June 4, 2007

Fresno, Calif. - Fresno State senior Nichole Willis and sophomore Robin Mackin were named to the 2007 Easton All-American First Team. Willis and Mackin were two of 15 players named to the first team.

This is the first honor for Willis and this is the second Easton All-American Team Mackin has made in two seasons at Fresno State. Mackin was named Third Team Easton All-American last season.

Nichole Willis was named First Team Easton All-American.

Mackin set numerous school records this season. She made a single-season school record 55 appearances and tied Fresno State's single-season win mark (36) by a pitcher.

Mackin led Fresno State & WAC in every pitching mark, notching her first 30-win season of career, and became the sixth Bulldog hurler to post a 30-win season. In the 2007 NCAA Regional action, she made her 100th career appearance in the circle and notched a 2-0 win over host No. 16 Stanford in the opening game for Fresno State. She was named to the 2007 Stanford All-Regional Team, went 1-2 (losses were 1-0 in 9 inn. to No. 3 LSU and 1-0 to No. 16 Stanford) and posted a shutout and had 19 strikeouts in 18.1 innings for a 0.76 ERA.

Willis earned First Team All-WAC Honors, Firs Team All-West Region Honors and was named to the WAC Tournament Team.

Willis threw out a career-high 20 would-be base stealers this year - third-best mark in single-season school history and against the Top 15, boasted a .991 fielding percentage (1 error in 107 chances) and threw out five runners in 10 attempts. Willis batted a team-high .341 (14-41) against Top 25 teams with nine runs, three doubles, four home runs, five RBI, three hit by pitch, a walk, two sacrifices and 29 total bases for a.707 slugging percentage. In her career, she finished with a 54.1% success rate in throwing out runners by nailing 59 (50-109) and had a career-high .994 fielding percentage this season (3 errors in 469 chances).

2007 Easton Schools of the Year
Alabama
Florida
Hawai'i
LSU

2007 Easton Cover Teams of the Year
Illinois State
Creighton
LSU
University of San Diego
Tulsa University

2007 Easton All-American 1st Team
Stacey Nelson, Florida
Kate Robinson, Hawai'i
Chrissy Owens, Alabama
Killian Roessner, LSU
Nichole Willis, Fresno State
Amber Jackson, Maryland
Clare Warwick, Hawai'i
Lauren Parker, Alabama
Kara Nelson, Illinois State
Caitlin Lever, Georgia Tech
Krista Coburn, UCLA
Brittany Rogers, Alabama
Lisa Modglin, Cal Poly SLO
Robin Mackin, Fresno State
Lisa Dodd, UCLA

2007 Easton All-American 2nd Team
Brandice Balschmiter, Massachusetts
Laurel Sagartz, Washington University, St. Louis
Annie Kinsey, Pennsylvania
Leslie Klein, LSU
Jodi Norton, BYU
Jessica Moore, Liberty
Randi Gillespie, Long Island University
Kellie Middleton, Georgia
Tara Oltman, Creighton
Aileen Morales, Georgia Tech
Kim Waleszonia, Florida
Shannon Nicholson, Illinois State
Cambria Miranda, Oregon State
Tyleen Tausaga, Hawai'i
Veronica Wootson, Florida State

2007 Easton All-American 3rd Team
Vanessa Rodrigue, San Francisco State
Amy Thomas, Cal Baptist
Sharon Bell, St. Gregory's University
Candice Molinari, Massachusetts
Sara Dyer, Tulsa
Chantal Millard, Cal Baptist
Micah Truax, Connecticut
Stephanie Bour, Cameron University
Jennifer Whiteley, BYU
Lauren Clark, Eastern Michigan
Lauren Murphy, Harvard
Katie Jones, UT Arlington
Ashley Hall, Purdue
Candace Thomas, Cal Baptist
Kelly Waskeiwicz, Salisbury University

2007 Easton All-American Junior College Team
Alyssa Gutierrez, Cypress College
Mandy Pongs, Mt. San Antonio College
Brittany Welch, Tallahassee Community College
Ashley Boyd, Cypress College
Francesca Gonzales, Mt. San Antonio College
Katie Cornelison, Cypress College
Katie Baldwin, Mt. San Antonio College
Nicole Wells, Sacramento City College
Nichole Whaley, Mt. San Antonio College
Cindy Oseguera, Sacramento City College
Shea Lodes, Tallahassee Community College