Boise State's Tara Glover Named Third Team All-America

Boise State center fielder Tara Glover became the first Bronco softball player to earn All-America status, as Tara was named third-team All-America by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Glover let the nation in hits (88) and hits per game (1.63) during the regular season and batted .476 to rank third in the NCAA.  Yeah, makes sense why she's third team and not first team, huh?  In addition, she had 29 multi-hit games, reached base safely in an amazing 52 of 54 games, and set school records for batting average, hits, runs (54), doubles (14), triples (four) and steals (18), while also leading the team in on-base percentage (.510) and slugging percentage (.708).

"Tara was very deserving of this honor," said Boise State Head Coach Erin Thorpe.  "She was the spark plug for our offense all season long and her competitive drive and overall athleticism were invaluable to us in so many ways."

"It's very exciting and definitely a pleasant surprise," Glover said. "I really want to thank all of the coaches at Boise State, my travel ball coaches and high school coaches, too, for helping to get me here. My parents and brothers have also always been there, pushing me and getting me through some of the times I didn't necessarily want to be on a softball field."

Glover was named NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team and Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year.  Glover broke the all-time conference record for batting average.  Tara's .622 batting average and .638 on-base percentage rank second all-time for conference games.  Glover's 1.067 slugging percentage in conference is third-best in Mountain West Conference history.

 "Tara had one of those seasons where you always knew she was going to come through for the team," Thorpe said. "I am so excited to watch her continue to develop over the next couple of years because I still believe she is coming into her own as a player."

"A lot of credit goes to my teammates for keeping me going," Glover added. "This is a great sign of what we can accomplish as a team and having this on our résumé can keep us working hard and help propel us to even greater things next year."

Here is the complete All-America team:

2012 NFCA Division I All-Americans

		First Team
Pos.	Name	School
P	Jolene Henderson	University of California, Berkeley
P	Ellen Renfroe	University of Tennessee
P	Keilani Ricketts	University of Oklahoma
C	Jessica Shults	University of Oklahoma
1B	Lauren Chamberlain	University of Oklahoma
2B	Lauren Gibson	University of Tennessee
3B	Stephany LaRosa	University of California, Los Angeles
SS	Katelyn Boyd	Arizona State University
OF	Alix Johnson	Arizona State University
OF	Michelle Moultrie	University of Florida
OF	Christi Orgeron	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UT/P	Valerie Arioto	University of California, Berkeley
UT/Non-P or DP	Camilla Carrera	University of Texas at El Paso
At-Large/P	Rachele Fico	Louisiana State University
At-Large/P	Olivia Galati	Hofstra University
At-Large/P	Chelsea Thomas	University of Missouri
At-Large/UT-P	Jackie Traina	University of Alabama
At-Large/OF	Delaney Willard	Brigham Young University
		Second Team
Pos.	Name	School
P	Sara Nevins	University of South Florida
P	Stephanie Ricketts	University of Hawai‘i
P	Hannah Rogers	University of Florida
C	Amy Buntin	University of Notre Dame
1B	Andrea Harrison	University of California, Los Angeles
2B	Lexy Bennett	University of Texas
3B	Raven Chavanne	University of Tennessee
SS	Kaila Hunt	University of Alabama
OF	Ashley Fleming	University of Missouri
OF	Jamia Reid	University of California, Berkeley
OF	Katie Schroeder	University of California, Los Angeles
UT/P	Kaitlin Inglesby	University of Washington
UT/Non-P or DP	Amanda Locke	University of Alabama
At-Large/SS	Sam Fischer	Loyola Marymount University
At-Large/OF	Samantha Pappas	University of Oregon
At-Large/C	Kristyn Sandberg	University of Georgia
At-Large/SS	Madison Shipman	University of Tennessee
At-Large/UT-P	Kirstin Verdun	DePaul University
		Third Team
Pos.	Name	School
P	Erin Arevalo	University of Georgia
P	Jenna Caira	Syracuse University
P	Jessica Moore	University of Oregon
C	Haley Outon	University of Houston
1B	Nikki Armagost	University of the Pacific
2B	Jenna Rich	Stanford University
3B	Marisa Bast	Northwestern University
SS	Nerissa Myers	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
OF	Jennifer Fenton	University of Alabama
OF	Tara Glover	Boise State University
OF	Katie Smith	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UT/P	Mel Dumezich	Texas A&M University
UT/Non-P or DP	Samantha Camuso	University of California, Los Angeles
At-Large/SS	Nichole Beall	Radford University
At-Large/P	Tori Collins	University of Louisville
At-Large/UT-NP-DP	Taner Fowler	University of Louisville
At-Large/C	Jessica Garcia	University of New Mexico
At-Large/SS	Hayley Miles	San Diego State University