Wilbur Becomes Third Consecutive Bulldog Named NE-10 Player of the Year

May 4, 2007

Amanda Wilbur 2007 NE-10 Player of the Year

                     2007 NE-10 All-Conference Teams

SYRACUSE, NY - Bryant senior Amanda Wilbur (Lakeville, Mass.) was named the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year. Wilbur became the third Bulldog in as many years to win the award, following of the footsteps of Deidre Kittredge and current assistant coach Jordan Dargon.

The outfielder led the Bulldogs all year with a .403 average, 8 home runs, 33 RBI and a .718 slugging percentage.

 Wilbur has also played exceptional defense in center field, and at shortstop in several games.

 Wilbur was also named to the All-Conference First team.

According to coach Lisa-Ann Wallace, Wilbur is "the greatest athlete to come through this program."

"Nobody works harder than Wilbur," continues Wallace. "She never cheats a workout, and that hard work has paid off."

On Tuesday, Wilbur collected her 200th career hit. She became the first player in Bryant history to reach that plateau.

Gagne and Enos Named to All-Conference Third Team

Wilbur was not the only Bryant player honored at the Northeast-10 Awards banquet. Pitcher Janine Enos (Wareham, Mass.) and infielder Amanda Gagne (Wilbraham, Mass.) were named to the third team.

Junior Janine Enos	Senior Amanda Gagne

Gagne is hitting .325 with 2 HR and 19 RBI this season while filling in defensively all over the diamond. Gagne has played shortstop, second base, first base, and the outfield this year. She is third on the team with 6 doubles and fourth in slugging percentage (.442)

Staff ace Enos is 10-7 on the season with a 1.61 ERA. She leads the staff in innings pitched (118.1), strikeouts (79) and shutouts (6).

Several other Bulldogs had excellent years, but were shut out of the awards banquet. Junior third baseman Jessica Valentini (Cliffside Park, NJ) has started every game at third base and is second on the team with a .336 batting average. Freshman catcher Ashley Coon (Fairless Hills, PA) hit .326 and provided excellent defense behind the plate. Fellow freshman Alison Chouinard (Swansea, Mass.) was excellent at shortstop. Chouinard hit .281 with 5 home runs and 25 RBI (second on the team in both categories). She also played superb defense at second base, committing only 3 errors in 146 chances.

The Bulldogs will return to action Saturday at 12pm with an elimination game against #2 seed Southern New Hampshire. The Penmen were upset Friday afternoon by Merrimack. The game will be held on the campus of Le Moyne University, who was also upset Friday by UMass-Lowell.