ST. JOSEPH – More honors continued to roll in for Missouri Western softball on Monday as Katie Klosterman and Morgan Rathmann were named D2CCA All-Central Region.

Klosterman was named first team at third base after also receiving first team NFCA All-Region, first team All-MIAA and MIAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. The junior started all 58 games at the hot corner and finished second on the team with a .356 batting average. She slugged a team-high .626 with 14 doubles and 10 home runs while driving in 36. She committed just four errors all season at third base and recorded a .969 fielding percentage with 39 putouts and 86 assists. Klosterman is now eligible for the D2CCA All-American team.

Rathmann was named to the second team outfield after receiving first team All-MIAA and second team NFCA All-Region honors. Also a junior, Rathmann started all 58 games in center for the Griffons. She led the team with a .393 batting average and tied her MWSU single season record with nine triples. Rathmann became MWSU’s career leader in triples with 21 earlier this season and needs just seven more stolen bases to own that record as well. Her team-high 55 runs in 2016 were the third most in a season and her 81 hits were second most.

The Griffons season ended this past weekend at the NCAA Central Region 2 Tournament with a loss to Southern Arkansas in the tournament championship. The team went 45-13, the third most wins in program history. The team also won the MIAA regular season and tournament championships with 23 conference wins, the most in program history and tied for the most in MIAA history.

Each member of the first-team All-Central Region squad will join first-team members from each of the other seven regions on the ballot for the Daktronics All-America Team. The teams are voted on by the members of D2SIDA, NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors Association.

— MWSU Athletics —