Manager of the Year – The SoftballCenter.com 2012 All Star Team

I will release them by position.  One per day.

SoftballCenter.com 2012 All Star First Team selections:

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Manager of the Year

Mike West and George Quinones – Demarini/Dirty/3n2/ATWLDesigns – This team came out of nowhere to finish 3rd in the computer rankings, won 3 conference events, and was just an inning away from beating Laservision in the winner's bracket championship game at the Major World Series!  Pre-season they were ranked outside of the top 20 and only had two players on the Major list and one player from outstide of the state of Florida.

Player of the Year

Player of the Year – Andy Purcell – Resmondo

Offensive Player of the Year

Tim Cocco – Shoppe – .750  122 HR  330 RBI  14 BB

Conference record for HR and RBI in a season

Defensive Player of the Year

 Jimmy Salas – Resmondo

Extra Hitter

EH – Kyle Moyer – Team 454 – .750  58 HR  165 RBI  19 BB 

Right Field

RF – Brian Wegman – Laservision –  .753  87 HR  223 RBI  32 BB

Center Field

 CF – Jason Branch – Team 454 – .727  42 HR  156 RBI  60 BB

Left Field

LF – Robert Blackburn – Shoppe – .744  54 HR  166 RBI  12 BB

Third Base

3B – Dennis Rulli – TYJA/Reebok – .820  34 HR  121 RBI  29 BB

Middle Infield

MI – Bubba Mack – Resmondo – .746  89 HR  242 RBI  14 BB

Shortstop

SS – Bryson Baker – Laservision –  .775  49 HR  145 RBI  24 BB

1st Base

1B – Jeff Hall – Resmondo – .805  32 HR  96 RBI  25 BB

2nd Base

2B – Greg Connell – Resmondo – .756  99 HR  260 RBI  16 BB

Pitcher

P – Andy Purcell – Resmondo – .742  48 HR  136 RBI  23 BB

Catcher

C – Tim Cocco – Shoppe – .750  122 HR  330 RBI  14 BB

First Team Utility Selections

Note: There are 6 utility spots on a traditional softball first team.  The players position does not matter for the utility positions.

Utility – Chad Durick – Team 454 – .765  81 HR  207 RBI  15 BB

Utility – Scott Kirby – Laservision – .756  56 HR  163 RBI  25 BB

Utility – Adam Rockoff – Demarini – .726  59 HR  153 RBI  12 BB

Utility – Brett McCollum – Nordkap/Desert Falls – .736  90 HR  231 RBI  7 BB

Utility – Lee Powers – Shoppe – .776  67 HR  179 RBI  25 BB

Utility – Kevin Filby – Nordkap/Desert Falls – .729  71 HR  199 RBI  40 BB