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Former Bluejay Softball Duo Named to Missouri Valley Conference 25-Year Team
4/26/2018 9:47:00 AM | Softball
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Former Creighton softball players Tara Oltman Higgins and Renae Sinkler-O'Gorman were each honored with a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Softball 25-Year Team, the league announced on Thursday, April 26.
Oltman Higgins is the only three-time MVC Pitcher of the Year in league history, and earned a spot on the NFCA All-America team following the 2009 season. She still holds Missouri Valley Conference career records for wins (118), strikeouts (1,086), appearances (187), starts (143), complete games (128) and innings pitched (1,064), as well as the single-season mark with 32 wins in 2010.
Sinkler-O'Gorman claimed two MVC Player of the Year honors (2009 and 2010). She also earned a spot on the 2010 NFCA All-America Third Team. The current Bluejay assistant coach holds Creighton records for home runs (24), RBIs (58), runs scored (59) and total bases (147) in a single season (all achieved during 2010).Â
The 2017-18 season is a landmark one for the Missouri Valley Conference and for women's sports. To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of Title IX and the 25th anniversary of women's sports, the Valley is naming 25-Year Anniversary Teams for each of the Valley's sponsored women's sports.Â
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Team composition for each sport has been determined by a 25-person committee (two representatives from each MVC institution and a panel of five voters from the Conference office). The team composition includes years in which league teams competed under the MVC umbrella during the past 25 years (1992-2017) and does not include competition from the current season.
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The voting panel determined a 'Top 10' from a list of 25 finalists. Oltman Higgins earned the most votes.Â
Missouri Valley Conference Women's Softball 25-Year Team
Tara Oltman Higgins* - Creighton (2007-10)
Renae Sinkler-O'Gorman - Creighton (2007-10)
Dani Tyler - Drake (1992-95)
Jessica Huff - Evansville (1998-2001)
Heather Stella - Illinois State (1996-99)
Kara Nelson - Illinois State (2007-11)
Barb Gaines - Missouri State (1990-93)
Lindsay Wood Stanford - UNI (1999-2002)
Amy Harre - Southern Illinois (2002-2005)
Erin Stremsterfer Campbell - Southern Illinois (1998-2001)
*denotes No. 1 choice in balloting
Oltman Higgins is the only three-time MVC Pitcher of the Year in league history, and earned a spot on the NFCA All-America team following the 2009 season. She still holds Missouri Valley Conference career records for wins (118), strikeouts (1,086), appearances (187), starts (143), complete games (128) and innings pitched (1,064), as well as the single-season mark with 32 wins in 2010.
Sinkler-O'Gorman claimed two MVC Player of the Year honors (2009 and 2010). She also earned a spot on the 2010 NFCA All-America Third Team. The current Bluejay assistant coach holds Creighton records for home runs (24), RBIs (58), runs scored (59) and total bases (147) in a single season (all achieved during 2010).Â
The 2017-18 season is a landmark one for the Missouri Valley Conference and for women's sports. To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of Title IX and the 25th anniversary of women's sports, the Valley is naming 25-Year Anniversary Teams for each of the Valley's sponsored women's sports.Â
Â
Team composition for each sport has been determined by a 25-person committee (two representatives from each MVC institution and a panel of five voters from the Conference office). The team composition includes years in which league teams competed under the MVC umbrella during the past 25 years (1992-2017) and does not include competition from the current season.
Â
The voting panel determined a 'Top 10' from a list of 25 finalists. Oltman Higgins earned the most votes.Â
Missouri Valley Conference Women's Softball 25-Year Team
Tara Oltman Higgins* - Creighton (2007-10)
Renae Sinkler-O'Gorman - Creighton (2007-10)
Dani Tyler - Drake (1992-95)
Jessica Huff - Evansville (1998-2001)
Heather Stella - Illinois State (1996-99)
Kara Nelson - Illinois State (2007-11)
Barb Gaines - Missouri State (1990-93)
Lindsay Wood Stanford - UNI (1999-2002)
Amy Harre - Southern Illinois (2002-2005)
Erin Stremsterfer Campbell - Southern Illinois (1998-2001)
*denotes No. 1 choice in balloting
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