Bowling Green State University Athletics
Gina Rango Named to Great Lakes All-Region First Team
May 17, 2006 | Softball
May 17, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced its All-Region softball teams Wednesday (May 17), and, for Bowling Green State University standout Gina Rango, a yearly tradition continues in 2006. Rango (North Lima, Ohio/Boardman) was named to the all-region first team for the fourth consecutive year.
Rango, a third baseman who recently completed her senior season, is now a candidate for NFCA All-American honors. The All-America squad will be announced in conjunction with the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla., during the week of May 29.
Rango, who in 2004 became the first player in school history to earn all-region honors on more than one occasion, is obviously the first-ever Falcon to be named to the team in all four seasons. Only six times has a BGSU player been named to the all-region first team, and Rango has done so four times. Amy Lienhardt (1988) and Rachelle Highfill (1993) are the Falcons' other first-team selections.
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The Great Lakes All-Region Team is the result of voting by the head coaches within the region.
Rango was an All-MAC First-Team pick in each of her four seasons. She led the Falcons with a .366 batting average on the season, and also paced the Brown and Orange in hits (67), doubles (14 - tied for team lead), homeruns (a school-record 10), RBI (32), total bases (113), slugging percentage (.617) and on-base pct. (.423). Rango was second on the team in runs scored (30) in 2006.
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The Falcons of head coach Leigh Ross finished with an overall mark of 37-23 on the spring, tying the school record for victories in a season. BGSU had a 16-6 ledger in MAC action, qualifying for the league tourney for the eighth time in the last nine seasons.
BGSU's All-Region Selections
First Team Amy Lienhardt, OF, 1988 Rachelle Highfill, 2B, 1993 Gina Rango, 3B, 2003 Gina Rango, 3B, 2004 Gina Rango, 3B, 2005 Gina Rango, 3B, 2006Second Team Vicki Miwa, P, 1987 Becky Bailey, 2B, 1991 Dena Romstadt, 3B, 1992 Jennifer Wolf, P, 1993 Amy Hamilton, 1B/P, 1997 Liz Vrabel, P, 2005
2006 Great Lakes All-Region Softball Teams
First Team Position Player School Pitcher Jennie Ritter Michigan Pitcher Cassidy Scoggins # Southern Illinois Catcher Becky Marx Michigan First Base Jenna Hall Illinois Second Base Tiffany Haas Michigan Third Base Gina Rango Bowling Green Shortstop Lauren Clark ^ Eastern Michigan Outfield Alessandra Giampaolo Michigan Outfield Randi Patton Illinois State Outfield Brittany Vanderink Ohio State Utility Ashley Esparza Penn State Des. Player Amber Smith Illinois StateSecond Team Position Player School Pitcher Missy Beseres Penn State Pitcher Krysten Shumaker Western Michigan Pitcher Grace Luginbuhl + Cleveland State Pitcher Laura Chomokos * Oakland Catcher Kristen McDonnell Youngstown State First Base Samantha Findlay Michigan Second Base Nycole Koyano Ohio State Third Base Amy Hudson Central Michigan Third Base Kaleigh Rafter $ Detroit Shortstop Jen Acunto Penn State Outfield Michele Penney Cleveland State Outfield Megan Schwab Ohio State Outfield Krystal Stein Southern Illinois Utility Stacy Birk Illinois State Des. Player Lauren Fuller Western Michigan
# Missouri Valley Pitcher of the Year ^ MAC Player of the Year + Automatically added to the team as Horizon League Pitcher of Year * Automatically added to the team as Mid-Continent Pitcher of Year $ Automatically added to the team as Horizon League Player of Year
