New Jersey City University Athletics

FULL ALL-NJAC TEAM and RELEASE

PITMAN, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | While the New Jersey City University softball team may not have achieved the overall won-loss record it desired during the 2012 season, its two most dynamic stars were recognized on Thursday for their record-breaking individual efforts. For the second time in each player's career, senior shortstop MEGAN GINTER (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) and junior first/third baseman REBECCA SATZ (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) were named First-Team All-New Jersey Athletic Conference for the 2012 season in voting by the league's 10 head coaches announced today.
 
Ginter was named First-Team All-NJAC for the second consecutive season and the second time in her career. It's the first time she's won the award at shortstop after being named First-Team All-NJAC as an at-large pick in 2011.
 
For Satz, the 2010 NJAC Rookie of the Year and a First-Team All-NJAC selection that season at third base, the 2012 campaign was a vindication after missing out on All-NJAC honors as a sophomore, despite an excellent season. In NJCU softball history, her 2012 season may go down as the best offensive year any player has ever produced as she broke or tied seven major single-season records and was close to surpassing several more. Satz earns First-Team honors at first base, splitting time between first base (30 games) and third base (nine games) as a junior. She was the NJAC and ECAC Metro Player of the Week on March 19.
 
Satz and Ginter helped NJCU break single-season team records for doubles (70, previous mark 57 in 2011) and homeruns (19, record was 2011 in 16). Both players are also eligible for All-Region and All-ECAC accolades; those awards will be announced later this month.
 
Satz, a legitimate candidate for NJAC Player of the Year honors, was perhaps the league's most dangerous offensive threat this year. In 39 games (39 starts) she batted .453 with 58 hits in 128 at bats, while producing 31 RBIs, 30 runs and a .467 on-base percentage (five walks, two sacrifice flies).  
 
Nearly half of her hits went for extra bases as Satz registered 17 doubles, two triples and seven homeruns for 100 total bases and a .781 slugging percentage. She was 2-for-2 in steals. One of the most difficult players in Division III to strikeout, Satz only K'd three times in 135 plate appearances. She led NJCU with 17 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI games.
  
She also was NJCU's best player defensively, with a .986 fielding percentage and only four errors in 284 chances (249 putouts, 31 assists) while helping to turn 14 of NJCU's 17 double plays.
 
Satz, who batted in the No. 3 spot in the lineup in 37 of 39 games, hit safely in 34 contests and became the first player in school history to produce two hitting streaks of double-digit games in the same season (22 and 10 games).
 
Satz set single-season school records for doubles, total bases, extra-base hits (24), longest hitting streak, and longest consecutive games reached base (22). She matched the single-season records for total hits and homeruns. Her slugging percentage was third best in school history and her batting average was fifth all-time and the highest since 2000—a season when the NJAC was divided into a two-divisional format.
 
In 18 NJAC games, she was solidly productive, batting .415 (22-53) with seven extra base hits (five doubles, one triple, one homerun), seven RBIs, seven runs and 32 total bases (.604 slugging) with a .418 on-base rate (one walk). Defensively, she had a .979 fielding rate (76 putouts, 17 assists, two errors, 93 chances). She struck out just once—in the final game of the season.
 
Overall through May 3, Satz leads the NJAC in total bases by 15 overall the rest of the league and is the conference leader in slugging, hits (by four), and doubles (by two over Ginter, four over other schools), is second in batting average, fourth in homeruns, fifth in on-base percentage and RBIs, sixth in at bats, 10^th in runs, and 13^th in triples. She also leads the NJAC in average vs. righties (.487) percentage reaching as a leadoff hitter (.765), percentage advancing runners (.671), hits per game (1.49), doubles per game (0.44), and fewest strikeouts per game (0.08). In the NJAC she currently is second in two-out batting average (.435), third in runners advanced (17) and at bats per game (3.28) and fourth in average with the bases empty (.544) and homeruns per game (0.18).
 
During the 18 NJAC games, Satz was fourth in batting average, fifth in hits and doubles, seventh in slugging and total bases, and 13^th in on-base rate.
 
Entering her senior season in 2013, Satz will be in striking range for a number of all-time school records. She is currently second in school history in batting average (.405), slugging (.629), RBIs (96), homeruns (13), and total bases (239), third in doubles (40), fourth in hits (154), sixth in on-base percentage (.428), ninth in at bats (380), and 13^th in runs scored (77).
 
She would need 53 hits to break that career record held by Jen Barletta (1998-2001). Barletta also owns records Satz will chase for doubles (54), RBIs (169), homeruns (23) and total bases (345), along with average and slugging.
Ginter, a spark plug as leadoff hitter for NJCU (38 of 39 games), batted .363 (45-124) with 40 runs, 15 RBIs and 20 extra base hits—15 doubles, one triple and four homeruns for 74 total bases (.597 slugging). Her 15 doubles equaled the previous single-season record originally set in 1994. Ginter, who reached base in 13 consecutive games during the season, drew 16 walks and five hit by pitch for a .452 on-base percentage (two sacrifices) and once she got on base was as dangerous a player as anyone in the conference with 29 stolen bases in 32 attempts.
  
Defensively, she was one of the most exciting shortstops to watch because of her impressive range covering the difficult position. In 171 chances at the position she had 73 putouts and 84 assists versus 14 errors for a .918 fielding rate and helped turn 10 double plays.
 
In 18 NJAC games, Ginter batted .373 (19-51) with 10 runs, five RBIs and seven extra base hits (five doubles, two homeruns) for 30 total bases (.588 slugging). She enjoyed a team-best .448 on-base percentage (four walks, three hit by pitch) and swiped eight bases in 11 tries. Defensively, she had a .929 fielding rate (40 putouts, 38 assists, six errors, 84 chances).
 
Ginter's 40 runs were fifth most in school history and the most since 1998 and her 48 hits cracked the Top 10 on the single-season charts. Additionally, her 74 total bases ranked No. 7 on the single-season charts and 29 steals were fourth most; she had stolen 32 (second most) in 2011.
 
Ginter graduates as NJCU's all-time leader in stolen bases (98-112)—nine more than anyone else—and first in at bats (480). She ranks second in career games played and started (155), is third in school history in career hits (160), runs scored (128), walks (59), and total bases (227), fourth in doubles (38), fifth in homeruns (7), sixth in slugging (.473), eighth in both batting average (.333) and on-base percentage (.417), and 10^th in RBIs (63).
 
In the current NJAC statistical rankings, Ginter is tied for the league lead in runs. She is also second to Satz in doubles, second in stolen bases (29), runs per game (1.03), doubles per game (0.38), steals per game (0.74), plate appearances per game (3.77), third in plate appearances (147), sixth in hit by pitch, seventh in hits and total bases, eighth in on-base, ninth in slugging, 10^th in homeruns and walks, 12^th in at bats, and 13^th in average.
 
During NJAC action, Ginter listed third in steals, fifth in doubles, sixth in on-base rate, seventh in batting average, eighth in slugging, and ninth in hits, homers and total bases.