Erin Holloway (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) was named PSAC Central Pitcher of the Year and Bill Graham was named coach of the year, headlining six Crimson Hawks selected to the all-conference squad.

Selected to the first team were Holloway, junior first baseman Megan McCormick (Evans City/Seneca Valley), senior second baseman Dee Eppinger (North Wales, Pa./North Penn), senior leftfielder Michelle Bivona (Thorndale, Pa./Coatesville) and senior rightfielder Kristen Tunno (Seaford, Va./Grafton). Sophomore catcher Stefanie Poates was selected to the second team.

Holloway is a four-time all-conference selection, including berths on the first team that last two years, and named rookie of the year in 2008.

In the course of her career Holloway has rewritten the IUP record book. She holds the records for appearances (128), starts (110), complete games (98), innings pitched (755.2), wins (73), shutouts (30), saves (5) and strikeouts (958).

This season Holloway has a record of 22-3, pitching 166.1 innings with an ERA of just 1.35. She has held opponents to a .158 batting average and struck out 201 batters while walking just 44. She is tied for 15th in the nation with nine shutouts and is 25th in strikeouts and 32nd in ERA.

Holloway was named the MVP of the PSAC tournament when the Crimson Hawks won the conference title for the first time in school history. In six playoff games she allowed only 16 hits and three earned runs while fanning 57 batters.

Graham is the first IUP coach to receive coach of the year honors since Sue Snyder in 2003. He led the Crimson Hawks to a record of 33-6 entering the NCAA tournament for a winning percentage of .846, the best in school history. Included in the 33 victories was a school-record 14-game winning streak.

IUP is currently ranked first in the Atlantic Region and No. 11 in the nation by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and will be hosting one of the NCAA Atlantic Region subregional tournaments at Podbielski Field beginning next Friday.

Graham took over as head coach last season and led the Crimson Hawks to a 38-12 record, setting a school mark for most wins in a season. He has compiled a 71-18 record in two seasons at the helm and has led the Crimson Hawks to back-to-back 30-win seasons.

McCormick makes her third appearance on the PSAC Central first team. She is batting .408 this season and leads the team in hits (53), RBIs (46), runs scored (36), doubles (13) and home runs (7).

McCormick holds the highest career batting average (.381) and slugging percentage (.666) in school history and has driven in 118 runs, just one shy of the school record. She also holds the IUP record for doubles with 39 and has 19 home runs.

Tunno also makes her third first team appearance. She is batting .369 entering the Atlantic Regional with 41 hits, 10 doubles and 27 RBIs and has not committed an error in 42 fielding chances. Tunno currently ranks second in IUP history with a .369 career batting average as well as hits with 183 while ranking in the top 10 in several other categories.

Bivona makes her all-conference debut. She has started all 39 games this season, batting .355 with 39 hits, 32 runs scored and 21 RBIs. Bivona has eight doubles and a pair of home runs for a slugging percentage of .500.

Eppinger also made her first appearance on the all-conference team. She is batting .231 with four doubles and four home runs. Eppinger collected 24 hits, scored 23 runs and drove in 22 and has stolen five bases in six attempts.

Poates followed up her rookie of the year selection last season with a second team selection this year. Poates leads the PSAC in on-base percentage at .479 and is batting .315 with 28 hits, including eighth doubles and six home runs, 23 RBIs and 16 runs scored. In only two seasons she already ranks seventh in IUP history with 15 home runs.