Perry-Brown, Miller Earn 1st-Team Nods to Lead Contingent of Seven Toros Chosen to All-CCAA Softball Teams
Accolades come as NCAA post-season match-up against Cal State Stanislaus looms Thursday
May 9, 2006

Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills senior Cindy Perry-Brown (Victorville, CA/Silverado HS) was selected a 1st-team All-CCAA honoree for the third-straight year while fellow senior Jackie Miller (Bremerton, WA/Central Kitsap HS/Cal State Stanislaus) garnered her first-career 1st-team All-CCAA nod, heading the list of seven Toros who were named to All-CCAA teams, it was announced this afternoon by the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

Perry-Brown, both a two-time All-American and 1st-team All-Region selection, leads the CCAA in stolen bases, is 2nd in runs scored and triples, 5th in hits, 6th in batting average, and 14th nationally in stolen bases per game. She has set a combined eight CSUDH single-season and career records just this season, and holds 14 Toro softball marks in her stellar career.

Additionally, she is one walk away from tying the single-season record for walks in a career and, entering the NCAA Far West Regional playoffs this Thursday, boasts a higher career batting average than the all-time Toro record.

Miller, now a two-time All-CCAA honoree after earning a 2nd-team distinction last season, has been a double-threat for the Toros in her two years in Cardinal & Gold. The Bremerton, Washington native is 2nd in the conference in both strikeouts and opposing batting average, 3rd in wins and 5th in ERA, while placing 4th in the home runs and 8th in RBI.

Miller has won three CCAA Pitcher of the Week awards this season, and one CCAA Player of the Week honor as the Toros prepare for their fourth-consecutive trip to the NCAA post-season.

Senior Kate Groden (San Pedro, CA/San Pedro HS/SE Missouri Univ.) was named to the CCAA’s 2nd-team for the second-consecutive year, and is followed by first-time 2nd-team selections Jen Wilson (Orange, CA/Bellflower HS/CS Fullerton), Lori Moreno (Los Angeles, CA/California HS) and Amy Thomas (Barstow, CA/Barstow HS), and 3rd-team All-CCAA honoree Kristine Minter (Chula Vista, CA/Hampton University).

Groden has enjoyed a fine senior season, placing 8th in the NCAA in doubles, and leading the CCAA in RBI, doubles and sacrifice flies, placing 5th in runs scored, 6th in walks and 9th in home runs, all while establishing the CSUDH record for RBI and doubles in both a season and career, and claiming 6 Toro records.

Wilson, on the heels of her first-career CCAA Player of the Week nod for the week of May 1-8, is 6th in RBI in the CCAA and 9th in slugging percentage.

Moreno, a four-year senior who is putting up career numbers in her final season, is 5th in the CCAA in stolen bases and walks, and 7th in runs scored, while sophomore Thomas leads the CCAA in opposing batting average, is 2nd in ERA, 9th in strikeouts, and holds the 20th-lowest ERA in the nation.

Kristine Minter, who threw the Toros’ only no-hitter this year against Cal State San Bernardino on April 20, was chosen to the 3rd-team All-CCAA in her first season after transferring from Hampton University.

CSUDH tied CCAA Champion Cal State Bakersfield and NCAA-participant Cal State Stanislaus with seven members selected, while defending Far West Champions San Francisco State placed six players on the All-CCAA teams.

The Toros, who sport a 42-9 overall and 21-7 CCAA mark, will face Cal State Stanislaus on Thursday, May 11, to open their 2006 NCAA post-season schedule, with first pitch scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start on the Roadrunner Softball Complex, hosted by CCAA Champions Cal State Bakersfield.