NIACC's Kristen Peka delivers a pitch in game at DMACC earlier this season.

May 15, 2019

NIACC lands 4 players on all-region first-team

MASON CITY - The NIACC softball team placed four players on the all-NJCAA Region XI first-team.

Earning first-team all-region honors were freshman catcher Hannah Faktor, freshman pitcher Kristen Peka, sophomore infielders Alyssa Laxson and Kaci Sherwood.

Faktor hit .416 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 33 RBIs. Peka was 19-10 with a 2.14 earned run average with 187 strikeouts in 176 2/3 innings pitched.

Laxson hit .342 with 15 home runs and 55 RBIs. Sherwood hit .453 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs.

Earning second-team all-region honors for the Lady Trojans were freshman pitcher Kylie Sherwood, freshman infielder Marissa Norby and sophomore outfielder Kaitlyn Carlson.

Kylie Sherwood was 10-6 with a 3.26 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 86 innings pitched. Norby hit .284 with four home runs and 18 RBIs and Carlson hit .360 with six doubles and 27 stolen bases.

NIACC's Ciana Sonberg (catcher), Tayler Schmidt (infielder) and Morgan Kelley (utility) were honorable mention selections.

Sonberg hit .240 with three doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs. Schmidt hit .276 with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 30 RBIs and Kelley hit .240 with five doubles, seven home runs and 19 RBIs.

First-Team All-Region

Year	#	School	Name	Pos.
Fr.	3	NIACC	Hannah Faktor	C
Fr.	8	Southwestern	Kaitlyn Schad	C
Fr.	10	DMACC	Josie Swafford	P
Fr.	16	Kirkwood	Erin Hocker	P
Fr.	12	NIACC	Kristen Peka	P
So.	12	DMACC	Mia Ruther	INF
So.	3	DMACC	Avery Guy	INF
Fr.	16	Iowa Central	Sophia Cave	INF
So.	12	Kirkwood	Rachel Stewart	INF
Fr.	7	Kirkwood	London Jackson*	INF
So.	22	NIACC	Alyssa Laxson*	INF
So.	21	NIACC	Kaci Sherwood	INF
Fr.	6	DMACC	Morgan Lewis	OF
So.	7	DMACC	Kaisha Wells*	OF
So.	18	Iowa Central	Cheyenne Andersen	OF
So.	7	Iowa Lakes	Taylor Allen	OF
Fr.	4	Kirkwood	Shelby Hulsebus	OF
Fr.	1	DMACC	Ally Pickering	DP
Fr.	23	Iowa Central	Bre Tjebben	UTL
So.	21	Iowa Lakes	Yasmine Nix	UTL

*At-Large Selection

Second-Team All-Region

Year	#	School	Name	Pos.
Fr.	15	DMACC	Elly Schuemann	C
So.	3	Iowa Central	Payton Adwell	C
Fr.	24	Northeast	Maggie Berryman	C
Fr.	4	DMACC	Dana Dunbar	P
Fr.	22	Kirkwood	Bradee Bouman	P
Fr.	16	NIACC	Kylie Sherwood	P
Fr.	8	DMACC	Maddie Karr	INF
So.	5	DMACC	Ellie Dixon	INF
Fr.	8	Iowa Central	Parker Matthews	INF
Fr.	1	Kirkwood	Jayme Finn	INF
So.	18	NIACC	Marissa Norby	INF
So.	20	DMACC	Jayci Vos	OF
Fr.	19	Iowa Central	Gabi Bingham	OF
Fr.	15	Kirkwood	Randyn Carter	OF
So.	17	NIACC	Kaitlyn Carlson	OF
So.	8	Kirkwood	Lauren Klaahsen	DP
Fr.	5	Kirkwood	Autum Barthelman	UTL

Honorable Mention All-Region

Year	#	School	Name	Pos.
So.	5	DMACC	Katelin Schumacher	C
So.	10	Iowa Lakes	Laurie Custard	C
Fr.	14	NIACC	Ciana Sonberg	C
Fr.	21	DMACC	Ally Anderson	P
Fr.	19	DMACC	Peyton Parker	P
So.	22	Ellsworth	Hannah Hoffman	P
Fr.	34	Iowa Central	Bre Small	P
So.	8	Ellsworth	Lexi Riggall	INF
Fr.	1	NIACC	Tayler Schmidt	INF
Fr.	1	Northeast	Sydney Kelley	INF
So.	5	Northeast	Rosario Garcia	INF
Fr.	23	Southwestern	Ali Enright	INF
Fr.	13	Southwestern	Ella Rutherford	INF
Fr.	7	Ellsworth	Kylie Adden	OF
Fr.	15	Ellsworth	Gwen Hovorka	OF
So.	14	Iowa Lakes	Gabby Heckard	OF
Fr.	5	Iowa Lakes	Madisyn Arechedrra	OF
Fr.	1	Iowa Lakes	Lexus Gorospe	OF
Fr.	20	Northeast	Jacqueline Denning	OF
So.	2	Southwestern	Klarissa McElroy	OF
So.	14	Kirkwood	Lauren Kuch	UTL
Fr.	6	NIACC	Morgan Kelley	UTL
Fr.	9	Northeast	Madison McKewon	UTL
Fr.	3	Ellsworth	Katie Smith	UTL