SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University softball team had eight players (three freshmen, two sophomores, one junior, two seniors) who earned a spot on the 2007 Capital Athletic Conference Softball All-Conference Team. Freshman Kelly Waskewicz (Olney, Md.) was named the 2007 CAC Player and Rookie of the Year as well as All-CAC shortstop.

Waskewicz leads the team in eight offensive categories (through April 24); runs (48), hits (54), doubles (12), home runs (15), RBIs (46), total bases (117), slugging percentage (.944), stolen bases (5) and ties for the lead with three triples.

The Sea Gulls had seven players who earned first team honors along with freshman Ali Ritter (Belvidere, N.J.), who received an at-large selection. Ritter leads SU with a .500 (39-for-78) batting average and was named the CAC Player of the Week and ECAC South Region Player of the Week on April 23.

Senior co-captains Nichole Fuqua (Rockville, Md.) and Tee Dronenburg (Columbia, Md.) were named to the first team at second base and catcher, respectively. Both Fuqua and Dronenburg were 2005 All-CAC at-large selections. Fuqua, a member of the 2004 All-CAC first team as a second baseman, is batting .433 with 52 hits, five home runs and 38 RBIs. This is the third year in a row that Dronenburg has been named to the first team. She has a team-high six sacrifice bunts and is batting .326 with 25 RBIs.

First baseman Stacey Malarkey (Taneytown, Md.) and pitcher Stacy Davis (Westminster, Md.) are the two sophomore selections for the Sea Gulls. Marlarkey was named to the All-CAC first team outfield last season. She is batting .366 with seven doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 37 RBIs. Davis sports a 13-2 record a 1.99 ERA with 76 strikeouts and nine complete games. She has allowed a stingy .228 opponents batting average in 20 appearances.

The lone junior for Salisbury is center fielder Kurisha Hoffman (Lutherville, Md.) who is batting .438 with eight doubles, five home runs, and 26 RBIs. She has started in every game that she had played in.

The final selection for the Gulls was freshman outfielder Jen Cahall (Elkton, Md.) who is third on the team in home runs with six and fourth on the team in RBIs with 32.