May 15, 2008

One week after being named to the All-CAA second team, George Mason sophomore Ashli Breau has tacked on another award as she was selected to the 2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Mid Atlantic Region First Team. The Vienna, Va., native is one of four CAA players on the squad, as three from conference champion Hofstra were selected as well.

The teams were selected by NFCA member coaches from each region, and Breau is now eligible for the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America team, which will be announced May 28.

Breau, a first-year Mason player who spent her freshman season at Tiffin University, smashed a number of single-season records in her first year with the Green and Gold. She finished with a CAA-best .421 batting average, 11 home runs and a .752 slugging percentage, all of which set new Mason records. In addition, her 48 runs batted in is the second-highest season total in school history, as is her .463 on-base percentage. Breau is second in the conference in slugging percentage and RBIs, and third in home runs and on-base percentage. She also tallied a team-high 11 doubles.

Among the collegiate ranks, the Vienna, Va., native finished the regular season in the top-25 nationally in three categories. She is 23rd among NCAA Division I players in batting average, 24th in RBIs per game, and 25th in slugging percentage. Her home run total of 11 bested the previous mark of seven by former Mason standout Linda Young, and places her in a tie for fourth on the career list. Breau's batting average and slugging percentage eclipsed the previous mark by 23 and 145 points, respectively.

She is the first All-Region selection from Mason since 2004, when Miranda Fox and Ashley Purcell were each named to the second team

Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Mid Atlantic Region
First Team
P - Kayleigh Lotti, Hofstra
P - Blaire Porter, Long Island
C - Brooke Darreff, Saint Joseph's
1B - Sarde Stewart, Maryland
2B - Casey Fee, Hofstra
2B - Katie Miranto, Canisius
3B - Elise Menaker, Cornell
SS - Pam Dreslinski, Hofstra
OF - Jenny Belak, Maryland
OF - Jenna Campagnolo, Cornell
OF - Jenny Maheu, Canisius
UT/P - Lisa Sweeney, Lehigh
UT/Non-P - Ashli Breau, George Mason
Second Team
P - Juliette Bowers, Canisius
P - Meredith Felts, James Madison
C - Samantha Card, Pittsburgh
1B - Michele DePasquale, Hofstra
2B - Annie Kinsey, Pennsylvania
2B - Andrea Lazzari, Wagner
3B - Amber Kirk, James Madison
SS - Celina Castillo, Long Island
SS - Christina Khosravi, Pennsylvania
OF - Erika Bernstein, Hofstra
OF - Kate Marvel, Lehigh
OF - Brooke Panepinto, Robert Morris
UT/P - Allison Twarowski, Fordham
UT/Non-P - Jocelyn Dearborn, Fordham