Lady Blues land 2 first team all-MIAA selections

May 7, 2001

The Washburn Lady Blues received two first team selections as voted on by the conference’s coaches. Both senior first basemen Stacie Carpenter and junior right fielder Kristen Cheney were picked to the league’s top team. Sophomore Brooke Lyons was named second team and senior outfielder Amy Scott and sophomore catcher Julie Blaufuss received honorable mention accolades.

Stacie Carpenter, from Clay Center, Kan., finishes her four-year career playing in 199 games starting all but two. Carpenter’s 56 doubles is tops on the all-time list at Washburn. Her 190 hits ranks her fifth on the all-time hit list. She is also third in RBI with 127, fourth in runs scored with 100 and fifth in batting average with a .337 mark. She is also second in career putouts with 1226.

This season, Carpenter recorded a .370 batting average leading the Lady Blues in with 14 doubles and 37 RBI. She also led the team in slugging percentage with a .610 clip.
Carpenter was a first team all-MIAA choice as a junior and she also received second team all-region honors as well. As a sophomore, she was an honorable mention all-conference pick.

Kristen Cheney, from Wichita, was second on the team with a .391 batting average. She led the Lady Blues with 63 base hits, tying for fifth on the single season charts. She will carry a 19-game hitting streak into her senior season. Cheney led the team with 15 stolen bases in 16 attempts. She also recorded eight doubles, four home runs and two triples.

Her 41 runs scored led the Lady Blues and was the sixth-highest single season mark in school history. The .391 batting average was the tenth-highest in school history. Cheney tied a school record by driving in five runs against Newman on April 29.

The lone representative for the Lady Blues on the second team was Brooke Lyons. The Topeka native led the Lady Blues with a .393 batting average collecting 48 hits. Her four triples led the team. Her batting average was the ninth-highest in school history.

On the honorable mention team was Topekan Amy Scott as an outfielder. Scott led the Lady Blues outfielders with six assists. She started all 49 games this season for the Lady Blues. She recorded 36 hits and scored 19 runs.

Joining Scott was Julie Blaufuss. Blaufuss is from Lenexa, Kan., and was fourth on the team with a .344 batting averaged. Blaufuss was third on the team with 53 hits and second with nine doubles. Behind the plate, Blaufuss threw out eight of 24 would-be basestealers. This season, Blaufuss broke the school record for most hits in a game with five on March 31 against Augustana.