Charlise Castro Named To the 2012 NFCA District I Northeast All-Region First Team

STARKVILLE, Miss.- UAlbany softball first baseman Charlise Castro was named to the 2012 National Fastpitch Coaches Association District I Northeast First Team. Castro was named the 2012 America East Conference Player of the Year and finished out the season as the second player in conference history to win the Triple Crown. Castro, a sophomore transfer from Maryland Eastern Shore, etched her name early in the UAlbany and America East record books with just one year under her belt. She was a three-time America East Player of the Week and led the conference in the Triple Crown categories, home runs (13), RBIs (53) and batting average (.461). The sophomore first baseman became UAlbany's single-season leader in RBIs and second in batting average, home runs and doubles (13). A total of 263 players representing 129 different institutions comprise this season's regional teams, including first and second teams for each region. The all-region teams were chosen by NFCA member coaches from each region, and all the honorees will now be eligible for selection to one of three 2012 NFCA Division I All-American teams. In addition, conference pitchers and players of the year not selected to the regional teams were added for All-America consideration. 2012 NFCA District I Northeast All-Region Team First Team Pos. Name School P Olivia Galati Hofstra University P Sara Plourde University of Massachusetts C Emily Fogel University of Maine 1B Charlise Castro University at Albany 2B Jennifer Ong Yale University 3B Kasey Lange Harvard University SS Stephanie Thompson Brown University OF Cyndil Matthew University of Massachusetts OF Rachael Senatore Hofstra University OF Tessa Ziemba Hofstra University UT/P Kate Bowen Manhattan College UT/Non-P/DP Nichole Toven Long Island University Second Team Pos. Name School P Hollie Floetker Boston University P Morgan Lashley U.S. Military Academy C Lauren Rendon Saint Joseph's University 1B Kate Strobel Brown University 2B Kristen Filicia Fairfield University 3B Megan Volpano Boston University SS Ashley Burnham James Madison University OF Jayme Mask Boston University OF Amanda Nguyen U.S. Military Academy OF Madeline Velasquez Bryant University UT/P Sarah Mooney James Madison University UT/Non-P/DP Erin Trippi Press release and photo provided by UAlbany Athletics Hofstra University