Bryan named to all-America squad

ACU senior first baseman named third team first baseman

ABILENE -- Abilene Christian first baseman Katie Bryan on Monday became the first Wildcat softball player to earn a second all-America nod as she was named to the Louisville Slugger / National Fastpitch Coaches Association third team all-America squad for 2005.

Bryan, a 2004 third team all-America, is one of only two Wildcats (Shelly Owen being the other) to earn all-America honors.

Bryan had a brilliant senior season, capped by Lone Star Conference South Division MVP honors and all-tournament recognition at the NCAA Division II South Central Region tournament.  Bryan helped ACU to a 31-22 record and the program's first bid to the regional tournament.

Bryan - a first team all-NCAA Division II South Central Region and third team all-America player as a junior in 2004 - re-wrote the ACU record book during her career and leaves ACU as the all-time leader in games played (193), runs scored (148), hits (227), home runs (38), RBI (171) and total bases (387).

She's also the single-season leader in home runs (19 in 2005), RBI (58 in 2005), total bases (127 in 2005), walks (34 in 2005) and slugging percentage (.875 in 2005).  During her monstrous 2005 season, she also set single-game records for total bases (10 in an April 1 game against Eastern New Mexico), home runs in a game (2 in both games of an April 1 doubleheader at ENMU) and RBI (6 in both games of an April 1 doubleheader at ENMU).