CSUEB Trio Named to All-CCAA Softball Teams

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Sierra Clark, Rose Marston and Ali Cerminara

  • May 2, 2016

The Cal State East Bay softball team placed three players on the 2016 All-California Collegiate Athletic Association team. Senior Sierra Clark was named to the first team in the pitcher-utility spot, while senior outfielder Rose Marston and junior catcher Ali Cerminara were honorable mention selections. 

It's the third career All-CCAA honor for Cerminara, who was voted to the second team her freshman and sophomore seasons.

Clark was outstanding for the Pioneers both in the circle and at the plate in 2016. She led the team with 10 wins, 142.0 innings pitched, and 15 complete games. She also ranked in the top six in the CCAA with a 1.68 ERA and 116 strikeouts. The Felton native finished her career as one of the top hurlers in program history, ranking in the top 10 all-time in wins (24), innings (310), ERA (2.15), and strikeouts (192). 

Clark was also one of the squad's most consistent hitters. She finished her senior campaign third on the team with a .306 batting average and tied for second with eight doubles. Clark is the fourth player in Pioneer history to earn first team All-CCAA honors and the first since Chelsie Kakela in 2014. 

Marston had a breakout senior year for East Bay as the team's starting right fielder and leadoff hitter. She led the Pioneers in batting average (.351), on-base percentage (.449), slugging (.500), runs (33) and total bases (67). She got off to a red-hot start with 12 hits in her first five games and carried it through the season as the team's most consistent player on both sides of the ball.

Cerminara made history in her third year, pacing the Pioneers with five homers on the season to become the program's all-time home run leader with 24 for her career. With a walk-off blast against Cal State San Marcos, she surpassed the previous record of 23, which had been held by Taylor Neumann since 2012. Cerminara finished the season with a .298 average and .418 on-base percentage, and she led the team in RBI (29) and extra base hits (13). The Arizona native was also the second-toughest player in the CCAA to strike out this season, doing so just three times all year in 124 at bats.