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Three Lady Wolves Earn NFCA All-American Honors
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Co-Lin Softball team have more postseason honors to celebrate after the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced their NJCAA Division II All-American honorees on Friday, June 3, with three members of the team earning the honor. Cera Blanchard (Metairie, La.) was named as a First Team All-American, while Maddie Weeks (Clinton) and Shelbi Maxwell were named as Second Team All-Americans.
Cera Blanchard had a sophomore season for the record books in 2022. The Southeastern Louisiana commit finished the season with a 1.37 earned run average allowing 55 runs, 37 earned, on 131 hits with 56 walks. The Metairie, Louisiana native finished the season 25-6 setting a single season record for wins and had 183 strikeouts in 189.1 innings pitched (both marks are Top-5 for a single season) through 33 appearances which is also a Top-5 single season mark.
Shelbi Maxwell had a strong sophomore season while being critical to the Lady Wolves success on offense and defense. The Wesson native played all 52 games at centerfield and was Top-5 in many offensive categories including stolen bases where she led the Lady Wolves, the MACCC, and was Top-10 in the nation with 40. Maxwell had the third-most hits (56) in the fourth-most at-bats (139) while being tied for fifth on the team in doubles with four. Maxwell also had one triple and 18 RBIs while posting the second-highest batting average for the Lady Wolves at .403 with a .472 on-base percentage and slugged .446 while also posting a .986 fielding percentage.
Maddie Weeks had a freshman year that saw her put her name in the single season record books as she led the Lady Wolves in RBIs with 61 which is tied second-most for a single season. The Lady Wolves second baseman also was fourth on the team in hits with 55 in the third-most at-bats with 147, while also having the third-most doubles with seven, shared the team lead in triples with six, and led the Lady Wolves in home runs with 12. Weeks also had the third-most stolen bases with 25 while finishing the season with a .374 batting average, .456 on-base percentage, and a slugging percentage of .748, which led the Lady Wolves in that category.
All three have also been named as members of the MACCC All-Conference Teams, NJCAA All-Region 23 team, and were named to the NFCA NJCAA Division II All-South Region teams, while Blanchard also earned the honor of being named the MACCC Pitcher of the Year.
The Lady Wolves finished the 2022 season with a 42-10 overall record, setting a single season record for wins, while also winning the first conference championship since 2009 and earned the number one ranking in the NJCAA Division II Softball poll for the first time in program history.
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