Illinois Wesleyan 2008 Softball Award, Letterwinners

MOST VALUABLE - Christy Engel
MOST IMPROVED - Natalie Chase
GWEN MEYER AWARD - Kelli Flahaven
The "Gwen Meyer Award" is given to the player who gives 100 percent, shows support of the team and is self-motivated. The award was established in 1986 to honor the memory of Meyer, IWU's most valuable softball player in 1984, who died of cancer.

LETTERWINNERS

SENIORS - Ashley Deck (Bolingbrook, Ill., HS); Kayla Kindred (Bloomington, Ill., Normal Community HS); Kendahl McIntyre (Raleigh, N.C., Dallas, Texas, Bishop Lynch HS); Kelly Nelson (Palos Heights, Ill., Stagg HS)

JUNIORS - Sarah Carlson (Brimfield, Ill., HS); Natalie Chase (Libertyville, Ill., HS); Val Hackett (New Lenox, Ill., Lincoln Way Central HS); Kara Krause (Cullom, Ill., Tri-Point HS); Monica Urban (Wheaton, Ill., North HS); Katie Windsor (Midlothian, Ill., Bremen HS)

SOPHOMORES - Christy Engel (St. Charles, North HS); Kelli Flahaven (Streator, Ill., Township HS); Lisa Narotsky (Willowbrook, Ill., Hinsdale South HS); Maggie Olson (Glen Ellyn, Ill., Glenbard South HS); Allison Ward (Bloomington, Ill., Normal Community HS)

FRESHMEN - Lauren James (Darien, Ill., Montini Catholic HS); Kristin Lee (Naperville, North HS); Lisa Male (Gardner, Ill., Gardner South Wilmington HS); Jordan Menendez (Bloomington, Ill., Normal Community HS); Jen Monaco (Geneva, Ill., HS)