Gavin And Leither Are Named To The MIAC All-Conference Team

MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/17/22)---A pair of Concordia seniors were selected to the MIAC All-Conference Team as voted on by the league coaches. Megan Gavin (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori HS) and Kenzie Leither (Kimball, Minn.) were both honored with the conference postseason award.

It is the first time that Concordia has had multiple MIAC All-Conference award winners since 2006.

Caitlin Culleton (Vassar, Man./Warroad HS) was selected as the team's representative on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

| Complete List of 2022 MIAC Postseason Award Winners |

Gavin earns her third consecutive MIAC postseason award, while Leither receives the very first league honor of her career. Gavin was named to the MIAC All-Conference Team in 2021, and was placed on the All-MIAC Honorable Mention Team as a sophomore in 2019.

Gavin was second in the MIAC in strikeouts in conference contests as she capped off her record-breaking career. She posted 136 Ks in her 81.0 innings pitched in conference play. She finished her 13 conference appearances with a 2.59 ERA which was fourth among league pitchers with at least 10 starts on the year.

Gavin posted double-digit strikeout totals in seven conference games – including three of the four MIAC playoff teams she faced. Gavin's highwater mark came against Gustavus when she fanned 20 batters in an 11.0 extra-inning contest. The 20 strikeouts tied a conference record for Ks in a single game.

Gavin finished her career with the Cobber program record for strikeouts in a single game (20), strikeouts in a single season (226) and strikeouts in a career (715). She is also second on the MIAC all-time career strikeout list.

Leither had the best season of her career in 2022. She led Concordia in batting average, hits, on-base percentage and stolen bases in conference play. Leither hit a career-best .340 in the 16 league games she started. Leither also came through with 17 hits, posted an on-base percentage of .389 and swiped five bases.

Leither had five multiple-hit games in MIAC play – and all five came in the last seven games of the year. During that final stretch she hit .480. Her top game of the year came in the Cobbers' dramatic walkoff win in extra innings over St. Catherine when she went 3-for-5 and helped set the stage for the walkoff home run with a single in the 11th inning.       

Past Cobber MIAC Award Winners

MIAC All-Conference
2021 – Megan Gavin
2019 - Maria Pake
2018 - Brooke Ankerfelt
2017 - Madison Little
2016 - Abigail Haraldson
2015 - Madison Little
2013 - Paige Beseman 
2012 - Kaia Sele
2011 - Kesley Jones
2010 - Kesley Jones
2009 - Amanda Michaelson
2008 - Amanda Michaelson
2007 - Kelli Niess
2006 - Kelli Niess, Lindy Sparby
2005 - Mandy Pearson
2004 - Kelli Niess
2003 - Jill Flatau
2002 - Kathy Braun, Jill Pontius
2001 - Amanda Schindeldecker
2000 - Cindy Frey, Erin Gunderson
1999 - Erin Gunderson, Heidi Mueller
1998 - Sheri Damlo, Heidi Mueller
1997 - Cindy Frey, Mindy Schirm
1996 - Stacey Hoien, Tracy Sparby
1995 - Jenni Carlson, Mindy Schirm
1994 - Stacy Hoien, Heather Johnson
1993 - Jen Bosshardt
1992 - ?
1991 - Sue Kalpin, Jenny Mulville
1990 - Missy Bjerke, Jenny Mulville
1989 - Joan Swanson
1988 - Beck Ehnert

MIAC Honorable Mention
2021 – Taylor Erholtz
2019 - Megan Gavin
2016 - Madison Little, Mackenzie McCloud
2015 - Ashley Tibbetts
2014 - Paige Beseman
2013 - Kaia Sele
2012 - Kesley Jones, Joelle Link
2011 - Kaia Sele
2010 - Maddie Haroldson, Kaia Sele
2009 - Emily Jensen, Kesley Jones
2008 - Erin Johnson
2007 - Shantelle Nogowski
2006 - Shantelle Nogowski
2005 - Jolene Robertus, Lindy Sparby
2004 - Mandy Pearson
1998 - Allison Haaland
1997 - Lana Thompson
1996 - Amy Donahue, Mindy Schirm
1995 - Amy Donahue
1993 - Stacey Hoien, Melissa Kohl, Nancy Umland

MIAC Rookie of the Year
2004 - Kelli Niess