BAY CITY, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University softball team placed six players on the 2010 All-GLIAC team.

Junior designated plater, Jessica McKeith (River Rouge, Mich.) was selected to the first team, while senior outfielder Angela Kaiser (Waterford, Mich./Our Lady of the Lakes HS), sophomore  utility player Lauren Memmer (White Lake, Mich./Lakeland HS) and freshman pitcher Alexa Gehrls (Caledonia, Mich.) earned second team nods.  Seniors Kari Bowlby (Elkhart, Ind./Central HS) and Billi Hoeppner (Hemlock, Mich.) were honorable mention selections.

McKeith batted .300 this season in GLIAC games with a team high three homeruns and 19 RBI's.  She was 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts and was second on the team with a .533 slugging percentage.  Kaiser batted .343 in conference with two homeruns and 11 RBI's and led the team with a .446 on-base percentage.  Memmer batted .365 with 21 hits in the GLIAC and led the team with 12 stolen bases.  Gehrls was 2-4 in the circle and had a team low 2.48 ERA and struck out 28 batters for the Cardinals.  Bowlby led the Cardinals with five wins in the GLIAC and 35 strikeouts, while Hoeppner batted a team high .347 and had nine stolen bases.

Saginaw Valley will await word on Monday (May 10) to see if they qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division II postseason for a third straight season.