Northwestern University Athletics

Brooke Siebel Named Big Ten Softball Player of the Year
5/10/2000 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 10, 2000
IOWA CITY, IOWA - Led by Big Ten Player of the Year Brooke Siebel (Brentwood, Tenn./Father Ryan), four Northwestern softball players earned All-Big Ten honors. The awards were announced at the conference's awards banquet Wednesday night in Iowa City.
Siebel becomes just the second Northwestern player ever to be honored as the Big Ten Player of the Year in softball. Lisa Ishikawa was the first Big Ten Player of the Year in history, earning the award in 1985. Siebel, who hit .446 with six home runs and 20 RBIs in 18 Big Ten games this season, also joined Ishikawa as the only Wildcats ever to be named first team All-Big Ten for three consecutive years.
Sophomore outfielder Erin Jancic (Houston, Texas/Alief Elsik), who leads the team with 36 RBIs, earned second team All-Big Ten honors, as did freshman pitcher Lauren Schwendimann (Tustin, Calif./Foothill) and freshman utility player Alyson Schulz (San Diego, Calif./Serra).
Northwestern opens Big Ten Tournament play Thursday afternoon as the fourth seed. The Wildcats will meet fifth-seeded Wisconsin at Pearl Field in Iowa City in a game scheduled for 2:30 p.m. start.
THE 2000 ALL-BIG TEN SOFTBALL TEAMS
First Team
c - Jessica Bashor, Iowa
1b - Stacey Phillips, Michigan State
2b - Allison Medellin, Penn State
3b - Lisa Rasche, Iowa
ss - Kristin Johnson, Iowa
of - Karen Gulini, Penn State
of - Shealee Dunavan, Michigan State
of - Gina Mianchini, Penn State
p - Kristi Hanks, Iowa
p - Marie Barda, Michigan
Util - Tanis Ambelang, Penn State
DP - Brooke Siebel, Northwestern
Second Team
c - Stacy Roth, Ohio State
1b - Alicia Gerlach, Iowa
2b - Jennifer Link, Ohio State
3b - Pam Kosanke, Michigan
ss - Jade Gosse, Wisconsin
of - Liz Dennis, Iowa
of - Erin Jancic, Northwestern
of - Anna Smith, Ohio State
p - Lauren Schwendimann, Northwestern
p - Marissa Young, Michigan
Util - Alyson Schulz, Northwestern
DP - Stefanie Volpe, Michigan
Third Team
c - Brooke Monroe, Indiana
1b - Erin Norton, Penn State
2b - Jordanne Nygren, Minnesota
3b - Jen Tripken, Penn State
ss - Terra Pracht, Penn State
of - Melissa Taylor, Michigan
of - Jill Knopf, Iowa
of - Kerry Hagen, Wisconsin
p - Andrea Kirchberg, Wisconsin
p - Jaci Kalp, Penn State
Util - Sheri Savko, Indiana
Player of the Year
Brooke Seibel, Northwestern
Pitcher of the Year
Kristi Hanks, Iowa
Freshman of the Year
Jessica Bashor, Iowa
Coach of the Year
Gayle Blevins, Iowa