Postlewait finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles, helped the 4x100-meter relay team to third and placed fifth in the heptathlon.
The Wolves’ women’s track and field team won seven events at the meet, but it wasn’t enough to defeat conference champion Puget Sound.
Erin Snyder
Clackamas Community College
Snyder was a first-team all conference shortstop for CCC’s softball team.
The former Cougars, who was on Canby’s state title winning roster in 2002, hit .358 over the course of the season with two home runs and 17 RBIs.
Snyder saved her best for the NWAACC Tournament, where she turned it on and hit .571 throughout the tournament. Her performance helped Clackamas to second place at the tournament. CCC went 17-13 during the regular season and finished third in its league.
Lisa Allen
Oregon State University
In her senior season, Allen hit .252 for Oregon State and helped the Beavers to their best year in school history. Allen chipped in seven home runs and 27 RBI in 54 games played.
Oregon State played in its first NCAA Women's College World Series this month, but dropped games to Arizona and Arizona State and was eliminated from the tournament.
The Beavers were ranked seventh in the nation heading into the College World Series.
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