Katie Demme has wrapped up a successful first season of softball with the Pierce College Raiders.
The 2007 graduate of Burlington-Edison was named to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges West Region first team. She was one of five Raiders to earn the honor.
Demme was described by Duncan Stevenson, director of district athletics and recreation at Pierce College, as a rock-solid left fielder who swung a swift bat.
Demme batted .419, boasted a .721 slugging percentage and amassed 12 doubles, three triples and eight home runs. She scored 48 runs, stole eight stolen and had 37 RBI.
The Raiders finished 28-2 in NWAACC, claiming the West Division title for the second consecutive year. It was the most wins by a Pierce team in school history.
The Raiders’ stay at the NWAACC Tournament as a top seed, however, was short-lived. Pierce won its opener, defeating Shoreline 3-2, then was defeated by eventual champion Lower Columbia 11-8. The Raiders were eliminated by Blue Mountain, which handed them a 10-2 defeat.
A Defender from Dordt
Darryl Visser, a senior pitcher at Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa, recently concluded his college baseball career with the Defenders.
Visser, a Burlington-Edison High School graduate, ended the season with a record of 3-2. He pitched 391⁄3 innings in 12 appearances. He made four starts for a Defenders squad that had an overall record of 13-22 and was 10-14 in conference play. Visser recorded 16 strikeouts and 12 walks.
While in the batters box, he batted .267. In 15 at-bats, he tallied four hits, including one a home run, scored four runs and had three RBI.
Visser is an engineering major.
Dordt College is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
One tough Viking
Jana Rae Slayton, a 2005 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, was named an all-Pacific Coast Softball Conference first-teamer after her junior year on the softball diamond for Portland State.
Slayton, who played first base, led the Vikings in several offensive categories, including average, home runs, total bases, RBI, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. She hit .341, belted five home runs, amassed 83 total bases, 32 RBI, a slugging percentage of .480 and an on-base percentage of .400.
In the field, Slayton recorded a .995 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 428 chances.
Portland State finished 31-27 and was 13-7 in the PCSC, one-game behind conference champion Sacramento State. The Vikings’ 31 wins marked their second 30-win season in three years.
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